Master Mode

   

PC/Console/Mobile/tModLoader-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader versions of Terraria.

Master Mode-Only Content: This information applies only to Master Mode and Master Mode worlds.

Not to be confused with Hardmode, which is triggered by defeating the Wall of Flesh.

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The Master Mode Icon (Upscaled)

 "Game over man, game over!" 

Master mode is an option that can be selected during world creation, and that can also be turned on through the difficulty slider in Journey mode. It further increases the difficulty of the game beyond Expert mode, offering Master mode-exclusive items. Like Expert mode, Master mode begins the moment the Master mode world is created, and cannot be altered after that by the player. Master mode also drastically increases enemy health.

Master mode gives the player one more accessory slot, meaning that the player can have a total of 7 accessory slots with the Demon Heart.

All Expert mode content is also available in Master mode.

Master Mode introduces new items that can be collected by defeating bosses, such as Relics that can be placed to show off one's victories against bosses, as well as the Master mode exclusive Pets, which have a 25% drop rate.

Enemies

• All enemies deal more damage than in Expert mode.
• All enemies have 50% more health than in Expert mode (therefore 3 times as much as in Classic Mode). For example, the Blue Slime has 75 health instead of 50 or 25.
• Bosses in Master mode have increased health. Each boss has their own health scaling factor.

Player

• Players will drop all of their Coins upon death instead of 50% or 75%.
• Players gain an additional accessory slot that is only active while in a Master mode world. This stacks with using the Demon Heart, resulting in the maximum attainable slots to be 7.
• Players defense is 100% more effective than in Normal Mode.

NPCs

• Town NPC's max health is drastically decreased, making them very easy to be killed by enemies.
• The price of items that NPC's sell is 50% more expensive

Master-exclusive items

• Bosses drop "Master mode" exclusive items similar to Expert mode, but they also drop their treasure bag, which contains the Expert mode items of the boss. Master Mode drops have a newly added rarity. This rarity flashes between light and dark orange.
  • Bosses have a 100% chance of dropping a Relic, a statue resembling the boss.
  • They also have a 25% chance of dropping a pet-summoning or mount-summoning item which summons a pet, light pet or mount that either resembles the boss or is closely themed after it.

	Boss	Summon Drop	Summon Type	Relic Drop
Pre-Hardmode	King Slime	Royal Delight	Pet	King Slime Relic
	Eye of Cthulhu	Suspicious Grinning Eye	Pet	Eye of Cthulhu Relic
	Eater of Worlds	Writhing Remains	Pet	Eater of Worlds Relic
	Brain of Cthulhu	Brain in a Jar	Pet	Brain of Cthulhu Relic
	Queen Bee	Sparkling Honey	Pet	Queen Bee Relic
	Skeletron	Possessed Skull	Pet	Skeletron Relic
	Wall of Flesh	Goat Skull	Mount	Wall of Flesh Relic
Hardmode	Queen Slime	Regal Delicacy	Pet	Queen Slime Relic
	The Twins	Pair of Eyeballs	Pet	Twins Relic
	The Destroyer	Deactivated Probe	Pet	Destroyer Relic
	Skeletron Prime	Robotic Skull	Pet	Skeletron Prime Relic
	Plantera	Plantera Seedling	Pet	Plantera Relic
	Empress of Light	Jewel of Light	Light Pet	Empress of Light Relic
	Golem	Guardian Golem	Light Pet	Golem Relic
	Duke Fishron	Pork of the Sea	Pet	Duke Fishron Relic
	Lunatic Cultist	Tablet Fragment	Pet	Lunatic Cultist Relic
	Moon Lord	Piece of Moon Squid	Pet	Moon Lord Relic
Events	Pumpking	Pumpkin Scented Candle	Light Pet	Pumpking Relic
	Mourning Wood	Hexxed Branch	Mount	Mourning Wood Relic
	Everscream	Shrub Star	Pet	Everscream Relic
	Santa-NK1	Toy Tank	Mount	Santa-NK1 Relic
	Ice Queen	Frozen Crown	Pet	Ice Queen Relic
	Dark Mage	Dark Mage's Tome	Mount	Dark Mage Relic
	Ogre	Ogre's Club	Pet	Ogre Relic
	Betsy	Betsy's Egg	Pet	Betsy Relic
	Flying Dutchman	The Black Spot	Mount	Flying Dutchman Relic
	Martian Saucer	Cosmic Skateboard	Pet	Martian Saucer Relic

Trivia

• Master mode's descriptive text "Game over man, game over!", is a quote from the 1986 American science fiction action film Aliens.

• Master mode was originally intended to be unlocked by beating Expert mode, but has since become available to everyone.
• Expert mode's icon is depicted as a Corrupt Bunny, and Master mode's icon is depicted as a Vicious Bunny, suggesting that the Crimson is a harder biome than the Corruption.
• The text for a master mode world is red while journey mode is tan, expert is orange and normal is white.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.