Post
Terraria 1.4.5: A Complete Overview of All 24 Minion Types
This video provides a detailed overview of all 24 minions in Terraria 1.4.5, including their features, how to obtain them, and strategies for using them. It covers both pre-hardmode and hardmode minions, with an emphasis on their strengths and weaknesses in various situations.
1. General overview of minions in Terraria
- ✅ Minions are combat creatures that follow the player and protect them from enemies.
- ✅ They are summoned using special items.
- ✅ The number of minions can be increased with armor, accessories, and buffs.
- ⚠️ Minions do not die or reset after the player's death.
- ⚠️ Whip effects enhance minions, and RMB allows you to set a specific target for them.
00:00 - 00:07
1. General overview of minions in Terraria
- ✅ Minions are combat creatures that follow the player and protect them from enemies.
- ✅ They are summoned using special items.
- ✅ The number of minions can be increased with armor, accessories, and buffs.
- ⚠️ Minions do not die or reset after the player's death.
- ⚠️ Whip effects enhance minions, and RMB allows you to set a specific target for them.
01:02 - 01:46
2. Finch: features and how to obtain
- ✅ The finch nests on the player's head and rams into enemies.
- ✅ Its attacks do not activate invulnerability in opponents, which is useful against crowds and bosses.
- ⚠️ The finch's maneuverability and attack rate are low, which makes it prone to missing small and fast targets.
- ✅ Effective against large and slow enemies, such as bosses.
- ✅ The finch staff can be found in chests under a giant tree or obtained in adventure mode.
- ✅ The living wood wand can be transformed into a finch staff through shimmer.
01:47 - 02:30
3. Abigail: a unique minion with enhancement
- ✅ Abigail attacks enemies with an aura within a radius, dealing damage to a maximum of three targets simultaneously.
- ✅ Re-summoning Abigail does not summon an additional minion, but enhances the current one, increasing damage and flight speed.
- ✅ Every second summon allows her to damage one more enemy, and every third changes her bow.
- ✅ Abigail's parameters are enhanced when transitioning to hardmode.
- ✅ Abigail's flower can grow on the grass near a character's grave.
02:31 - 02:58
4. Slime: jumping minion with limited maneuverability
- ✅ The slime tries to jump on enemies, but does so not very maneuverably.
- ⚠️ Has problems with flying targets: does not jump high enough for very high targets and often misses small ones.
- ✅ The staff has a low chance of dropping from ordinary slimes, but the chance is higher when killing the King Slime.
02:59 - 03:19
5. Mushroom Man: improved version of the slime
- ✅ The Mushroom Man is an improved version of the slime, more maneuverable with ground targets.
- ✅ Attacks flying enemies, performing a special attack with an explosion and high damage.
- ✅ To create it, you need to defeat the boss of the corruption and obtain glowing mushrooms with their seeds.
03:20 - 03:56
6. Flinx: jumping on enemies' heads
- ✅ The Flinx jumps on enemies' heads, dealing constant damage in the contact zone.
- ✅ Can jump on aerial targets if they are not too high.
- ✅ Created on a workbench from gold or platinum bars and fur, which drops from the Flinx in the underground winter biome.
03:57 - 04:51
7. Cutty and Foxparks: unique minions that cannot be summoned again
- ⚠️ Cutty and Foxparks cannot be summoned again and enhanced.
- ✅ Cutty, like Flinx, deals damage by focusing on one contact zone and helps with digging.
- ✅ Foxparks attacks with projectiles with an ignite debuff and has the highest base damage among pre-hardmode minions.
- ✅ Foxparks can be picked up and used as a flamethrower without consuming resources.
- ⚠️ Both minions are acquired through a mini-event with goblin archers, the chance of which is very low.
04:52 - 05:29
8. Vampire Frog: versatile minion with two attacks
- ✅ The Vampire Frog has two attacks: a jump for contact damage and a tongue for focusing on one zone.
- ✅ A versatile option for any situation.
- ⚠️ Like most ground minions, it has problems with flying mobs.
- ✅ Obtained as a drop from a zombie merman or a fish eye during a blood moon.
05:30 - 07:16
9. Hornet and Imp: comparison and ways to obtain
- ✅ Hornet and Imp shoot projectiles at enemies and are almost equal in damage.
- ✅ Hornet shines with single, large, and resilient targets.
- ✅ Imp is versatile, deals good damage, and can pierce up to four enemies.
- ⚠️ Imp is useless in water.
- ✅ Hornet is crafted from wax, which drops from the Queen Bee, and Imp is crafted from hellstone bars.
07:17 - 07:38
10. Pirate: analogue of the vampire frog in hardmode
- ✅ The pirate attacks with a short saber and a ram, being an analogue of the vampire frog.
- ✅ Drops from pirate invasion mobs, especially from the Flying Dutchman.
07:39 - 07:58
11. Spider: attaching and biting enemies
- ✅ The spider runs at the enemy to attach and bite, dealing regular damage and inflicting a poison debuff.
- ✅ Created from spider fangs, which drop from black spiders in spider biomes.
07:59 - 08:17
12. Blade: fast attacks through blocks
- ✅ The blade constantly pierces the opponent, has low damage, but is compensated by a fast and accurate attack through blocks.
- ✅ Blade strikes do not activate invulnerability in enemies.
- ✅ Drops from the Queen Slime.
08:18 - 08:48
13. Blood Bat: emphasis on nearby targets
- ✅ The blood bat attacks on a pendulum principle, never misses, deals good damage, and flies fast.
- ✅ Focuses on targets that are closer to the player.
- ✅ Dropped from a strong mob idea that can be fished out during a blood moon using fishing.
08:49 - 09:17
14. Twins: two minions with different fighting styles
- ✅ The Twins are two minions with different fighting styles: one attacks with a ram, the other shoots at one target.
- ✅ Universally suitable for any situation.
- ⚠️ Often get stuck in blocks.
- ✅ Created on a mythril anvil from a rare black lens knocked out of demonic or wandering eyes.
09:18 - 09:32
15. Pygmy: fast but inaccurate spears
- ✅ The pygmy quickly throws spears with a poison debuff.
- ⚠️ Often misses against fast or small targets.
- ✅ Drops from Plantera.
09:33 - 09:57
16. Sphere and Raven: comparison of damage and strategies
- ✅ Sphere and Raven are equal in damage, but differ in combat.
- ✅ The sphere pierces all targets in its path with a slight delay.
- ✅ Raven focuses on one target, shines more in the fight against bosses.
09:58 - 10:07
17. Ways to obtain Sphere and Raven
- ✅ The sphere drops from the deadly sphere mob in the solar eclipse event after Plantera.
- ✅ Raven drops from the mini-boss of the pumpkin moon event.
10:08 - 10:54
18. Desert Tiger: enhancement with each summon
- ✅ The desert tiger has two attacks: a special one (damage to multiple targets) and a regular one (jumps).
- ✅ Each summon enhances the minion, and after the third and sixth, it changes its appearance.
- ✅ The summoning item is located in the desert chest in the dungeon, which can only be opened after Plantera, knocking out a rare key from mobs in the desert.
10:55 - 11:26
19. UFO and Tornado: counterexamples of effectiveness
- ✅ The UFO deals less damage, but does not miss and quickly teleports to the enemy.
- ✅ The tornado deals more damage, pierces several targets, but tends to miss small and fast targets.
- ✅ The UFO drops from the mini-boss of the Martian Madness event, and the Tornado drops from Duke Fishron.
11:27 - 12:15
20. Stardust Cell and Stardust Dragon: features and creation
- ✅ Both staves are created on an ancient manipulator from fragments that drop from the stardust pillar.
- ✅ The stardust cell focuses on one opponent, does not miss and teleports to it, releasing mini-versions of itself.
- ✅ The stardust dragon pierces everyone it flies through, hits through blocks and deals damage without pauses, increasing damage with each summon.
12:16 - 13:07
21. Terraprisma: best minion in Terraria
- ✅ Terraprisma has higher damage, more accuracy, and is easier to use than the Stardust Dragon.
- ✅ Focuses on targets that are closer to the player.
- ⚠️ Obtaining Terraprisma is a difficult task, requiring victory over the Empress of Light during the day.