Guide talk:Eye of Cthulhu strategies

As a newbie, I found the advice here quite helpful. In particular I think building the arena was critical; facing the Eye on normal open terrain would've been much worse. I followed the example in the screenshot except I didn't bother to round the corners so my arena was just a large square with wooden platforms dotted all over (arrows go through the platforms btw, very nice).

Regarding the "best" armor, it's highly likely newbies don't have anything beyond gold yet. I was decked out in silver armor and wielding a gold bow to shoot flaming arrows. If I missed hitting a servant as the Eye spawned it, I'd find myself being chased by 2-3 more so the fastest way to kill them while in a controlled panic was to bust out a fast pickaxe and hold down the mouse button. That way I didn't have to keep aiming and shooting while running. Once I got rid of them I switched back to the bow.

Second part was easier because the Eye stopped spawning servants. I'm not sure if it really charged 3 times; as far as I can tell, it charged when I gained some distance horizontally from it. If it was close horizontally but a distance away vertically either on top or below, it didn't seem to charge.

Estimate it took roughly 5 minutes IRL, most of which was spent dodging (my aim with a bow sucks, lol). Drank around 5-6 lesser healing potions, although I started the fight by downing a regeneration potion and an ironskin potion. - Spinfx 04:05, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Why is the (Enchanted) Boomerang not mentioned here, I wonder. OK, call me a newbie but I found it extremly helpful. If the Eye is close you can deal a lot of damage fast. If you miss you run and the sometimes the weapon still deals damage on the way back to you - especially against the servants. - Guest 16:04, 28 September 2012 (UTC+2)

Arena platform gaps?
Why do you need to place the horizontal platforms with gaps between them? What's wrong with a solid line of platform? This is something that would be handy to explain in the article. Maelin 04:48, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Requires less wood, thats all. --Icke 10:14, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Suggestions about equipment
The current guide suggests way too much gear compared to the spawn requirements for this boss. Most players progressing normally will probably encounter this boss long before getting a full gold armor set.


 * 200 HP: it is possible to 5 life crystals without finding much gold and without entering the corruption at all
 * 10 armor: a full silver set plus a few accessories will put you over 10 armor
 * 3 NPC's: it is very easy to meet this requirement as the merchant, demolitionist, and nurse are all easy to get

Here's a set up that is more than enough: grapple, full silver armor, gold broadsword, gold bow, fire arrows, and the following 4 potions whose ingredients are very easy to come by: archery potion, bowl of soup, iron skin potion, regeneration potion, and a few wood platforms in the sky. You can encounter and beat this boss without going into the Corruption at all. There's no need to run away from the boss and wait for gold armor and Corruption weapons.