last thing of yesterday i stayed extra late to camp the ocean for Pirate Maps. it was a full moon so plenty of chances to get the Moon Charm too. the Pirates didnt pose a problem with current equipment got most of the goodies including the Cursed Medallion artifact material. which means im short of 1 artifact item to upgrade the Shard of Thanos to tier 3.
after that i went to the jungle with Spelunker and Battle potions to hunt for the missing Life Fruit and the Moth. explored a good chunk of the east side of the jungle but still no Jungle Temple, its weird honestly. but anyways i got the materials i wanted, and i even got to kill Dr. Bones.
the bad side is that a Solar Eclipse started and i was killed by an Ichor Pod so i had to go and face the event until i was a capable of leaving everything in the storage. got killed 2 times more during the long day but was able to kill and get most of the important stuff out of the movie monsters.
i think im gonna go and farm the Mechanical Bosses for the last artifact. need to kill Skeletron Prime until it drops it.
then once i've upgraded the artifact im gonna go and face Plantera.
EDIT:
spent too much time trying to get the artifact material but nope, Skeletron Prime is being bitchy, maybe later. went to the jungle to take on Plantera, i was able to kill her without much hassle, seems the fixes for her Revengeance AI were fitting and i was able to kite her in open space. she also drops an artifact material for the final tier but most important would be to kill her for the life shards or whatever their called.
anyways, i went to the dungeon to get the biome chest items but got gutted by mobs, i forgot the dungeon becomes hard after Plantera (thought it was after the Golem but oh well). got to open 3 of the 4 chests, the jungle one was missing, i know i've seen it but i have to check the map to go straight to it. got the black belt from one of the Bone Lees and filled the last contract so now i can buy the Black Weapons from the Tracker.
have to check if there was a Ninja Tabi too. just for collection. i also got some ectoplasm and ectoblood.
EDIT2:
something happened to the Cellphone, not sure where i lost it actually, really weird, best lead i had was that it may have disappeared when i died mid teleporting. so im gonna have to do some cheating this time (aint farming for that shit all over again). gonna have to use inventory editor or something.
but firt, i want to stay in the dungeon for a while. mostly because i need the Ectoplasm and also, because i need a Paladin's Shield. the Vampire Knives and the Calamitamini should be more than enough to keep enemies dead while waiting for the mob to spawn.
EDIT3:
no Paladin for the time i was there, but i got a lot of ecto materials so im going to check if i can upgrade the Storage again (among other things). tried using an online inventory editor but since TModloader uses like 2 PLR files i dont know what to expect. guess i'll have to play by the rules and craft the Cellphone again. well i dont really need everything just the GPS and Lifeform Analyzer. the rest of the items arent actually needed for anything. and the fishing station has the sonar potion effect so i dont really need a fish finder to know my power.
im gonan just roll with that yeah. good old recall potions.
EDIT4:
tried to find the last shield item in the Aquatic Depths but turns out that killing Plantera changes the area so i got ganked 2 times by Abyssion. tried to fight the Leviathan but couldnt keep up even with vampire knives. i need something more potent to win this fight.
the Siren's projectiles deal a lot of damage even with current damage reduction items and its almost like i cant sustain enough from the Vampire Knives, not even with the lifesteal glyph. so i dont really know how to win this time with melee.
guess i'll have to skip those and go straight to the Golem.
on the good side, i got the Siren's Heart which is for most purposes better than even the Celestial Shell (i think). im gonna use it or something. maybe it helps me.
EDIT5:
yup, the Golem was the easiest of the bunch. rather than being a damage bully the boss in Revengeance is a fucking damage sponge. in this case the arms cannot be destroyed anymore and it gets higher defenses on the second phase so it takes a big amount of time to shred it while keeping yourself alive.
the good part is that once it died it dropped the Picksaw so i was able to get the altar and GTFO off the temple. i shouldnt have to worry about that until the Ravager fight since i need Lizhard brick to make the summon item.
the Siren's Heart is a good item for general purposes so it stays for now. now that the Golem is kill i promptly crafted the Beetle Armor set with the defense part. 45% damage reduction from the beetles + current equipment should help me to survive these last bosses. specially after seeing what they do against Turtle Armor.
there wasnt a sun stone in the loot bag but since the Celestial Shell doesnt seem to have any use in Calamity i dont see why bother.
finally i have the materials to craft Asgard's Valor. i dont need the dash tho so its mostly a stat thing. should help me a lot for future use. it seems i can now mine Chaotic Ore so i guess its coming to the underworld all over again. at least for farming a bit. there's a some good weapons to be crafted from there. and i need something with homing capabilities because the Siren requires too much movement.
EDIT6:
Abyssion down, the new yoyo i crafted was capable of keeping me alive during the whole fight allthought the final phases were much more harder due to the amount of stuff moving around in the water. but yeah, last Thorium boss before the Ragnarok.
i've also farmed Plantera and Queen Bee for some materials. right now my equipment can shred throught most bosses but i still cant kill the Leviathan. bringing the Siren to half health is easy. surviving the onslaught that comes later is nigh impossible. too much damage for all the stuff on screen.
so i guess is to farm whatever is missing
EDIT7:
solar eclipse has been farmed successfully. got enough Broken Hero Swords to craft some required stuff. also got the Mothron Wings. only thingmissing was The Eye of Cthulhu yoyo allthought idont remember how much damage it dished (probably less than the Chaotrix im using).
after that i made some fishing to replenish the stock of Yharim's Stimulants and also crafted something called Titanic Scale Potion which is basically a melee focused potion made out of Titan Potionsa nd Beetle Husk.
i also bought a special sword called "Wyvern Slayer" which is basically a huge projectile sword with a gimmick, left click swings the sword and shoots a wave that expands while it traves then right click makes it autoswing in a stabbing motion similar to a Spear. it has quite the amount of damage actually with all the stuff im using. sadly since its a projectile sword it doesnt get the 20% bonus of the Counter Scarf (alltought im not even using that thing actually, maybe i should).
also the sword is a Berserk reference
anyways, after that i tried myself against the Pumpkin Moon with this melee setup and the Black Cane minions. the new sword got me up until wave 11-12, then i had to start flying and kiting the Pumpkings with Infernal Scythes which are well an autoswinging boomerang, you can basically keep on shooting them while moving. the best part is that you can exploit them for massive damage. because they still do damage while returning so flying and moving in a circular motion creates a big ball of them that you can direct throughout the waves of enemies.
so all i had to do was move the deadly ball vertically for Pumpkings, then go flat horizontally to shred the waves of Mourning Woods and other remaining enemies. the best part is that the weapon produces an explosion when hitting the target so it was a lot of explosions at the same time. the only thing i had to make sure was to keep pace and gather the candy cane in the ground to replenish health.
didnt die a single time and made a lot of money out of it. got all the stuff from the event basically. and more than a single stack of Spooky Wood forsome other purposes. i only needed that event to craft a sword out of the Horseman's Blade.
im done for today. tomorrow im gonna tackle the Frost Moon, but before that i have to go get some souls of light and night.