Deerclops

The Deerclops is a difficult pre-Hardmode boss added in the Don't Starve Together crossover update. It is one of the final bosses a player may encounter during pre-Hardmode.

Summoning
The Deerclops can be summoned using a Deer Thing at any time of day as long as the player is in the Snow biome. It also spawns naturally at midnight during a Blizzard.

There are no prerequisite bosses that are required to be defeated in order to summon this boss, however, the Deerclops' strength may warrant waiting until after defeating Skeletron to fight it.

Behavior
The Deerclops has four attacks:
 * Summoning a wave of ice spikes from the ground if the player is very close to the boss.
 * Throwing chunks of ice into the air.
 * Summoning damaging nightmare hands that dash at the player in various ways or rotate in place.
 * A roar, that, while not doing damage, inflicts Slow on all players.

Getting too far away from The Deerclops makes it invincible, and it will stay that way until the player returns to its range.

When far from the player, the Deerclops can pass through blocks, but otherwise remains on level ground.

Tips
For more elaborate strategies on defeating Deerclops, including weapon and arena recommendations, see Guide:Deerclops strategies.


 * Building a platform of non-solid blocks about twice the height of the player up in the air, along with staircases made of solid blocks on either side to allow Deerclops to get on can elevate it high enough above the ground to prevent the boss from using it's ice chunk throwing attack entirely, making the fight much easier.
 * Due to being able to inflict Slow from an almost unlimited range, accessories like the Anklet of the Wind, Aglet or Magiluminescence, alongside Swiftness Potions can help make the fight much more manageable.
 * Avoid being directly above the boss at all costs, as this will cause it to use it's strongest attack, summoning a swarm of 5 to 6 nightmare hands at once, with varying attack patterns, surrounding the player.

Trivia

 * The Deerclops is the main source of Don't Starve crossover content.
 * The Deerclops is the only boss in Terraria to not despawn after killing the player.
 * The Deerclops is one of 2 boss fights that consists of a single destructible entity, the other being the Empress of Light.
 * All other boss fights have either multiple bosses, multiple segments or boss minions that play a part in their boss fights.
 * The Deerclops is the first non-event crossover boss, as well as the first non-event pre-Hardmode crossover boss.
 * Deerclops is one of 5 Bosses with exclusive boss music. The others include Queen Slime, Plantera, Empress of Light, & Duke Fishron.
 * The Deerclops is the first boss to be themed around the Snow biome, leaving the Desert as the only major biome with no boss representing it.