Moon Lord

Moon Lord

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	Lunar Events
AI Type	Moon Lord AI
Damage	0 (melee)
Max Life	145,000 / 217,500
Defense	50
KB Resist	10000%

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Moon Bite
Debuff tooltip	You are unable to absorb any healing effects

Drops

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Portal Gun
  100%*
• Luminite (70-90)
  100%
• Greater Healing Potion (5-15)
  100%
• Moon Lord Mask
  14.29%
• Meowmere
  11.11%
• Terrarian
  11.11%
• Star Wrath
  11.11%
• S.D.M.G.
  11.11%
• Celebration
  11.11%
• Last Prism
  11.11%
• Lunar Flare
  11.11%
• Rainbow Crystal Staff
  11.11%
• Lunar Portal Staff
  11.11%
• Moon Lord Trophy
  10%
• Treasure Bag(Moon Lord) (in Expert Mode only)
  100%

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The Moon Lord is Terraria's final Boss. It appears at the conclusion of the Lunar Events, once the final Celestial Tower is defeated. It can also be summoned manually using a Celestial Sigil.

If all players die during the battle, the Moon Lord despawns. It can be re-summoned by completing the Lunar Events again (the Cultists required to initiate the events re-appear at the Dungeon's entrance), or by using a Celestial Sigil.

The Moon Lord is immune to the Ichor debuff.

Quick Answers

What is the Moon Lord's role in the game Terraria?

The Moon Lord plays a significant role in Terraria as the final boss of the game. This formidable adversary is summoned either by using a Celestial Sigil or by defeating the Celestial Pillars. The Moon Lord is known for its challenging combat mechanics, requiring players to defeat its two hands and a head by attacking the eyes that appear on them. Once all three eyes are destroyed, a core opens on its chest that also needs to be defeated. The Moon Lord drops a majority of the endgame items, including the Meowmere, and Luminite, an ore used to craft many endgame armor sets and tools. Therefore, learning how to fight the Moon Lord is crucial for players aiming to reach the endgame content of Terraria.

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How can you summon the Moon Lord in Terraria?

In Terraria, the Moon Lord can be summoned in two ways. The first method is by defeating all four of the Celestial Pillars, which triggers the Moon Lord's arrival after a short delay. The second method is by using a Celestial Sigil, an item that can manually summon the Moon Lord when used. Both methods will lead to an epic showdown with the lord of the moon, so be prepared for a challenging fight!

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What happens after the status message 'Impending doom approaches...' appears in Terraria?

In Terraria, after the status message 'Impending doom approaches...' appears, it signifies that the Moon Lord, the final boss of the game, is about to spawn. This happens one minute after the message appears. The Moon Lord can be spawned by destroying the four Celestial Pillars or by using a Celestial Sigil in any world where Golem has been defeated. If you're using the Celestial Sigil, the Moon Lord will spawn in just 12 seconds after the message. So, get ready for a thrilling fight!

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What is the significance of the Golem in relation to the Moon Lord in Terraria?

In Terraria, the defeat of the Golem is a significant event that sets the stage for the appearance of the Moon Lord. Once the Golem is defeated, Cultists spawn at the Dungeon's entrance. When these Cultists are killed, it summons the Lunatic Cultist and then the Lunar Events, provided certain other conditions are also met. This chain of events eventually leads to the summoning of the Moon Lord, the final boss of Terraria. Alternatively, the Moon Lord can be summoned directly using the Celestial Sigil.

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What is the Celestial Sigil and how is it used in Terraria?

The Celestial Sigil is a boss-summoning item in Terraria, specifically used to summon the Moon Lord, a post-Hardmode boss. It's crafted from 12 / 20 of each of the Lunar Fragments. Unlike other summoning items, the Moon Lord doesn't appear immediately after the Celestial Sigil is used. Instead, it takes 12 / 60 seconds for the Moon Lord to actually show up. The Celestial Sigil can only be used under certain conditions: the world must be in Hardmode, the Golem must have been defeated, and there should be no ongoing invasions.

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Behavior

The Moon Lord has two hands and a head that must be killed before its "core" becomes available for attack. It positions its two hands on either side of the player some distance away.

Each hand, as well as its head, contain a vulnerable eye-like target that are each periodically closed off and opened via an eyelid. These may only be damaged during their "open" states. Once these parts and then its core are killed, the boss is defeated.

The Moon Lord can teleport to players if all of them get too far out of range.

Attacks

• When attached to Moon Lord's head, the head eye periodically fires a "Phantasmal Deathray", the Moon Lord's most powerful attack but cannot pass through solid blocks. To indicate this incoming attack to the player, the eye opens for several second with a charging animation, then fires the Deathray. This is the only time the head eye becomes vulnerable to damage.
• When attached to Moon Lord's hands, the hand eyes spawn Phantasmal Sphere"Phantasmal Spheres", invincible eyes that charge at players, passing through blocks. This is one of Moon Lord's more damaging attacks, but the spheres will always charge downwards, and can be easily indicated as they linger in the air for a few seconds after being spawned before charging at players.
• Additionally, the hand eyes also spawns multiple Phantasmal Eye"Phantasmal Eye", which are explosive projectiles that homes onto players and explodes prematurely when in contact with solid blocks. To indicate this attack, the hand eyes will spin rapidly.

Once a hand or head target is defeated, a True Eye of Cthulhu spawns, which cycles through three different attacks:

• Firstly, the eyes will spawn "Phantasmal Eyes", which behave similarly to when before the eyes were defeated.
• Secondly, the eyes will spawn 6 "Phantasmal Spheres" in a circle formation around the eye, which after a few seconds will charge directly at the player.
• Thirdly, the eyes will fire a Phantasmal Boltlazer ray directly at the player, which lasts very briefly but accurate, and can stretch over a very far distance; however, it cannot pass through blocks, similar to the "Phantasmal Deathray".
• Note that while the True Eyes of Cthulhu perform these attacks, they will remain stationary, giving players more time to put distance between them and the eyes, and to see attacks coming.

• When a hand or head target is defeated, it becomes a thorny crevice that deals damage on contact.
• The mouth periodically attempts to attach a tentacle to the player, which spawns multiple Moon Leech Clots, which are monsters that travel from the player to the Moon Lord's mouth. Any Moon Leech Clot that reaches the mouth without being killed returns 1000 health to one of the Moon Lord's parts (one that has not yet been defeated).
• The Tentacle also inflicts the Moon Bite debuff, preventing any life-steal effects from weapons/armor like Vampire Knives or Spectre Armor for 14 seconds (16 seconds in Expert mode).

Parts

Moon Lord Head File:Moon lord head.gif  Classic  Expert  Master Statistics Type Boss Part Environment Lunar Events AI Type Moon Lord Head AI Damage 0 (melee) Phantasmal Deathray: 150 / 300 Phantasmal Bolt: 60 / 120 Max Life 45000 / 67500 Defense 50 KB Resist 10000% Internal NPC ID: 396

Moon Lord Hands File:Moon lord hand.gif  Classic  Expert  Master Statistics Type Boss Part Environment Lunar Events AI Type Moon Lord Hand AI Damage 0 (melee) Phantasmal Sphere: 100 / 200 Phantasmal Eye: 60 / 120 Phantasmal Bolt: 60 / 120 Melee (eye socket): 80 / 80 Max Life 25000 / 37500 Defense 40 KB Resist 10000% Internal NPC ID: 397

Moon Lord Core Moon lord core.gif  Classic  Expert  Master Statistics Type Boss Part Environment Lunar Events AI Type Moon Lord Core AI Damage 0 (melee) Max Life 50000 / 75000 Defense 70 KB Resist 10000% Internal NPC ID: 398

Achievement

Champion of Terraria • “Defeat the Moon Lord.”

Defeat the Moon Lord for the first time. Template:Pc icon

Notes

• Unlike other bosses in Terraria, if the player dies during the Moon Lord's death animation, it will still cause the Moon Lord to despawn and not drop any loot.
• This boss can be summoned with a Celestial Sigil before defeating the Lunatic Cultist in any world where Golem has been defeated.
• If you log out after the message "Impending doom approaches..." The Moon Lord will not spawn.

Tips

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

• If you don't get sick from the gravitation potion, you will be moving vertically fast enough to avoid most of it's attacks, but it might be difficult to hit his vital parts, unless you use homing capable attacks.
• A good way to avoid his death-ray is to use the gravitation potion to circle around his eye.
• Using a weapon that can attack through blocks, such as Solar Eruption, can mitigate incoming damage while making evasion less complicated. 2 rows of blocks (one to run along and one above to protect from lasers) can be quite effective.
• A large portion of the Moon Lord's attacks, including the laser he emits from his head, are incapable of passing through blocks. Consider seeking cover to avoid these attacks during the fight.
• The Moon Bite debuff, which prevents regenerative abilities, is reliant on a tentacle making contact with the player. It is possible to move outside of its maximum range, avoiding the debuff and allowing effects to once again heal the player. One such method is by using asphalt. Another one, if you have beaten all the Mechanical Bosses in expert mode, is to make a huge Minecart track with bumper ends and use the Mechanical Cart. The bumper ends makes it easier to turn when the track ends, making it even harder to be reached by his tentacle.
• It is best to start by damaging the two hands until they are both at very low health. Next, kill the head. As soon as you kill the head, kill the two near-death hands. This will cause the eyes to come out of the hands at the second half of the fight, increasing your survivability during the first half.
• Since the hands will begin to start dealing melee damage after they are defeated, running away on an asphalt sky bridge will become an issue if not properly prepared to dodge the hands.
• It is unwise to use Vampire Knives or the Spectre Hood as the Moon Bite debuff occurs very often, which disables life steal from these weapons/items.
• Unlike every other boss(except The Destroyer), the Moon Lord does not despawn if you go too far away from him. Rather, he teleports to where you are.
• When the Moon Lord teleports, he always teleports to the player with the shortest distance from him.
• You can use rails going across your world to avoid the attacks (You can also use platforms too).

Trivia

• Despite a mid-development comment by Cenx that this would not be the case, the Moon Lord resembles common depictions of Cthulhu, a creature first imagined by H. P. Lovecraft in his story, The Call of Cthulhu. Fans commonly speculated prior to the release of 1.3 that Cthulhu would be the final Terraria boss (which in turn arose partly due to an early concept design floated by the development team). Cenx later stated that the Moon Lord is more like Cthulhu's brother.
• Terraria's final boss was originally going to be the Moon itself descending on the world, but Cenx later stated that this idea had been scrapped.
• Despite being the final boss of the game, the Moon Lord's monetary drops are less than the Wall of Flesh on normal mode, and absent on expert.
• The Moon Lord is referred to as "Impending Doom" by the Celestial Sigil, and possibly by it's warning message: "Impending doom approaches..."

History

• 1.3.0.6: Attacks now follow their own immunity cooldown.

• 1.3.0.5: Can now be summoned with the Celestial Sigil.

• 1.3.0.4:
  • The Moon Lord will now teleport to the player once they are far enough away.
  • You can no longer escape from the Moon Lord's wrath. (e.g. teleport home to heal and fight the Moon Lord at full health)
  • Body parts now properly show display names.
  • Cultists cannot respawn while Moon Lord is alive or spawning

• 1.3.0.3: The Moon Lord's leeching effect has been massively buffed, and he applies a debuff that prevents any healing from weapons.

• 1.3.0.2: The death message now properly displays "Moon Lord has been defeated", instead of "Moon Lord Core has been defeated".

• 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

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