Guide:Wall of Flesh strategies

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Wall of Flesh

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Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	The Underworld
Damage	50 / 150 / 180 / 195 / 225 (Contact) 22-30 / 44-60 / 68 / 76 / 66-90 / 102 (Eye Laser) 88 / 96 / 132 (Death Laser) 112 / 124 / 168 (Demon Scythe)
Max Life	12,800 / 17,920 / 21,504 / 22,848 / 27,417
Defense	12 / 18
KB Resist	100%
Inflicts debuff	Horrified
Debuff duration	While the player is within 900 blocks from the boss.
Debuff tooltip	You have seen something nasty, there is no escape.
Inflicts debuff	The Tongue
Debuff duration	When the player is within 900 blocks behind the boss.
Debuff tooltip	You are being sucked into the mouth
Immune to

Resistances

Cold	Vulnerable
Water	-
Sickness	Vulnerable
Electricity	-
Heat	Resistant

Drops

Coins	25

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• One to four of the following 7 items will always be dropped
• Breaker Blade
  25% / 33.33%
• Clockwork Assault Rifle
  25% / 33.33%
• Laser Rifle
  25% / 33.33%
• Blast Barrel
  25% / 33.33%
• Black Hawk Remote
  25% / 33.33%
• Meowthrower
  25% / 33.33%
• Firecracker
  25% / 33.33%
• One of the following 5 items will always be dropped
• Warrior Emblem
  25%
• Ranger Emblem
  25%
• Sorcerer Emblem
  25%
• Summoner Emblem
  25%
• Rogue Emblem
  25%
• Carnage
  10%
• Crimson Key
  33.33%
• Corruption Key
  33.33%
• Wall of Flesh Mask
  14.29%
• Wall of Flesh Trophy
  10%
• Thank You
  1%
• The Underworld (Lore)(Only on first kill)
  100%
• The Wall of Flesh (Lore)(Only on first kill)
  100%
• Hermit's Box of One Hundred Medicines(100% on first kill)
  10%
• Treasure Bag(Wall of Flesh)

  • Demon Heart

  100%
• Goat Skull(In Master or Revengeance Mode only)
  25% / 25%
• Wall of Flesh Relic(In Master or Revengeance Mode only)
  100% / 100%

The Wall of Flesh is a pre-Hardmode boss fought in the Underworld. It is summoned by throwing a Guide Voodoo Doll into Lava.

This guide will mention items exclusive to Expert and Revengeance Mode with no special formatting and will follow the intended progression.

Terrain Preparation

• Creating a long arena with at least 2 layers of platforms is recommended to have enough space to dodge the Wall of Flesh.
• This arena should be long enough to kill the Wall before it reaches the end.
• You will likely have to break some of the houses and terrain in hell.
• Alternatively, fighting the Wall in the already cleared Brimstone Crag can provide enough space if your weapon's DPS is high enough.

Gearing Up

For a Normal and Expert mode guide to Wall of Flesh, see Wall of Flesh strategies on the vanilla wiki.

Armor

• Statigel armor is the best option for most classes, greatly increasing damage.
• Molten armor is another option for True Melee players.
• Bee armor is another summoner option because it provides more minion slots than Statigel.
  • Obsidian armor is another choice for Summoners due to its whip bonuses.

Accessories

• The Bundle of Balloons and Terraspark Boots provide powerful movement and jump boosts to help dodge the Wall's attacks.
  • The Skyline Wings are another good option for vertical mobility.
• The Shield of Cthulhu can help the player dash away from the Wall.
• The Frog Leg and its upgrades provide a jump speed boost that makes it easier for the player to jump over the Wall's lasers.
  • The Aero Stone is an equally viable option if the player is using wings, though the Frog Leg is still just as good with wings.
• The Brain of Confusion can be used for its dodge and buff to critical strike chance.
• The Worm Scarf's damage reduction is still useful on the Wall.
• Melee players can make use of the Bloody Worm Tooth and Feral Claws for extra damage and melee speed.
• Magic players can use the Mana Flower if they are not using Mana Regeneration Potions.
• Summoners should absolutely take advantage of the Jelly-Charged Battery and Pygmy Necklace if possible.
• Rogue players have an abundance of accessories they can use, but the Bloodstained Glove or Filthy Glove the player should have obtained respectively from the Perforators or Hive Mind are especially useful.

Weapons & Equipment

Melee

• The Fractured Ark is an extremely powerful weapon with its parry effect.
• The Night's Edge is a powerful option for True Melee players.
• The Bee Keeper combined with the Hive Pack and the Shark Tooth Necklace is another very powerful option.
• The Gelitic Blade is a solid option with a slightly higher range.
• The Ball O' Fugu is a powerful option with a solid range.

Ranged

• The Gunk Shot is a very powerful option for this boss.
• The Flurrystorm Cannon can provide good damage on the Wall.
• The Aquashard Shotgun is still a decent option for the boss.
• The Overloaded Blaster can help deal with the Hungries.

Mage

• The Eldritch Tome has a lot of close-range damage.
• The Night's Ray is very strong in this part of the game and can chain to hit multiple Hungries and the Wall itself.
• The Bee Gun is still very powerful against the Wall of Flesh and has synergy with the Hive Pack.
• The Black Anurian is a powerful weapon at this stage of the game.
• The Flamelash is a highly effective weapon against the boss.
• The Pulse Pistol is a suitable option for its ability to chain between the Hungries and the multiple segments of the boss itself.

Summoner

• The Staff of Necrosteocytes, while grounded, is an extremely powerful option against the Wall.
• The Herring Staff's ability to summon large amounts of powerful minions makes it a very strong option.
• The Cinder Blossom Staff and Deathstare Rod can be used as a means of having other damage alongside the player's other minions.
• The Tavernkeep Rods can be used for extra firepower, especially against the Hungries spawned by the boss.
• Using whips such as the Spinal Tap or Snapthorn is a reliable way to deal active damage and make minion targeting easier.
  • Alternatively, the Slime Puppet staff can be a more powerful support option.
• The Aestheticus is a good support weapon and a nice way to deal passive damage through the Vaporfied debuff.

Rogue

• The Lionfish is an excellent option for doing constant damage to the boss.
• The Glaive can do considerable damage to the Wall thanks to its piercing ability.
• The Kylie can also be quite powerful.
• The Sky Stabber can also be extremely effective against the Wall but generally requires heavy face-tanking to be effective.

Miscellaneous

• The Aestheticus can be useful during the fight for inflicting debuffs.
• The Slimy Saddle can help the player avoid the lasers with its increased jump height, and natural bounce off of enemies, in case the player undershoots the jump.
• Any Hook can allow the player to move out of the way of the lasers, especially if they have an arena with multiple layers. The best hooks at this stage are the Diamond Hook and Ivy Whip.

Notable Buffs

• The Well Fed buff and its upgrades provide useful all-around stat boosts.
• Rage and Wrath Potions are excellent ways to improve the player's overall damage.
• Endurance, Ironskin, and Regeneration Potions all provide beneficial buffs to improve the player's survivability.
• Swiftness Potions are a good way to avoid the boss's attacks.
• Melee players can use Ale to improve their offensive capabilities.
• Mage players should use Magic Power and Mana Regeneration Potions to massively boost their damage and not have to worry as much about the damage penalty of Mana Sickness.
• Summoning Potions will grant the player one extra minion slot, massively boosting their damage.
• Shadow Potions will give Rogues more overall damage and quicker stealth regeneration.

The Fight

When starting the fight, the Wall will spawn on the side of the player closest to the world's edge. It will move toward the player shooting lasers every few seconds. To dodge the lasers, jump or fly at the right time to jump over them.

If you get too far from the Wall, it will roar, dash, and shoot predictive lasers at the player. It is recommended to stay close enough to the wall to avoid this.

As the Wall's health drops, it will begin firing lasers and moving faster. The player should balance their speed to prevent the Wall from dashing while staying out of the range of the Hungries.

When the Wall hits 66% health, it will shoot homing sickles from its mouth. The player should dodge these sickles by going over all of them; going under all of them; or by alternating going between them.

Death Mode changes

• Shoots Death Lasers from the start of the fight
• Base speed is 75% faster