Guide:Plantera strategies

Plantera is a moderately hard boss, he can spawn after defeating one of the hardmode bosses and destroying a pink flower in the underground jungle.

During the fight, Plantera will always chase you, so keep your distance and keep away from small areas. He shoots at you and his ivy whips will damage you. If Plantera has less than 50% life left, he will enter his second form. He then spawns little Trappers that will damage you.

If fighting him with magic gear, the hallowed combined with a Magic Harp or Crystal Storm is a good choice for high damage. Magnet Sphere is also a good choice if you're fighting him close-range, but it is recommended that you also use other weapons while the Magnet Sphere is attacking Plantera.

Loot: Again, for magic gear, the dropped Leaf Blower is a good weapon. It shoots faster than the laser gun, is stronger, and has low mana usage. But it's less accurate and has no light effects.

=2t3ve's Platform Circling Strategy= Build a giant arena composed of Wooden Platforms 4-7 blocks above each other(depends on jump height)with Honey at the bottom. Summon Plantera as normal, then go to the arena and move in large circles so that Plantera cant catch up to you. Dip in the honey frequently and use weapons that shoot projectiles such True Night's Edge/ True Excalibur, Crystal Storm,Megashark,Piranha Gun and any repeater(hallowed is recommended). Use the strongest armour you can get and you MUST have either an Obsidian Shield or a Cobalt Shield(obsidian is better though). Defense-modded accessories(Hard, Guarding, Armored, or Warding) are useful unless you're good at dodging in which case make your accessories for speed(Fleeting, Quick, and so on.)

=The Teleportation Trick= Make a long hallway out of any material you desire, and place a teleporter on each end. This will cost 5 gold, so farm a little. Once you have done that, wire them both. Place a lever on each side, and once you have done that, test it out. Summon Plantera. When it's climbing down toward you on one side, flip the lever by the teleporter. You will teleport to the other side, and Plantera will have to climb back at you. Repeat this, while firing a Megashark with Crystal Bullets. It will eventually die, and you will get the satisfaction of killing a giant flower, and loot. Just loot. Have fun killing Plantera!

=Surface Strategy= First, you will need Wings, 10 Greater Healing Potion, and some good armor, you should already have Chlorophyte Armor/Hallowed Armor. You may also need a good grapple, like Dual Hook. Once you find the pink flower that spawns the giant flower, dig up until surface. Go down again and spawn him, grapple up and fight him in the surface, I also recommend you make some ceiling platforms, so Plantera doesn't reach you (I didn't use any platforms), once it reaches phase 2, it will fly, you should take some distance from the thing, and from now it should be a normal hardmode boss fight.

An alternate method is to dig up from the The Underworld. If you still have a long bridge constructed to fight the Wall of Flesh, you can use that to keep him at a safe distance. Digging a shaft upwards can be more difficult but it is a shorter distance than digging down from the surface.

Weapons you should use: Megashark with Crystal Bullets or True Excalibur. Additional stuff: Regeneration Potion, Thorns Potion (incase you accidentally ram into him). I killed the giant flower in around 2 minutes. Probably a lot of people before me already did this. Anyways, I didn't cover a lot of stuff in this because I did it Yesterday. Good luck and happy trying!

=Voidx's Death Sickle Strategy= NOTE: This is more of a cheaper strategy, either for people who don't have too many good items, people who are good at melee and dodging, or for people who are just lazy.

You will need:

1 or more Regeneration Potion, 1 or more Ironskin Potion, 1 or more Thorns Potion, a reforged Death Sickle, 10 Greater Healing Potion, Wings, a Megashark (Just in case), 20 or more Bombs, A fire flask, Some Dynamite, Frost Armor/Hallowed Helmet or better,

After finding Plantera's bulb, hollow out the area around you with your bombs and dynamite (make sure not to destroy the bulb). Plenty of room gives the ability to fly freely while avoiding Plantera in his first form. Make sure to note some good spots, as during his second form, depending on the player, your health will get low, so it's best to avoid Plantera while he's charging at you. Once you're done hollowing out the place, feel free to even out the edges so it does not get in your way. Once that's done, break the bulb and summon Plantera. I recommend that you just use b (or whatever key it's bound to) to consume your potions as Plantera approaches rather quickly and it'll save you some extra damage. While hitting him with your Death Sickle, keep note of where his hooks are so you can dodge them more easily, but don't completely take your eye off of the plant completely. Use the Megashark if you need to get far from him. Since the fight will be fast-paced due to the usage of melee, I killed him in less than 2 mins.

Remember, this is a strategy that works for ME. It's certainly not for everyone, so you can modify the strategy to your pleasure, or just not use it at all.

Good luck!

=EaterofOnions' Shroomite Strat=

Personally, I have found Plantera to be more difficult than Skeletron Prime. This is mainly because you are forced to fight him in the cramped, enemy-filled Underground Jungle. This strat fixes that by taking advantage of Plantera's slow speed and the fact that the projectiles it shoots either require land to bounce off of or don't have a very long range. Required Gear: Optional gear:
 * At least a Shroomite Mask and Hallowed Armor, full Shroomite is preferred
 * A Megashark and 2-3 stacks of Crystal Bullets
 * Around ten Greater Healing Potion
 * An Ironskin Potion
 * 100-300 Sticky Bomb, depending on how deep Plantera's Bulb spawns
 * An Ivy Whip and any type of Wings
 * Other buffs (Bowl of Soup, Regeneration Potion, Thorns Potion)
 * A melee weapon, a Death Sickle works well

Strategy:
 * Use your minimap to locate Plantera's bulb. Go to the point directly above it on the surface and create a channel down to it by spamming Sticky Bombs.
 * Summon Plantera and buff yourself.
 * Immediately start flying up the channel and firing down at Plantera. When your wings give out, use your Ivy Whip to position yourself in the center of the channel and continue firing, as Plantera will be far behind you. A big advantage of having full Shroomite is that you will enter stealth, and your Megashark will do almost 50% more damage.
 * When Plantera appears on the screen again, repeat #3 until you reach the surface. Then, either fight it on the surface when it has limited mobility, or fall down the channel and repeat the initial strat. Plantera will die eventually.

Although this strat takes a while to set up and execute, it is worth it, as it allows you to farm Plantera over time and obtain the cool drops it gives.

Have fun!