Talk: Lunatic Cultist

Reference to Zelda[]

Does anybody else think this boss references Agahnim, or however you spell his name, from The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past? Like Agahnim, he uses clones, has a lightning attack, an ice attack that shoots in six directions, and has some kind of glow projectile. It could be a coincidence, but I find it interesting that his attacks are very similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.183.46 at 23:39, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

That is possible, and yes you spelled it correctly.

Possible bug with Treasure Bags[]

I've defeated two Lunatic Cultists on Expert Mode and didn't receive even one Treasure Bag, so there might either be a bug with them being dropped or their chance might not be exactly 100%. Did anyone else encounter a similar behaviour?--DoubleFloat (talk) 08:00, 12 July 2015

His treasure bag is unobtainable. The developers didn't include it.

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suggested merge for lunatic cultist and ancient light[]

the ancient light is a projectile-type enemy exclusive to the lunatic, so why keep it seperate when the page has only one sentence [which is redundent to this page, i might add]? FinaLemon 21:06, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

I agree, projectiles don't really need their own pages. One day when I have more time I'll go through and remove them. Gearzein (talk) 04:59, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

New tactic for battle! Piranha gun![]

if you didn't already know, the Piranha gun is the ideal weapon for telling which is the real one when he uses duplicates. It follows the real one, reveals where it will apear and returns! not great at dealing damage but it will help the battle! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halverly (talk • contribs) at 21:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Gestures?[]

I have noticed that it is possible to tell if the cultist is going to do certain attacks:

Fireball/Ice ball/Ancient Light: It stays in place and raises it's arms until it is pointing forward and attacks
Force Lightning: It teleports right above the player and raises it's arms up and spawns the orb.
Clone: It phases the same way that Duke Fishron would when it is spawning sharknados and dissapears. It then attempts to make two extra clones each time and has an upper limit of seven clones.

222.65.121.89 09:50, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

So easy[]

Hard? I managed to defeat him on expert mode with all 5 clones(max) with the following gear:

Weapon: Razorblade Typhoon
Mount: UFO
Potions: Super Healing Potion(around 4), Super Mana Potion(around 50)
Armour: Solar Flare
Equipment: Fire Gauntlet, Mana Flower, Celestial Shell, Ankh Shield, Yoaiz0r's Spell(not used).
Minions: Stardust Cell(1)

My trick is to dodge attacks while spamming attacks.(I suck at dodging) 180.172.51.2 03:03, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Did you managed to defeat him for the first time? Or did you managed to defeat him in post-Moon Lord/Endgame? I am asking you because Endgame players can pretty much defeat Lunatic Cultist. --IosKent (Talk Page - Contribs) 05:20, 20 August 2016 (UTC)--

im guessing he did it endgame telling from his armor and minion (ik im not in this arguement but just saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.187.36 at 18:52, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Again, please make sure to sign your posts using four tildes (~~~~) instead of the {{unsigned}} or {{unsigned/doc}} templates. Something also to note is that this discussion is almost 5 years old - it's very unlikely that IosKent will see your reply. --Eraloiz (talk) 20:37, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

oh ok :\

Sound of Lunatic Cultist[]

So, just a quick question. Does Lunatic Cultist have the death sound of a train? I have not beaten the game yet, so I do not know if this is false. Can someone check? It is on this wiki for death sound. - Your boy, Dez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.218.181 at 19:24, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

The sound listed under "Killed" in his infobox is his death sound. It is taken directly from Terraria's source code. Note that it is only the base sound – the game might play a version that is altered regarding pitch, volume, and/or duration. Unfortunately, we barely have the possibility to accurately represent these minor modifications on the wiki, since every single one would require a separate sound file. --Rye Greenwood (talk) 21:01, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

There's something that I find interesting[]

I added this to the page one time, but I guess it's not important enough to be on it, but when you kill him with the 'blood and gore' setting enabled, his head has the circular eyes of the clones. I feel like this could mean he teleported away and left a clone to die in his place. Just something that I thought was interesting. 172.249.169.192 02:11, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

new trick[]

use the pirana gun and the UFO mount,and dont forget to make a house for the nurse!(hold down the ATK button on the UFO and when you're at low health,go to the nurse,then go back to fighting)(oh!and do it 2 player)73.180.30.93 05:27, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Human[]

Trivia says "It is the smallest boss, the only human one, and the only one without an awakening message." Is he confirmed to be a human?

Human size, human language and human voice (sort of) say yes 18:10, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa![]

I am trying to beat the lunatic cultist.(I have beaten him twice,once I a large world,and once on a medium world,with 2 different characters) (oh!and the cultists only spawn if no events are active)any help?

never mind,I managed to blst him with my laser machine gun

I was playing multiplayer with some friends and someone angered the cultists; I remembered that the wiki said that lunatic despawns if even one player recalls so I finished off the normal cultists to reset them. To my dismay, the lunatic kept fighting the others after I recalled home. 172.58.204.23 16:48, 25 June 2020 (UTC) Topeka

Ancient cultist?[]

All official sources except for the enemy name in-game refer to it as “ancient cultist”. 1 source says lunatic cultist, all others say ancient cultist. Perhaps we should move it? 174.66.206.140 00:36, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

A thing with spectre armour[]

The projectiles created by the spectre armour with the mask will actually target the correct cultist during the clone summoning, even before it becomes visible. If anyone's having trouble with that attack, you can just use spectre armour.

help[]

Me and my friend are stuck on the lunatic cultist (We play on xbox btw) does anyone have any suggestions for a arena or potions to use

If you already made an arena for skeletron, I recommend using that.73.85.189.76

Homing changes in 1.4.3[]

This note was included in the 1.4.3 changelog:

"* Updated, added to, and pruned dozens of entries from an inaccurate and outdated list of homing projectiles that the Lunatic Cultist has damage resistance against."

Do we know what the new list is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathbrush1 (talk • contribs) at 05:11, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Here's a list of new, removed and unchanged projectiles:

List of homing projectiles
Projectile	Status
Magic Missile Internal Projectile ID: 16	New
Flamelash Internal Projectile ID: 34	New
Rainbow Internal Projectile ID: 79	New
Bee Internal Projectile ID: 181	New
Possessed Hatchet Internal Projectile ID: 182	-
Wasp Internal Projectile ID: 189	New
Mechanical Piranha Internal Projectile ID: 190	-
Pygmy 1 Internal Projectile ID: 191	Removed
Pygmy 2 Internal Projectile ID: 192	Removed
Pygmy 3 Internal Projectile ID: 193	Removed
Pygmy 4 Internal Projectile ID: 194	Removed
Pygmy Spear Internal Projectile ID: 195	New
Chlorophyte Bullet Internal Projectile ID: 207	-
Flower Petal Internal Projectile ID: 221	New
Chlorophyte Arrow Internal Projectile ID: 225	New
Crystal Leaf Internal Projectile ID: 226	Removed
Crystal Leaf Shot Internal Projectile ID: 227	-
Flower Pow Internal Projectile ID: 247	Removed
Flower Pow Petal Internal Projectile ID: 248	New
Magnet Sphere Ball Internal Projectile ID: 254	Removed
Magnet Sphere Bolt Internal Projectile ID: 255	-
Baby Slime Internal Projectile ID: 266	-
Nano Bullet Internal Projectile ID: 285	New
Lost Soul (friendly) Internal Projectile ID: 297	-
Tiny Eater Internal Projectile ID: 307	-
Frost Hydra Internal Projectile ID: 308	Removed
Frost Blast (friendly) Internal Projectile ID: 309	New
Bat Internal Projectile ID: 316	-
Raven Internal Projectile ID: 317	-
Flaming Jack Internal Projectile ID: 321	-
Snowman Rocket I Internal Projectile ID: 338	-
Snowman Rocket II Internal Projectile ID: 339	-
Snowman Rocket III Internal Projectile ID: 340	-
Snowman Rocket IV Internal Projectile ID: 341	-
Spectre Wrath Internal Projectile ID: 356	New
Hornet Internal Projectile ID: 373	Removed
Hornet Stinger Internal Projectile ID: 374	-
Flying Imp Internal Projectile ID: 375	Removed
Imp Fireball Internal Projectile ID: 376	-
Spider Egg Internal Projectile ID: 378	New
Baby Spider Internal Projectile ID: 379	-
Retanimini Internal Projectile ID: 387	Removed
Spazmamini Internal Projectile ID: 388	-
Mini Retina Laser Internal Projectile ID: 389	-
Venom Spider Internal Projectile ID: 390	-
Jumper Spider Internal Projectile ID: 391	-
Dangerous Spider Internal Projectile ID: 392	-
One Eyed Pirate Internal Projectile ID: 393	New
Soulscourge Pirate Internal Projectile ID: 394	New
Pirate Captain Internal Projectile ID: 395	New
Flairon Bubble Internal Projectile ID: 405	-
Tempest Internal Projectile ID: 407	-
Mini Sharkron Internal Projectile ID: 408	-
Typhoon Internal Projectile ID: 409	-
UFO Internal Projectile ID: 423	Removed
UFO Ray Internal Projectile ID: 433	New
Influx Waver Internal Projectile ID: 451	Removed
Crystal Dart Internal Projectile ID: 477	-
Seedler Nut Internal Projectile ID: 483	Removed
Seedler Thorn Internal Projectile ID: 484	-
Medusa Ray Internal Projectile ID: 535	-
Medusa Head Ray Internal Projectile ID: 536	-
Giant Bee Internal Projectile ID: 566	New
Spore Trap Internal Projectile ID: 567	New
Spore Trap 2 Internal Projectile ID: 568	New
Spore Gas Internal Projectile ID: 569	New
Spore Gas 2 Internal Projectile ID: 570	New
Spore Gas 3 Internal Projectile ID: 571	New
Scutlix Laser Internal Projectile ID: 606	New
Stardust Cell Internal Projectile ID: 613	New
Stardust Cell Shot Internal Projectile ID: 614	New
Vortex Rocket Internal Projectile ID: 616	New
Nebula Arcanum Internal Projectile ID: 617	New
Nebula Arcanum Subshot Internal Projectile ID: 618	New
Nebula Arcanum Explosion Shot Internal Projectile ID: 619	New
Nebula Arcanum Explosion Shot Shard Internal Projectile ID: 620	New
Stardust Dragon 1 Internal Projectile ID: 625	New
Stardust Dragon 2 Internal Projectile ID: 626	New
Stardust Dragon 3 Internal Projectile ID: 627	New
Stardust Dragon 4 Internal Projectile ID: 628	New
Nebula Blaze Internal Projectile ID: 634	New
Nebula Blaze Ex Internal Projectile ID: 635	New
Luminite Arrow Trail Internal Projectile ID: 640	New
Lunar Portal Laser Internal Projectile ID: 642	New
Rainbow Explosion Internal Projectile ID: 644	New
Spirit Flame Internal Projectile ID: 659	New
Flameburst Tower Shot (tier 1) Internal Projectile ID: 664	New
Flameburst Tower Shot (tier 2) Internal Projectile ID: 666	New
Flameburst Tower Shot (tier 3) Internal Projectile ID: 668	New
Ballista Shot Internal Projectile ID: 680	New
Ghast Internal Projectile ID: 700	New
Sanguine Bat Internal Projectile ID: 755	New
Vampire Frog Internal Projectile ID: 758	New
Finch Internal Projectile ID: 759	New
Cluster Rocket I Internal Projectile ID: 803	New
Cluster Rocket II Internal Projectile ID: 804	New
Wet Rocket Internal Projectile ID: 805	New
Lava Rocket Internal Projectile ID: 806	New
Honey Rocket Internal Projectile ID: 807	New
Mini Nuke Rocket I Internal Projectile ID: 808	New
Mini Nuke Rocket II Internal Projectile ID: 809	New
Dry Rocket Internal Projectile ID: 810	New
Desert Tiger Internal Projectile ID: 832	New
Desert Tiger (tier 1) Internal Projectile ID: 833	New
Desert Tiger (tier 2) Internal Projectile ID: 834	New
Desert Tiger (tier 3) Internal Projectile ID: 835	New
Skull Internal Projectile ID: 837	New
Stellar Tune Internal Projectile ID: 856	New
Enchanted Dagger Internal Projectile ID: 864	New
Reaping Internal Projectile ID: 916	New
Cool Flake Internal Projectile ID: 917	New
Santank Rocket Internal Projectile ID: 930	New
Nightglow Internal Projectile ID: 931	New
Volatile Gelatin Internal Projectile ID: 937	New
Terraprisma Internal Projectile ID: 946	New
Flinx Internal Projectile ID: 951	New
Abigail Internal Projectile ID: 963	New
Houndius Shootius Fireball Internal Projectile ID: 967	New

--Eraloiz (talk) 22:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

To that guy who did not get treausure bags on expert 2 times. Wow. I cant even defeat king slime classic....

These weapons might help...[]

Try farming alien invasions to get the fancy weapons. Then just zap his head off. Also, if farming this guy and already beat moonlord. Just use terraprisma.

someone fucked up the page[]

added some random ass chess references and changed images i logged into my fandom account after 2 years and fixedf it

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