Terraria Boss Progression Checklist

All 22 vanilla bosses in recommended kill order. Click a boss card to mark it defeated and expand summon/gear details.

Progress: 0 / 22 bosses defeated

Pre-Hardmode 0 / 8 defeated

#1 King Slimeoptional

Slime Crown or random spawn in outer thirds of map

#2 Eye of Cthulhu

Suspicious Looking Eye at night, or random spawn with ≥200 HP

#3 Eater of Worlds

3× Worm Food in Corruption, or break 3 Shadow Orbs

#4 Brain of Cthulhu

Bloody Spine in Crimson, or break 3 Crimson Hearts

#5 Queen Beeoptional

Abeemination, or break a Larva inside a Jungle Hive

#6 Skeletron

Speak to the Old Man at Dungeon entrance at night

#7 Deerclopsoptional

Deer Thing in Snow biome at night

#8 Wall of Flesh

Throw Guide Voodoo Doll into lava in the Underworld

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Wall of Flesh activates Hardmode

Throw a Guide Voodoo Doll into lava in the Underworld. This permanently changes the world.

Hardmode 0 / 14 defeated

#9 Queen Slimeoptional

Gelatin Crystal in the Hallow

#10 The Destroyer

Mechanical Worm, or random chance at night after WoF

#11 The Twins

Mechanical Eye, or random chance at night

#12 Skeletron Prime

Mechanical Skull, or random chance at night

#13 Plantera

Destroy a Plantera's Bulb in Underground Jungle (after all 3 mechs)

#14 Golem

Lihzahrd Power Cell at Lihzahrd Altar inside the Temple

#15 Duke Fishronoptional

Fish with a Truffle Worm in the Ocean biome

#16 Empress of Lightoptional

Prismatic Lacewing at night in the Hallow

#17 Lunatic Cultist

Defeat the 4 Cultists at the Dungeon entrance after Golem

#18 Solar Pillar

Spawns automatically during Lunar Events

#19 Vortex Pillar

Spawns automatically during Lunar Events

#20 Nebula Pillar

Spawns automatically during Lunar Events

#21 Stardust Pillar

Spawns automatically during Lunar Events

#22 Moon Lord

Automatic after all 4 Lunar Pillars are destroyed

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