The Ruby or the Diamond Staff are recommended for fighting the Queen due to their higher damage output over the other staves. An easily accessible weapon for fighting the Queen Bee is one of the gem staves (due to their piercing attacks) such as the Sapphire Staff, and depending on the player's world spawn or access to an Extractinator, the player could get the best or second best available.Even with limited vision it is a simple matter to avoid these charges if the player has access to a grapple of any variety and/or some form of jump enhancement by waiting near the bottom of the hive on the opposite side to the queen then jumping/grappling out of her way when she charges and landing on the other side of the hive to dodge the next charge. If the area around the hive is well lit it is a simple matter to see the charges coming. The charge starts at one side of the player's screen and travels all the way to the opposite side. The charge attack is easy to predict and simple to dodge.During this time she will hover above the player and with a ranged weapon that penetrates through enemies it is possible to deal a great amount of damage to the Queen while killing all of the spawns without having to move or aim. The Queen Bee is most vulnerable after her charges when she spawns bees.Due to the new enraging mechanic, figting an enraged Queen Bee outside of the Jungle can be almost impossible, especially at the early stages of the game, but is a doable deed once in Hardmode. The Master Mode behavior is similiar to her Expert variant, but now she sports a whopping 6069 hitpoints. During the Expert and Master mode, contact damage will apply Poisoned as well.Īs of 1.4 version, the Queen Bee will also enrage when fought outside of the Jungle Biome, significantly speeding up her attacks and firing speed for the stingers. Queen Bee remains mostly unchanged in Expert Mode, except that now she will speed-up her attack pattern as she is damaged and the increase in hitpoints to 4760. This cycle will repeat until the Queen is slain. After she has fired over ten shots she switches to another one of her attacks. After a short time the Queen Bee will fly off and use her other attacks.īetween using these attacks, the Bees fly around the player, shooting rapid-fire stingers in a similar fashion to a hornet. During this time, she will spawn Bees that attack the player, which are identical to those spawned when hive blocks are broken. Each charge is aimed at the player's current position.Īfter the charges the Queen Bee will begin to hover above the player for a short time. This attack is very similar to the charge performed by the Eye of Cthulhu. One of the more dangerous attacks performed by the Queen Bee is a horizontal charge across the screen that is repeated several times. The Queen Bee has three forms of attack which it alternates between during the battle.

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