History:Polterghast

Main article: Polterghast

• 2.0.3.005:
  • Decreased phantom blast and phantom mine Nightwither duration from 3 seconds to 2.
  • Decreased phantom shot Nightwither duration from 2 seconds to 1.33.

• 2.0.3.002:
  • No longer gains increased aggression level depending on the amount of surrounding tiles, with its current base aggression level being increased to match its previous 50% tile aggression level.
  • Phantom is now affected by the Boss Health Boost Percentage configuration option.

• 2.0.3.001:
  • Changed clone health from 35,000 / 72,000 / 120,000 / 144,000 / 108,000 / 180,000 / 216,000 to 62,500 / 100,000 / 120,000 / 150,000 / 180,000 .
  • Nerfed Phantom's health from 17,500 / 22,500 / 37,500 / 45,000 to 17,500 / 22,500 / 37,500 .
  • Clone is no longer trackable by the vanilla boss health bar.

• 2.0.2.002:
  • Changed Boss Checklist Mod despawn message from "The volatile spirits disperse throughout the depths of the dungeon." to "The volatile phantasm disperses in an echoing wail."
  • It, Phantom Hook, Polterghast Clone and Phantom now properly display vanilla debuff colors and Hunter Potion effects.

• 2.0.1.002: Added boss spawning, phase transition, Phantom Spirit spawning and hit sounds.

• 1.5.1.003: Now drops 3  50 .

• 1.5.1.001:
  • Buffed Blue Phantom Blast damage from 140 / 240 / 264 / 280 to 150 / 264 / 288 / 300 .
  • Buffed Blue Phantom Shot damage from 120 / 192 / 212 / 224 to 140 / 240 / 264 / 280 .
  • Buffed Phantom contact damage from 150 / 260 / 288 / 304 to 160 / 276 / 304 / 320 .
  • Buffed Phantom Hook Shot damage from 120 / 192 / 212 / 224 to 140 / 240 / 264 / 280 .
  • Buffed Phantom Mine damage from 160 / 276 / 304 / 320 to 170 / 296 / 324 / 340 .
  • Buffed Red Phantom Blast damage from 150 / 260 / 288 / 304 to 160 / 276 / 304 / 320 .
  • Buffed Red Phantom Shot damage from 130 / 212 / 236 / 248 to 150 / 264 / 288 / 300 .
  • No longer reduces the effectiveness of Cursed Inferno's damage reduction loss.
  • Necroplasm and its clone no longer charge predictively in Revengeance or Death Mode.
  • Phantoms can now be damaged. Buffed health from 1500 to 8750 / 11,250 / 18,750 / 22,500 , damage reduction from 0% to 10%, and defense from 0 to 45. Increased Phantom Mine's acceleration by 9.5% and increased tile enrage effect on Phantom Mines by 50%.
  • Polterghast clone can now be damaged. Nerfed health from 130,000 / 208,000 / 240,000 to 35,000 / 72,000 / 120,000 / 144,000 . Buffed damage reduction from 0% to 10% and defense from 0 to 45.
    • Defeating the clone will increase the number and spread of projectiles, the projectile firing rate, charge velocity and acceleration, and amount of charges.
  • It, its clone, and Phantoms are now resistant to sickness debuffs.
  • Now drops Affliction regardless of world difficulty.

• 1.5.0.002: Map icon now rotates alongside the boss.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Added a separate map icon for Necroplasm.
  • Nerfed health from 412,500 / 660,000 / 792,000 to 350,000 / 560,000 / 672,000 .
  • Nerfed Boss Rush health from 3,250,000 / 5,200,000 to ​​325,000 / 520,000 .
  • No longer immune to any debuffs except Confused, Pearl Aura, Nightwither, and Whispering Death.
  • Phantom Shot projectiles can no longer bounce off of tiles.
  • Mine projectiles now use a circular hitbox.
  • When it or its clone is moving slowly, its core will now change from red to black.
  • Now sticks to a charge location once it finds one and will now wait for 15 frames before charging.
  • Will now look in the direction it is about to charge in.
  • Increased tile detection enrage by 20%.
  • Can no longer become enraged during Boss Rush.
  • Now takes 90% damage from Time Bolt, and 75% damage from Grand Dad.
  • Now drops 30-40 / 40-50 Phantoplasm instead of 10-20 / 20-30 .
  • Phantom Shot projectiles now inflict Whispering Death for 2 seconds on hit. Phantom Hook Shot projectiles now inflict Nightwither for 2 seconds on hit.
  • Now drops Supreme Healing Potions.

• 1.4.5.004: Clone now turns invisible, except for a red glowmask for its heart and veins, to convey that it's not dealing contact damage while it lines up for a charge.

• 1.4.5.003:
  • Nerfed base contact damage from 150 / 240 / 300 / 345 to 150 / 240 / 264 / 280 .
  • Nerfed Necroghast contact damage from 180 / 288 / 360 / 414 to 180 / 288 / 316 / 336 .
  • Nerfed Necroplasm contact damage from 210 / 336 / 420 / 483 to 210 / 336 / 369 / 392 .
  • Nerfed clone damage from 210 / 336 / 420 / 483 to 210 / 336 / 360 / 392 .
  • Buffed Blue Phantom Shot damage from 120 / 192 / 211 / 222 to 120 / 192 / 212 / 224 .
  • Buffed Blue Phantom Blast damage from 140 / 240 / 264 / 278 to 140 / 240 / 264 / 280 .
  • Buffed Red Phantom Shot damage from 130 / 212 / 233 / 245 to 130 / 212 / 236 / 248 .
  • Buffed Red Phantom Blast damage from 150 / 260 / 286 / 301 to 150 / 260 / 288 / 304 .
  • Buffed Phantom Mine damage from 150 / 260 / 286 / 301 to 150 / 260 / 288 / 304 .
  • Buffed Hook Phantom Shot damage from 120 / 192 / 211 / 222 to 120 / 192 / 212 / 224 .
  • Adjusted tile enrage to affect its projectiles more.
  • Now charges towards the player at certain intervals.
  • Phantom blasts no longer home in and instead accelerate over time.
  • Mines no longer deal any damage until they've reached max velocity, and mine velocity is now affected by tile enrage.
  • How often hooks move is now based on how close the player is to them.
  • Hooks can fire projectiles again.
  • Now enters Phase 3 at 60% health instead of 80% in Death Mode.
  • Fixed a bug that caused its attacks to desync in multiplayer.

• 1.4.5.002: Reduced tile enrage requirement by 25%.

• 1.4.5.001:
  • Boss fight has been reworked; now much more aggressive.
  • Blue and red phantom projectiles now inflict Nightwither and Whispering Death respectively. Projectile patterns have also been adjusted to make the fight more fair.
  • Both it and its clone can now inflict Moon Bite on contact.
  • Phantoms now orbit Polterghast itself instead of the player.
  • No longer immune to Betsy's Curse or Ichor.

• 1.4.4.001: It and its Hooks now have glowmasks.

• 1.4.3.002:
  • Buffed phase 1's damage reduction from 10% to 15%, phase 2's damage reduction from 15% to 20%, and phase 3's damage reduction from 35% to 50%.
  • Clone is now invincible.
  • No longer gains damage reduction while its clone is alive.
  • Increased Ruinous Soul drop count from 5-8 / 6-10 to 7-15 / 10-20 .
  • Will now despawn if it can't find a target.
  • It and its clone are no longer immune to Celled, Daybroken, or Oiled.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • Nerfed Polterghast's contact damage from 150 / 240 / 300 / 345 to 150 / 240 / 264 / 278 .
  • Nerfed Necroghast's contact damage from 180 / 288 / 360 / 413 to 180 / 288 / 316 / 334 .
  • Nerfed Necroplasm's contact damage from 210 / 336 / 420 / 482 to 210 / 336 / 369 / 389 .
  • Nerfed clone Polterghast's damage from 210 / 336 / 420 / 482 to 210 / 336 / 369 / 389 .
  • Nerfed blue shot damage from 120 / 192 / 240 / 276 to 120 / 192 / 211 / 222 .
  • Nerfed red shot damage from 130 / 212 / 265 / 304 to 130 / 212 / 233 / 245 .
  • Nerfed blue blast damage from 140 / 240 / 300 / 345 to 140 / 240 / 264 / 278 .
  • Nerfed red blast damage from 150 / 260 / 325 / 373 to 150 / 260 / 286 / 301 .
  • Nerfed hook shot damage from 120 / 192 / 240 / 276 to 120 / 192 / 211 / 222 .
  • Nerfed Phantom's mine damage from 150 / 248 / 310 / 356 to 150 / 248 / 272 / 287 .
  • Can now charge at the player in all phases.
  • Slightly nerfed projectile speed of Polterghast Hook Shots.
  • Slightly nerfed charge speed in Phases 3-5 in Expert Mode and Boss Rush.
  • Now fires a spread of 4 Phantom Shots in Phases 3-5.
  • Phantom Shots no longer accelerate.
  • Phantoms now gradually rotate faster as Polterghast's health lowers.
  • Decreased limit of Happy Phantom Spirit spawns in Revengeance Mode from 3 to 2.
  • Death Mode changes:
    • Transitions into Phase 2 below 90% health instead of 75%.
    • Transitions into Phase 3 below 80% health instead of 50%.
    • Transitions into Phase 4 below 50% health instead of 33%.
    • Transitions into Phase 5 below 25% health instead of 10%.
    • Decreased Phantom's projectile firing rate.
    • Decreased Polterghast Hook's maximum speed and firing rate.
    • Polterghast Hooks move at the highest speed immediately, instead of gradually speeding up as health lowers.

• 1.4.2.106:
  • Buffed Boss Rush health from 2,500,000 / 4,000,000 / 4,480,000 to 3,250,000 / 5,200,000 / 5,600,000 .
  • Nerfed base defense from 150 to 90.
  • Buffed blue Phantom Shot damage from 110 / 184 to 120 / 192 , and blue Phantom Blast damage from 120 / 204 to 140 / 240 .
  • Buffed red Phantom Shot damage from 120 / 196 to 130 / 212 , and red Phantom Blast damage from 130 / 212 to 150 / 260 .
  • Buffed Polterghast's Hook's health from 50,000 to 100,000.
  • Nerfed Polterghast's Hook's Phantom Shot damage from 240 to 192 .
  • Buffed Phantom's health from 1500 to 1500 / 3000 .
  • Buffed Phantom's Phantom Mine damage from 140 / 232 to 150 / 248 .
  • Now drops 10-20 / 20-30 Phantoplasm.
  • The Reaper Shark's roar will now play when defeated for the first time.

• 1.4.2.105:
  • Hooks no longer have additional health boosts in Revengeance and Death Mode, no longer has any defense, and no longer deals contact damage at all.
  • Hooks now only fire projectiles in phase 2.
  • Phantom Blasts now pierce through the player.
  • Phantom Shots now accelerate slower.
  • Phantoms now fire more frequently.
  • Decreased aggressiveness.
  • The clone now has its own health bar.

• 1.4.2.104: Improved despawn behavior.

• 1.4.2.103: Now only enrages when taken to the surface.

• 1.4.2.102: Decreased overall aggressiveness, especially during its enrage.

• 1.4.2.101:
  • Decreased first phase's speed.
  • Phantom shots now despawn quicker but are faster.

• 1.4.2.002: Fixed an error where the internal value for it wasn't resetting.

• 1.4.2.001:
  • Nerfed health from 550,000 / 880,000 / 1,056,000 / 1,408,000 to 412,500 / 600,000 / 792,000 / 1,056,000 .
  • Nerfed Boss Rush health from 7,000,000 / 11,200,000 / 12,160,000 to 2,500,000 / 4,000,000 / 4,480,000 .
  • Nerfed clone's Boss Rush health from 1,700,000 / 2,720,000 / 3,360,000 to 900,000 / 1,440,000 / 1,760,000 .
  • Decreased minimum coin drop count from 1  20 to 60 .
  • Ichor no longer affects specialized damage resistance formula.
  • Hook phantom shots now use custom projectiles.
  • Projectiles now have more descriptive names.
  • Now has gores.
  • Clone can no longer be lifestealed off of.
  • Fixed clone exponentially gaining contact damage while outside of the Dungeon.

• 1.4.1.003:
  • Buffed health from 440,000 / 704,000 / 816,000 / 1,128,000 to 550,000 / 880,000 / 1,056,000 / 1,408,000 , and Boss Rush health from 6,000,000 / 9,600,000 / 10,560,000 to 7,000,000 / 11,200,000 / 12,160,000 .
  • Decreased minimum coin drop amount from 5 to 1  20 .

• 1.4.1.001:
  • Buffed Boss Rush health from 5,400,000 / 8,640,000 / 9,600,000 to 6,000,000 / 9,600,000 / 10,560,000 .
  • Buffed clone's Boss Rush health from 1,500,000 / 2,400,000 / 3,040,000 to 1,700,000 / 2,720,000 / 3,360,000 .
  • Buffed Boss Rush damage modifier from 1.75x to 2x.
  • Hooks now fire phantom shots less frequently.
  • It, its clone, and its hooks now only inflict Horror in Revengeance Mode.
  • It and its clone no longer take 12.5% damage from Crystal Bullet shards, Holy Arrow stars, split Terra Arrows, and split Terra Bullets.
  • It and its clone no longer take 50% damage from ranged projectiles while Vortex armor's stealth ability is active.
  • Now has gores.

• 1.4.0.002: Fixed enraged boss gaining exponential amounts of defense and contact damage.

• 1.4.0.001:
  • Buffed health from 420,000 / 672,000 / 784,000 / 1,064,000 to 440,000 / 704,000 / 816,000 / 1,128,000 .
  • Lowered resistance to Ichor slightly.
  • Fixed a sheeting error.

• 1.3.4.101:
  • Buffed health from 300,000 / 480,000 / 560,000 / 760,000 to 420,000 / 672,000 / 784,000 / 1,064,000 .
  • Nerfed damage reduction in phase 1 from 50% to 10%, in phase 2 from 55% to 15%, and in phase 3 from 60% to 20%. Still has 90% damage reduction while the clone is alive.
  • Resprited Necroplasm.

• 1.3.4.001:
  • Nerfed health from 330,000 / 528,000 / 560,000 / 1,000,000 to 300,000 / 480,000 / 560,000 / 760,000 .
  • It and its clone are longer immune to Abyssal Flames, Demon Flames, God Slayer Inferno, Nightwither, or Shred.
  • It and its clone now take 12.5% damage from Crystal Bullet shards, Holy Arrow stars, split Terra Arrows, and split Terra Bullets instead of 25%.
  • Tweaked damage resistance formula.

• 1.3.3.011:
  • Now takes 25% damage from Crystal Bullet shards, Holy Arrow stars, split Terra Arrows, and split Terra Bullets.
  • Can now drop a Polterghast Trophy.
  • Polterghast's clone now takes 50% damage if the player has Vortex armor's stealth active and 25% damage from Crystal Bullet shards, Holy Arrow stars, split Terra Arrows, and split Terra Bullets.

• 1.3.3.001:
  • Buffed Polterghast Hook's health from 20,000 to 50,000 / 60,000 / 100,000 .
  • Now spawns a clone in phase 3.
  • No longer fires shots in phase 3.
  • Polterghast Hooks will now detach in phase 2, and periodically open up and fire phantom shots.
  • 3 Phantoms will now spawn and orbit the player closely instead of a single Phantom keeping a distance from the player.
  • Blue phantom shots now bounce 4 times instead of 2, and pink phantom shots now bounce 5 times instead of 3.

• 1.3.2.001:
  • Nerfed contact damage from 200 / 320 to 150 / 240 .
  • Nerfed dart damage from 240 / 300 / 315 / 450 to 110 / 184 / 193 / 276 .
  • Nerfed blast damage from 260 / 340 / 357 / 510 to 120 / 204 / 214 / 306 .
  • Nerfed red dart damage from 300 / 340 / 357 / 510 to 120 / 196 / 205 / 294 .
  • Nerfed red blast damage from 320 / 380 / 399 / 570 to 130 / 216 / 226 / 324 .
  • Nerfed Polterghast Hook's damage from 180 / 252 / 264 / 378 to 120 / 168 / 176 / 252 .
  • Nerfed Phantom's phantom mine projectile damage from 320 / 380 / 399 / 570 to 140 / 232 / 243 / 348 .
  • Now spawns more phantom mines.
  • Resprited Phantom Mine.

• 1.3.0.001:
  • Nerfed base contact damage from 215 / 344 to 200 / 320 .
  • Nerfed hook damage from 220 / 308 to 180 / 252 .
  • Lowered the amount of contact damage it gains each phase.
  • Lowered the amount of Phantom Turrets it spawns from 3 / 2 to 2 / 1 .
  • Now spawns 3 / 2 Happy Phantom Spirits instead of 5 / 3 normal ones.
  • Now sends a status message upon its first defeat, signaling that certain Abyss enemies gain new drops.

• 1.2.4.101:
  • Buffed Death Mode health from 672,000 to 1,000,000 .
  • Normal phantom shots no longer bounce 2 extra times in Death Mode.
  • Red phantom shots no longer bounce 3 extra times in Death Mode.
  • Now drops Ectoheart in Revengeance Mode.

• 1.2.4.001: Now immune to Exo Freeze.

• 1.2.3.008:
  • Now drops 5-9 / 6-11 Ruinous Souls instead of 12-19 / 15-21 .
  • Phantoms now spawn phantom mines.

• 1.2.3.005: Phantom shots now pierce 4 times in Death Mode, but now pierce twice in every other mode instead of 4 times in all modes.

• 1.2.3.002:
  • Now gets 672,000 health in Death Mode.
  • Laser arms now spawn in phase 2 instead of phase 3 in Death Mode.

• 1.2.3.001:
  • Buffed health from 260,000 / 416,000 / 448,000 to 330,000 / 528,000 / 560,000 , and base contact damage from 175 / 280 / 350 to 215 / 344 / 430 .
  • Buffed phantom shot damage from 130 / 260 / 325 to 240 / 300 / 375 .
  • Buffed phantom blast damage from 170 / 340 / 425 to 260 / 340 / 425 .
  • Buffed red phantom shot damage from 150 / 300 / 375 to 300 / 340 / 425 .
  • Buffed red phantom blast damage from 190 / 380 / 475 to 320 / 380 / 475 .
  • Phantom shots now bounce 4 times instead of 3.
  • Red phantom shots now bounce 6 times instead of 8.
  • Now summons fewer Phantom Spirits.
  • Each phase now deals more contact damage.
  • Orbiting Phantoms now rotate slower.
  • Increased despawn timer by 5 seconds.
  • Fixed chains not drawing correctly when under high stress.

• 1.2.2.007: Now has a despawn timer, which will force the boss to flee if it is enraged for too long.

• 1.2.2.001:
  • Now cancels Rain if it is currently occurring.
  • No longer naturally spawns if it has been defeated prior or if no players are alive.
  • Nerfed hook contact damage from 250 / 350 / 437 to 200 / 280 / 350 .
  • Lowered hook speed.

• 1.2.1.005:
  • Polterghast Hooks now use an immunity frame cooldown slot of 1 instead of the default 0.
  • Polterghast now uses the default immunity frame cooldown slot of 0, instead of 1.

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

• 1.2.1.003:
  • Nerfed health from 335,000 / 536,000 / 560,000 to 310,000 / 496,000 / 512,000 .
  • Phantom lasers now produce dust differently.

• 1.2.1.002: Buffed base damage reduction from 40% to 45%, and damage reduction when below 50% health from 50% to 55%. Nerfed damage reduction below 25% health from 70% to 65%, and damage reduction when below 20% health in Revengeance Mode from 80% to 75% .

• 1.2.1.001:
  • Nerfed health from 465,000 / 744,000 / 800,000 to 335,000 / 536,000 / 560,000 .
  • No longer has a DPS cap.
  • Tweaked specialized damage resistance formula.
  • Fixed it being unable to despawn properly.

• 1.2.0.004:
  • Buffed base contact damage from 125 / 200 to 175 / 280 , and increased all health-based contact damage boosts.
  • Buffed Phantom laser damage from 204 / 320 to 240 / 400 .
  • Blue Phantom Shots now bounce 5 times instead of 3, and no longer decay in damage every time they bounce.
  • Red Phantom Shots now bounce 8 times instead of 5.
  • Phantom lasers now last longer and have more visible dust.
  • Tweaked specialized damage resistance formula.

• 1.2.0.002:
  • Buffed base contact damage from 100 / 160 to 125 / 200 , Necroghast's contact damage from 120 / 192 to 150 / 240 , and Necroplasm's contact damage from 220 / 352 to 250 / 400 .
  • Nerfed Necroplasm's defense from 600 to 400.
  • Buffed blue phantom shot damage from 100 / 200 to 110 / 220 , and blue phantom blast damage from 120 / 240 to 130 / 260 .
  • Buffed red phantom shot damage from 120 / 240 to 130 / 260 , and red phantom blast damage from 130 / 260 to 140 / 280 .
  • Buffed Polterghast Hook damage from 190 / 266 to 250 / 350 .
  • Buffed Phantom projectile damage from 124 / 200 to 204 / 320 .
  • Now takes up 50 NPC slots instead of 25.
  • Increased resistance to Ichor.
  • Added a Boss Checklist entry.
  • Fixed Polterghast Hooks not despawning correctly.

• 1.2.0.001: Introduced.