Plantera

Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
Damage	0
Max Life	4000 / 8000 / 12,000
Defense	24
KB Resist	0% / 10% / 20%

Type	Boss
Environment	Underground Jungle
Damage	70 / 140 / 193 / 225 / 210 / 289 (Contact) ; 160 / 176 / 234 (Spore Gas)
Max Life	37,500 / 75,000; 52,500 / 105,000 ; 63,000 / 126,000 ; 66,937 / 133,875 ; 80,325 / 160,650
Defense	10
DR	15%
KB Resist	100%
Inflicts debuff	Poisoned 100% chance;
Debuff duration	10 seconds (Contact); 8 seconds (Spore Gas)
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Immune to
Cold	Vulnerable
Water	-
Sickness	Resistant
Electricity	-
Heat	Vulnerable
Coins	50

Type	Boss
Environment	Underground Jungle
Damage	50 / 100 / 138 / 161 / 150 / 207 (Contact) ; 44 / 76 / 128 / 140 / 114 / 186 (Seed); 54 / 96 / 132 / 152 / 144 / 210 (Poison Seed); 62 / 108 / 160 / 176 / 162 / 234 (Thorn Ball)
Max Life	75,000 / 105,000 / 126,000 / 133,875 / 160,650
Defense	32
DR	15%
KB Resist	100%
Inflicts debuff	Poisoned 100% chance;
Debuff duration	8 seconds (Thorn Ball); 1 second (Thorn Ball Spike)
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Immune to
Cold	Vulnerable
Water	-
Sickness	Resistant
Electricity	-
Heat	Vulnerable

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"This floral aberration is another example of the volatile power of harnessed souls."

Plantera is a Hardmode boss that can be fought in the Underground Jungle.

Spawn

Plantera will not spawn on her own, she is summoned by breaking a Plantera's Bulb in the Underground Jungle or the Giant Plantera Bulb found in the Vernal Pass mini biome. She can also be summoned by using a Portabulb anywhere in the Jungle.

Segments

Plantera's Tentacle

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
Damage	60 / 138 / 161 / 207 / 276 (Contact)
Max Life	1000 / 2000 / 2550
Defense	20
DR	10%
KB Resist	0% / 10% / 20%
Inflicts debuff	Poisoned 100% chance
Debuff duration	5 seconds (Contact)
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Immune to

Sounds

Hurt

Killed

Behavior

Plantera's enrage mechanic receives changes in all modes; she will no longer enrage outside of the Underground Jungle but will enrage at the Surface.

Plantera will receive a boost to her speed depending on the size of the arena she is fought in, which is determined by the amount of active tiles in an area around her. If the arena is smaller she will move slower, and if the arena is larger she will move faster, proportional to the lack of blocks. The amount of tentacles spawned is also affected by these boosts.

In Revengeance Mode

Similarly to Expert Mode, Plantera moves through blocks slowly, using long vines to grapple foreground blocks (and background walls in her second phase), similar to multi-hooks. However, the behaviors of Plantera, her tentacles, and most of her projectiles are significantly different.

General

(Poison) Seeds no longer home in on the player.
Plantera's hooks deal no contact damage.
Plantera no longer gains damage or defense while enraged. Instead, she regenerates 1,259 health every 0.5 seconds.

Phase 1

Plantera's first phase follows a 20-second cycle that alternates between firing seeds and spores.

During the first 14 seconds, she fires (Poison) Seeds, with their fire rate drastically ramping up over the last 5 seconds. The fire rate of these seeds also gradually increases as Plantera's health decreases.
During the last 6 seconds, she fires 2 Homing Gas Bulbs that home in on the player and travel through blocks for 2.5 seconds; after this time, they move in a straight line and dissipate on contact with blocks. The bulbs also leave behind small clouds of Homing Gas Bulb Spore Gas that travel very slowly in the direction the bulb was moving and last for 15 seconds. The spore gas only starts dealing contact damage 2 seconds after it spawns.
- Below 85% health, while rapidly firing seeds, Plantera also fires 4 Thorn Balls that travel in an arc and stick to the first block or platform they contact. 10 seconds after sticking to a surface, they explode into Spikes that travel in the cardinal and intercardinal directions, and dissipate on contact with blocks.
- Below 75% health, Plantera fires 3 bulbs per cycle instead of 2. Additionally, after she finishes firing seeds, she releases an uneven ring of 30 Spore Gases which slowly float outward and last for 15 seconds. The gases only start dealing contact damage 2 seconds after they spawn.

Phase 2

Immediately upon entering phase 2, Plantera spawns 8 Plantera's Tentacles.
- The range at which Plantera's Tentacles hang away from Plantera increases as their health decreases, starting at ~7 blocks away at 100% health and increasing up to ~42 blocks away at 1% health.
- When the tentacles reach 0% health, instead of dying, they fully heal themselves, detach themselves from Plantera, and start quickly flying towards the player. The detached tentacles move much faster horizontally than vertically, push themselves away from each other, and are immune to movement-impairing status effects, but not knockback.
Plantera switches from firing a constant stream of seeds at the player to firing spreads of 5 seeds once every two seconds.
At 47% health, and for every 4% health lost below that point, Plantera spawns a floating spore that drifts toward the player. The spore continuously floats downward and through blocks, and cannot be damaged or destroyed.
20 seconds after entering phase 2, all of Plantera's Tentacles automatically detach themselves and Plantera starts firing seed spreads once every 1.5 seconds instead of 2. Additionally, for every 10 seed spreads fired after this point, she starts emitting green light and loosely moving towards the player before dashing at them and releasing an uneven ring of 12 Spore Gases. After dashing, she regrows 2 Plantera's Tentacles unless there are at least 4 alive or at least 2 are still attached to her.
- Below 35% health, Plantera dashes after firing 7 seed spreads instead of 10, and also releases 8 Spore Gases while dashing that either float in the same or opposite direction Plantera charged.
- Below 28% health, Plantera fires 7 seeds per spread instead of 5.
- Below 20% health, Plantera dashes after every 5 seed spreads instead of 7, and her dashes are faster.

In Death Mode

Phase 1

Fire rate of seeds is increased.
Fires 3 bulbs per cycle when above 75% health, and 4 bulbs when below 75% health.
Thorn balls explode after 9 seconds instead of 10.

Phase 2

Spawns 10 tentacles at the start of the phase instead of 8.
Spawns up to 4 tentacles after charging instead of 2, and the spawn cap for tentacles is increased from 4 to 8 for all tentacles, and from 2 to 4 for attached tentacles.
Detached tentacles move faster.

During the Boss Rush

Max health increased to 1,600,000 / 2,240,000 / 5,152,000

Aftermath

Perennial Ore is generated in the Cavern layer of the world.
If the Calamitas Clone has not already been defeated, Reapers, Vampires and Psychos will begin dropping Solar Veils.
The Great Sand Shark will begin spawning after killing 10 Sand Sharks.
Jungle Crates will begin dropping Chlorophyte and Perennial Bars.
Mantis Shrimp will begin dropping Mantis Claws.
Dungeon Crates and Eidolists will begin dropping Ectoplasm.
The Bandit will begin selling Glove of Precision, Glove of Recklessness, and Monkey Darts.
The Drunk Princess will begin selling Evergreen Gin, Caribbean Rum, Margarita, Old Fashioned, and Prismatic Lacewing.
The Arms Dealer will begin selling the Uzi.

Terrain Preparation

Due to Plantera's enrage, it is highly recommended to construct its arena in the Cavern layer, while in the Jungle biome.
The player should strive to make a decently sized arena to allow more room to avoid Plantera's petal shots and spores, while not enraging it specially on Revengeance Mode or higher difficulties.

Gearing Up

Armor

Chlorophyte and Hallowed armor are great balanced choices for melee, ranger and mage players.
Daedalus armor is another balanced pick for all classes.
- Summoners may utilize Spider armor for bonus damage.
  - Fathom Swarmer armor can be used alternatively if Calamitas Clone was defeated first.
- Rogue players can use Titan Heart armor due to its great set bonuses and stats.
  - Umbraphile armor can be used alternatively if Calamitas Clone was defeated first.

Accessories

Rangers can utilize the Magic Quiver if they are using bows.
Mages may find Permafrost's Concoction useful due to the multitude of bonuses it gives as well as its revive ability.
Using the respective class Emblems can be useful.
- Rogue players can use the Vampiric Talisman as an alternative if Calamitas Clone has been defeated, due to its lifesteal effect on critical hits.
- Mages can use the Celestial Emblem with its boost to mana star pickup range.
Rogue players can benefit from the Electrician's Glove due to its many effects.

Weapons & Equipment

Melee

The Pwnagehammer is a powerful option for Plantera herself, but it lacks when it comes to going through her tentacles.
The Biome Blade has multiple attunements that can aid against Plantera, including Heaven's Might for mid-range fighting and Grovetender's Touch or Pure Clarity for long-range fighting. Arid Grandeur is higher-risk, close-range option with very high damage.
If Calamitas Clone has already been defeated, the Ark of the Ancients is a very powerful weapon against Plantera due to its homing capabilities.

Ranged

The Darkecho Greatbow's ricocheting crystal darts and overall high damage put it at a great spot at dealing with Plantera and her tentacles.
The Corroded Caustibow can be utilized to make quick work of the tentacles with its debuffs and trail.
The Brimstone Fury is another good option for dealing good damage to Plantera.
The Arbalest can build up to very high speeds, and if underground works well with Chlorophyte Arrows.
The Megalodon is one of the strongest guns at this stage.

Magic

Both Valkyrie Ray and Arctic Bear Paw are powerful options due to their piercing capabilities that can greatly help with Plantera's tentacles.
The Ion Blaster is another great option if used at its highest potential.
The Undine's Retribution can pierce through walls and targets automatically, doing high damage.

Summoner

The Deepsea Staff, Dormant Brimseeker, Optic Staff, Entropy's Vigil (if Calamitas Clone was defeated first), and Mounted Scanner are great picks that can go through the tentacles and attack Plantera all together.
- Summoners might also find Cryogenic Staff, Orthocera Shell, Ballista Cane, Dreadmine Staff (if Calamitas Clone was defeated prior), Tundra Flame Blossoms Staff and Vengeful Sun Staff great for bonus damage.

Rogue

The Scourge of the Seas is an excellent choice due to its lingering clouds that can deal great damage to Plantera and her tentacles.
The Kelvin Catalyst can be of use due to its piercing capabilities to attack both Plantera and her tentacles.
The Totality Breakers are another excellent crowd control weapon for damaging both Plantera and her tentacles, if Calamitas Clone was defeated first.
The Skyfin Bombers are another excellent option for dealing with Plantera and her tentacles, specially on stealth builds and its homing.
The Spent Fuel Container is another excellent crowd control weapon for Plantera and her tentacles.
The Frequency Manipulator does high damage against Plantera herself, although it has trouble clearing out the tentacles at the start of Phase 2.

Tips

Unlike Normal/Expert Plantera, the circle method is less effective here due to Planetera's lingering spore clouds, and her 3 petal shots in phase 2.
- Try to change your direction or path to avoid the petals, spike balls and spore clouds.
When in smaller arenas or with weaker movement options, especially in Phase 2, it can be very helpful to take out the tentacles first. Piercing weapons work best for this, after which it is best switch back to a higher damage, single target weapon.

Notes

Although Plantera is intended to be fought after the three Mechanical bosses, Plantera Bulbs start spawning as soon as Hardmode is enabled. This means that it is possible to fight Plantera before the Mechanical bosses, although it would be very difficult to do so.
Plantera checks for arena size by constantly scanning a 40x40 rectangular area around herself (1600 blocks total). If there are less than 800 active tiles in that area, she will move faster proportional to the lack of blocks.

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

2.0.3.003: Nerfed Plantera's Tentacle's speed and acceleration in the Get fixed boi seed.

2.0.1.001:
- Now drops 25-30 Living Shards instead of 12-18.
- Treasure Bag now drops 30-35 Living Shards instead of 16-22 .

1.5.1.003:
- Now drops 50 .
- Can now photosynthesize for 1% health/s at night time while enraged on the surface in Revengeance Mode or above, instead of gaining 99.99% damage reduction.
- Decreased regeneration rate from day time photosynthesis from 4% health/s to 2% health/s.

1.5.1.001:
- Buffed health from 30,000 / 42,000 / 126,000 to 75,000 / 105,000 / 126,000 .
- Buffed Pink Seed damage from 44 / 76 / 96 / 108 to 44 / 76 / 128 / 140 .
- Buffed Poison Seed damage from 54 / 96 / 120 / 132 to 54 / 96 / 136 / 152 .
- Buffed Spore Gas damage from 64 / 104 / 140 / 152 to 80 / 140 / 160 / 176 .
- Buffed Thorn Ball damage from 62 / 108 / 136 / 148 to 62 / 108 / 160 / 176 .
- Now vulnerable to cold and heat debuffs but resistant to sickness debuffs.
- Now drops Spore Sac regardless of world difficulty.
- Increased Jungle Key drop rate from 20% to 33%, and it now drops directly from the boss.

1.5.0.001:
- Buffed Revengeance Mode health from 96,600 to 126,000 .
- Nerfed Boss Rush health from 1,600,000 / 2,240,000 / 5,152,000 to 160,000 / 224,000 / 515,200 .
- Nerfed phase 1 defense from 42 to 32.
- Nerfed phase 2 defense in Revengeance Mode from 21 to 10 .
- Now immune to Venom.
- Tentacles no longer drop Hearts in Revengeance or Malice Mode.
- Revengeance Mode spore projectiles can no longer deal damage for the first 2 seconds after they are spawned in.
- Now only inflicts Poisoned for 5 seconds.
  - Tentacles now only inflict Poisoned for 3 seconds.

1.4.5.007: Tentacles no longer have reduced health scaling in multiplayer.

1.4.5.004:
- Spore clouds in Revengeance Mode now glow and now constantly travel at a small speed to hinder the player.
- The number of tentacle hooks that can be summoned at once has been capped in both phases in Revengeance Mode.
- No longer gains a defense boost per tentacle alive in Revengeance Mode.

1.4.5.003:
- Can now fire a single thorn ball in phase 2.
- Velocity and acceleration, maximum hook reach, and the number of tentacles that can spawn increase as its health decreases in Death Mode.
- Tentacles move quicker in Death Mode.
- Reduced potency of the enrage based on nearby tiles.

1.4.5.001:
- All charging speeds have been increased by 33%. Final phase charges are now less aggressive.
- Now spawns tentacle hooks multiple times throughout the fight. All hooks have a 1-second delay before dealing damage when spawned.
- Plantera's hook and projectile spread decreases as its health decreases.

1.4.4.004:
- Buffed damage reduction in Revengeance Mode from 0% to 15%.
- Buffed tentacles' damage reduction in Revengeance Mode from 0% to 10%.

1.4.3.001:
- Nerfed phase 1 contact damage from 50 / 100 / 125 / 143 to 50 / 100 / 114 / 124 .
- Nerfed phase 2 contact damage from 70 / 140 / 175 / 201 to 70 / 140 / 161 / 173 .
- Nerfed tentacle damage from 60 / 138 / 172 / 198 to 60 / 138 / 158 / 171 .
- Nerfed Spore's damage from 70 / 126 / 157 / 181 to 70 / 126 / 144 / 156 .
- Nerfed pink seed damage from 44 / 76 / 96 / 110 to 44 / 76 / 96 / 108 .
- Nerfed poison seed damage from 54 / 96 / 120 / 138 to 54 / 96 / 120 / 132 .
- Nerfed spiky ball damage from 62 / 108 / 136 / 156 to 62 / 108 / 136 / 148 .
- Nerfed spore gas damage from 140 / 161 to 140 / 152 .
- Added a status message "The desert sand shifts intensely!" upon defeat.
- Death Mode changes:
  - Decreased movement speed and maximum distance from hooks.
  - Decreased maximum projectile firing rate for all projectiles.
  - Greatly increased movement speed when immediately transitioning into Phase 2, instead of below 25% health.
  - Hooks and tentacles move at the highest speed immediately, instead of gradually speeding up as health lowers.
  - Fires all projectiles at the highest rate immediately, instead of gradually increasing rate as health lowers.
  - Fires Poison Seeds and Thorn Balls immediately, instead of below 90% and 80% health.

1.4.2.106:
- Nerfed Boss Rush health from 2,100,000 to 1,600,000.
- Buffed Hook's Boss Rush health from 90,000 to 400,000.
- No longer enrages during Boss Rush.
- Revengeance Mode spore clouds can no longer hit the player for a short period of time.
- Fixed a vanilla bug where its Expert Mode contact damage was lower than intended.

1.4.2.105:
- Reworked Revengeance Mode AI:
  - No longer enrages when taken outside the jungle.
  - Can only have 3 thorn balls deployed at a time. She can't fire more unless there are less than 3 currently alive.
  - Hooks no longer spawn their own tentacles.
  - Hooks are less aggressive and no longer deal contact damage.
  - Tentacles no longer stretch out further when they are at low health.
  - Becomes faster and more aggressive the less solid tiles are near her.
  - Gains defense for each of her tentacles that is alive.
  - If taken to the surface, she photosynthesizes and rapidly regenerates health during the day. At night, she hardens and gains a massive defense boost.
  - When all tentacles are dead in phase 2, she will charge the player extremely quickly until close to them. She then spits spore clouds, seeds and killable spore pods.
  - Thorn Balls now inflict Poisoned for 4 seconds instead of 3.

1.4.2.103:
- Revengeance Mode changes:
  - Buffed health modifier from 1.9x / 2.9x to 2.3x / 3.4x .
  - Tentacles no longer gain extra health.
  - Now starts shooting seeds once all tentacles have been defeated.

1.4.2.102: Tentacles now inflict Bleeding for 3 seconds and Poisoned for 2 seconds instead of 2.5 and 1.5 seconds respectively in Revengeance Mode.

1.4.2.001:
- Buffed health modifier from 1.65x / 2.681x to 1.9x / 2.9x .
- Nerfed Boss Rush health from 5,200,000 to 2,100,000.
- Nerfed tentacle Boss Rush health from 180,000 to 90,000.
- Tentacles and Spores can no longer be lifestealed off of.
- Jungle Key and Living Shards now drop from the Treasure Bag instead of directly from the boss in Expert Mode.

1.4.1.002: Decreased speed and projectile fire rate in Revengeance Mode.

1.4.1.001:
- Buffed Boss Rush health from 4,200,000 to 5,200,000.
- Buffed tentacles' Boss Rush healths from 150,000 to 180,000.
- Buffed Boss Rush damage modifier from 2.5x to 3.5x.
- Tentacles no longer deal extra contact damage in Revengeance Mode.
- Plantera phase 2 and tentacles now inflict Bleeding and Poisoned in Revengeance Mode.
- Thorn balls now inflict Poisoned.
- No longer takes 50% damage from Crystal Bullet shards and Holy Arrow stars.

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

1.4.0.001: Lowered projectile fire rates in Revengeance Mode.

1.3.4.101:
- Buffed health modifier from 1.35x / 2.381x to 1.65x / 2.681x .
- No longer has 30% damage reduction.

1.3.4.001: Nerfed health modifier from 2.3x / 6.2x to 1.35x / 2.381x .

1.3.3.001: Now removes the early-Hardmode nerf to enemy health and damage when defeated.

1.3.2.001: Now spawns Perennial Ore when defeated.

1.2.4.101: Buffed Death Mode health modifier from 2.6x to 6.2x .

1.2.4.002: Buffed health modifier from 1.4x / 1.8x to 2.3x / 2.6x .

1.2.3.007:
- Nerfed speed when she is enraged to prevent her from despawning.
- Tentacles now fire Spores in Revengeance and Death Mode.
- Now fires thorn balls occasionally in phase 2 in Death Mode.
- Now has a cap of 25 tentacles and 20 Spores at a time.

1.2.3.002:
- Now gains a 1.8x health modifier in Death Mode.
- Now fires petals as fast as her enraged state in Death Mode.

1.2.2.003: Tentacles now gain a 1.25x health and damage modifier in Revengeance Mode.

1.2.2.001:
- Increased speed.
- Now only gains 2x damage and 2x defense when enraged instead of when in her normal state.
- Buffed phase 1's defense from 46 to 52, and contact damage from 87 / 174 / 217 to 90 / 180 / 225 .
- Buffed phase 2's defense from 26 to 27.

1.2.1.002: Increased Revengeance Mode contact damage multiplier.

1.2.1.001:
- Can now drop Jungle Key at a 20% chance.
- Leviathan status message now has a period.

1.2.0.002:
- Spore now inflicts Marked for Death for 3 seconds in Revengeance Mode.
- No longer gets more aggressive with high Stress.

1.2.0.001:
- Now gains a 1.4x health modifier in Revengeance Mode.
- Now gets a massive stat boost upon reaching phase 2.
- Now has a 2% chance to drop Laudanum or Stress Pills in Revengeance Mode.

1.1.7.801: The status message "The ocean depths are trembling." now appears when defeated.

1.1.5.08: Increased Living Shard drop amount from 4-6 / 6-8 to 6-8 / 8-10 .

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