1.2.1.004

1.2.1.004
"Boss Changes and Balancing"
Release date	September 29, 2017
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The 1.2.1.004 update featured many balance changes and other adjustments to both bosses and items, including a rework of the Astrum Deus fight, significant changes to The Devourer of Gods's fight, and further expansion of the Supreme Calamitas fight.

Additions

• Added The Devourer of Thots.

Changes

Bosses

• Adjustments to boss sky shaders.

Astrum Deus

• Overhauled the battle; no longer one long worm, instead the battle takes place against a swarm of nine smaller worms.
• Reduced worm segment length from 52 to 8. Nerfed health of each worm from 150,000 / 240,000 / 264,000 to 18,500 / 29,600 / 32,000 .
• Nerfed head damage from 120 / 300 to 100 / 160 , and body damage from 95 / 152 to 85 / 136 .
• Nerfed Astrum Deus' mine duration from 50 seconds to 20.
• A total of 5 Astrum Deus Probes can be active at a time instead of 6.
• Body segments now take 66% damage and kill piercing when below 33% health instead of 50%.

Bumblebirb

• Decreased the number of clones the main Bumblebirb can spawn from 10 / 30 to 4 / 8 .
• Decreased the number of clones Bumblebirb clones can spawn from 5 / 30 to 3 / 5 .

Cryogen

• Nerfed health from 14,000 / 22,400 / 25,600 to 12,500 / 20,000 / 22,400 .
• Buffed base Ice Bomb damage from 40 / 80 / 92 to 44 / 88 / 100 .
• Buffed base Ice Blast damage from 44 / 72 to 52 / 80 .
• Buffed base Ice Rain damage from 60 / 120 to 64 / 128 .
• Decreased speed.

Desert Scourge

• Nerfed Revengeance Mode health from 8320 to 7200 .

The Devourer of Gods

• Buffed health from 610,000 / 976,000 / 1,000,000 to 1,400,000 / 2,240,000 / 2,400,000 .
• In Revengeance Mode, now summons The Devourer of Thots at 25% health instead of a second Devourer of Gods at 20% health. The player no longer needs to kill the newly-spawned Devourer first in order to progress through the battle. Horizontal lasers only spawn if no Devourers of Thots are active.
• Now fires beam portals from its tail at all times, instead of alternating between its head or tail depending on phase.
• Nerfed head damage in Expert Mode from 1400 to 875 .
• All body projectiles now deal 280 / 360 damage instead of having individual damage values, and decreased their speeds.
• Body segments no longer take 0 damage from all sources. Instead, they take 15% damage.
• Body segments no longer kill projectile piercing.
• No longer shrinks to 62 segments in Revengeance Mode, remaining at 102 segments long in all modes.
• Can now spawn up to 8 Stasis Probes instead of 3.
• Body segments now take 0 damage from any hit that would deal over 50% of its health.
• Body segments fire projectiles less often.
• Reduced Distorted duration from Gravity bombs from 5 seconds to 2, they now produce dust on death, and have set custom transparency rather than dynamic time-based transparency.
• Nebula orb projectiles now last 15 seconds instead of 30, and have set custom transparency rather than dynamic time-based transparency.
• Head and tail segments now use NPCHit4 as their hit sound instead of NPCHit13.
• Reduced God Slayer Inferno duration from body segments from 2.5 seconds to 1, and from tail from 2.5 seconds to 0.83.

Duke Fishron

• Buffed Revengeance Mode health modifier from 1.5x to 1.65x .

Jungle Dragon, Yharon

• Now spawns Detonating Flames with slower vertical velocities.

The Plaguebringer Goliath

• Now despawns faster when the player leaves the Jungle.

Profaned Guardians

• Nerfed the main Profaned Guardian's overall velocity.

Providence, the Profaned God

• Nerfed health from 235,000 / 376,000 / 400,000 to 215,000 / 344,000 / 368,000 .
• Nerfed the offensive Profaned Guardian's overall velocity.

Polterghast

• Nerfed health from 310,000 / 496,000 / 512,000 to 260,000 / 416,000 / 448,000 .

Signus, Envoy of the Devourer

• Nerfed health from 250,000 / 400,000 / 440,000 to 230,000 / 368,000 / 400,000 .

Supreme Calamitas

• Added more status message quotes based on how many attempts it took to defeat her.
• While she is alive, the player's life regen is now cut by half (if it is positive).
• Mechanisms are now deactivated during the battle.
• Bullet hell Brimstone Hellblasts no longer make a sound when killed.

Enemies

• Mothrons after Yharon phase 1 now drop 5-8 Darksun Fragments instead of 3-5.
• Nerfed armored Stasis Probe's health from 12,000 / 16,800 to 6000 / 8400 , and laser damage from 288 to 240 .
• Nerfed naked Stasis Probe's health from 15,000 / 21,000 to 7500 / 10,500 , and laser damage from 288 to 240 .
• Nerfed both Stasis Probes' laser velocities by half.

Items

• Cosmic Worm is no longer consumable, now stacks to 1 instead of 20, and the Cyborg no longer sells it after defeating the Devourer of Gods.
• Dragon Egg is no longer consumable, it now uses 10 Bars of Life, 10 Cosmilite Bars, and 15 Effulgent Feathers in its recipe instead of 3 of each bar and 5 feathers, it now stacks to 1 instead of 20, and the Witch Doctor no longer sells it after defeating Yharon.
• Eye of Extinction is no longer consumable, it now uses 150 Cosmilite Bars, 300 Darksun Fragments, 3000 Endothermic Energy, 3000 Nightmare Fuel, and 150 Phantoplasm in its recipe instead of 5 Cosmilite Bars, 1 Darksun Fragment, 3 Endothermic Energy, 3 Nightmare Fuel, and 5 Phantoplasm, and it now stacks to 1 instead of 20.

Weapons

• Before Golem has been defeated, the damages of all Duke Fishron weapon drop projectiles (excluding Briny Baron's) is halved.
• Buffed the damage of all vanilla flails by 2x.
  • Buffed Chain Guillotines' damage by 1.2x instead.
• Increased Daedalus Stormbow's damage nerf from -25% damage to -40%.
• Mortar Rounds now use a Ueliace Bar in their recipe instead of a Luminite Bar.
• Rubber Mortar Rounds now use 5 Pink Gel in their recipe instead of 1 Unholy Essence.
• Water orbs fired by Abyss Blade and Neptune's Bounty produce less dust.
• The Dance of Light's projectiles home in on enemies faster.
• Lacerator's damage aura now deals 66% base damage instead of 33%.
• Nerfed Vivid Clarity's damage scaling per tile bounce or enemy pierced from 2.5x and 1.1x damage to 1.1x and 1.05x damage respectively.
• Vanquisher Arrows no longer produce dust during flight, and produce less dust on death.
• The following projectiles were given 1 extra update, effectively doubling their speed:
  • Astreal Defeat's arrows.
  • Elemental Blaster's projectiles.
  • Plasma blasts from Starfleet and Megafleet.

• Buffed Alluvion's damage from 55 to 62.
• Nerfed Animus' damage from 1000 to 850. Nerfed random damage values from 1500, 2000, 4000, 8000, 18,000, and 1000 to 1000, 1250, 3500, 7000, 15,000, and 850 respectively.
• Nerfed Ark of the Cosmos' damage from 250 to 210.
• Nerfed Ark of the Elements' damage from 125 to 110.
• Buffed Arterial Assault's damage from 170 to 190.
• Nerfed Astral Blaster's damage from 90 to 80.
• Nerfed Astral Repeater's damage from 80 to 72.
• Buffed Astreal Defeat's damage from 93 to 103.
• Nerfed Azathoth's damage from 80 to 60.
• Buffed Banshee Hook's damage from 105 to 130.
• Nerfed Bladedge Greatbow's damage from 31 to 26.
• Buffed Blissful Bombardier's damage from 60 to 78.
• Buffed The Burning Sky's damage from 90 to 150.
• Nerfed Chicken Cannon's damage from 30 to 20.
• Buffed Claret Cannon's damage from 219 to 260.
• Buffed Clockwork Bow's damage from 120 to 130.
• Nerfed Contagion's damage from 270 to 200.
• Buffed Cosmic Discharge's damage from 150 to 320.
• Buffed Daemon's Flame's damage from 90 to 130.
• Buffed Deathwind's damage from 165 to 180, but it now fires 4-5 projectiles per use instead of 4-7.
• Buffed Devastation's damage from 91 to 108.
• Buffed Devil's Devastation's damage from 270 to 320.
• Nerfed Draconic Destruction's damage from 115 to 100.
• Buffed Dragon's Breath's damage from 135 to 190.
• Nerfed Earth's projectiles' damages from 100% base damage to 50%.
• Buffed Elemental Blaster's damage from 85 to 95, but nerfed projectile speed from 24 to 18.
• Buffed Elemental Disk's damage from 140 to 150.
• Nerfed Elemental Eruption's damage from 35 to 28.
• Nerfed Elemental Lance's damage from 135 to 110.
• Nerfed Elysian Arrow's damage from 23 to 20.
• Buffed The Enforcer's damage from 550 to 725.
• Nerfed Eradicator's damage from 230 to 200.
• Buffed Excelsus' damage from 135 to 145.
• Nerfed Exoblade's damage from 800 to 720.
• Nerfed Gilded Proboscis' damage from 240 to 228.
• Buffed Golden Eagle's damage from 108 to 120.
• Buffed Grax's damage from 350 to 500.
• Nerfed Gun's damage from 200 to 175.
• Nerfed Helstorm's damage from 34 to 27.
• Nerfed Holy Collider's damage from 200 to 160.
• Nerfed Illustrious Knives' damage from 360 to 310.
• Buffed Lacerator's damage from 500 to 550.
• Buffed Lifefruit Scythe's damage from 88 to 100.
• Nerfed Lunarian Bow's damage from 20 to 18.
• Nerfed Megafleet's damage from 230 to 200.
• Buffed Minigun's damage from 250 to 280.
• Nerfed Mirror Blade's damage from 280 to 240.
• Buffed Mourningstar's damage from 220 to 290.
• Buffed Neptune's Bounty's damage from 270 to 285.
• Nerfed Nettlevine Greatbow's damage from 135 to 110.
• Nerfed The Obliterator's damage from 70 to 62.
• Buffed Omega Biome Blade's damage from 150 to 220.
• Buffed Onyx Chain Blaster's damage from 55 to 60, but the onyx projectile now moves 10% slower.
• Buffed Phangasm's damage from 82 to 140.
• Buffed SDFMG's damage from 129 to 140.
• Buffed Shredder's damage from 18 to 24.
• Nerfed Solar Flare's damage from 110 to 95.
• Nerfed Starfleet's damage from 70 to 65.
• Buffed Stellar Striker's damage from 250 to 280.
• Buffed The Storm's damage from 55 to 75, and projectiles now go through tiles.
• Buffed Storm Dragoon's damage from 125 to 135.
• Nerfed Subsuming Vortex's damage from 140 to 110.
• Buffed Telluric Glare's damage from 54 to 82.
• Nerfed Terror Blade's damage from 260 to 210.
• Nerfed Triactis' True Paladinian Mage-Hammer of Might's damage from 2500 to 2100.
• Nerfed True Tyrant's Ultisword's damage from 150 to 132.
• Nerfed Vanquisher Arrow's damage from 30 to 24.
• Nerfed Verdant's damage from 248 to 215.
• Buffed Vivid Clarity's damage from 80 to 120.

Armor and Accessories

• Nerfed Necklace of Vexation's damage boost when below 50% health from 15% to 10%.
• Nerfed base damage of the waifus summoned by Eye of the Storm, Rare Waifu in a Bottle, Rose Stone, and Waifu in a Bottle from 60 to 45.
• Nerfed Pearl of Enthrallment's pre-Moon Lord damage from 100 to 80, and post-Moon Lord damage from 500 to 200.
• Nerfed Heart of the Elements' damage and critical strike chance boosts from 10% to 5%. Nerfed pre-Moon Lord waifu damage from 100 to 60, and post-Moon Lord damage from 300 to 100.
• Starlight Wings now use 20 Souls of Flight in their recipe instead of 30.
• Nerfed Aureate Booster's flight time from 90 to 70. It now uses 20 Souls of Flight in its recipe instead of 30.
• Nerfed Discordian Wings' flight time from 150 to 125. It now uses 20 Souls of Flight in its recipe instead of 30.
• Nerfed Xeroc Wings' flight time from 210 to 170. It now uses 20 Souls of Flight in its recipe instead of 30.
• Seraph Tracers now use 5 Luminite Bars in their recipe instead of 5 Meldiate Bars. They also now use the rarity instead of , and now have an internal rarity of .
• Various armor sets' health-based stat boosts were nerfed by varying amounts:
  • Nerfed Ataxia armor's damage and critical strike chances boosts between 80% and 60% health from 5% to 2%, between 60% and 40% health from 10% to 4%, between 40% and 20% health from 15% to 6%, and below 20% health from 20% to 10%.
  • Nerfed Daedalus armor's damage and critical strike chance boosts between 80% and 60% health from 2.5% and 2% to 1%, between 60% and 40% health from 5% to 2%, between 40% and 20% health from 7.5% and 7% to 4%, and below 20% health from 10% to 8%. Nerfed damage reduction boost between 80% and 60% health from 2.5% to 1%, between 60% and 40% health from 5% to 2%, between 40% and 20% health from 7.5% to 4%, and below 20% health from 10% to 8%.
  • Nerfed Reaver armor's damage and critical strike chance boosts between 80% and 60% health from 5% to 1%, between 60% and 40% health from 10% to 3%, between 40% and 20% health from 15% to 6%, and below 20% health from 20% to 10%.
    • Nerfed Reaver Helm's melee speed boost, Reaver Helmet's minion knockback boost, and Reaver Cap's throwing velocity boost between 80% and 60% health from 5% to 1%, between 60% and 40% health from 10% to 3%, between 40% and 20% health from 15% to 6%, and below 20% health from 20% to 10%.
  • Nerfed Xeroc armor's damage and critical strike chance boosts between 40% and 20% health from 20% to 15%.

Buffs and Debuffs

• Adjusted the Irradiated debuff:
  • Nerfed defense reduction from -10 / -20 defense to -5 / -10 .
  • Nerfed DR reduction from -0.1% / -0.2% DR to -0.05% / -0.1% .
  • No longer boosts melee speed (previously boosted by 5%).
• Nerfed Grax Boost's defense boost from 50 to 30, melee speed boost from 10% to 5%, melee damage boost from 15% to 10%, and melee critical strike chance boost from 20% to 10%.
• Vulnerability Hex no longer deals damage over time.

Resprites

• Resprited Firestorm Cannon, Raider's Glory, and Terra-cotta.

Fixes

• Fixed Providence, the Profaned God not despawning if the player dies.

Removals

• Removed Ungodly Serpent.