@Joshua Cornier The Twins and Skeletron Prime -> *Require high amount of evasiveness to dodge attacks and defeat them* The Destroyer -> "Bro how can I defeat you? You are literally hiding behind a wall"
Every mage guide I see forgets the cursed flames book, it has amazingly high dps and pierce, low Mana cost and it's especially good in closed spaces and against queen slime, the destroyer and plantera, it's viable all the way to golem
Yep, it's viable, but it doesn't move. To me, the time it takes to use it is more worth firing something else, but it's definitely a really good weapon as well.
The real one thats always forgotten in the spirit flame, cheese two sand just like the ice golem using the crystal serpent and farm for a desert spirit lamp. Combine with few souls and boom a weapon more than capable of defeating every boss excluding maybe duke fishron, EoL, pillars and moon lord. Makes hardmode literally a 3-4 weapon journey
Just a tip: If you play Expert or Master, always get Cactus Armor as the first thing you do. It reflects so much damage back and can help you kill a few pesky enemies.
I watched the mage play through from start to finish, And it was an amazing experience, I learned so much that even me playing terraria from 1.1 learned loads, thanks you zuzucorn the magician.
The only reason I’m watching this is Because he’s calm His voice is soothing He doesn’t talk too fast He doesn’t get overhyped His steps are simple And I subscribed
This is a really good tutorial for people wanting to try the mage class. I normally play melee but am doing a mage expert playtrough and this really helped :)
Some revisions for pre-hardmode (for new players) 1.) Once you get 200 max hp, Eye of Cthulhu has a low chance to spawn every night if you haven't beaten it already. If you're playing a softcore character (which I highly recommend for new players), keep yourself at 180 max HP or below until you feel ready for a boss. Q: "Won't that make surviving the jungle harder while I farm the jungle armor set?" A: Yes, but there's ways around that. As another bonus, once you get used to playing with 180 hp and you've saved up a bunch of heart crystals (the things that increase your max HP), the skills that kept you alive with 180 hp will make you all that much better when you've got 400 health to work with. Basically, instead of gradually getting more health and using that to make up for your mistakes, limiting yourself to 180 hp will help you identify your mistakes so you can get rid of them. Trust me, doing crazy stuff like this to test your own skill is gonna save you when you hit hardmode and realize the game gets a LOT harder VERY, VERY QUICKLY after the wall of flesh dies. Q: "What should I do with extra heart crystals then?" A: Using either lead or iron (whichever you find), go to your base and make an anvil. While standing next to that anvil, make chain, and with that and a heart crystal you can make a heart lantern which regenerates health when you're around it. 2.) When exploring the jungle, idgaf what class you're playing as, bring a yoyo and some white string, you'll thank yourself later. Both are easy to craft- the yoyo needs wood and cobwebs, the white string needs cobwebs and a loom to craft them at. Because both are so easy to make, you can make tons of them as a way to reroll stats- keep making white string until you have a warding one, though if you don't want to make a whole bunch of yoyos then I won't blame you. The utility you want is just being able to attack around corners without the thing you're attacking being able to hit you back. Pro tip: If you have a lot of cobwebs, some dye, and not a lot of accessories (for some reason), you can craft a bunch of white string and then dye some of the white string to EQUIP multiple of them at once. Q: "Do they stack and give me super-duper-ultra yoyo range?!?!?" A: Sadly, no, but this DOES let you easily carry 5 equipment items that all have warding (warding means +4 defense PER ITEM, so that's +20 defense from just a whole bunch of string on expert mode). That said, you need 4 different colors of dye to pull this off (you don't need a 5th dye, since white string itself requires no dye to make) (Edit) To clarify, I am NOT saying a yoyo should be your only weapon in the jungle, I'm saying you should be ready to swap to it anytime it's needed (so keep it in your hotbar). If your enemy can already see you anyway, swap to whatever your primary weapon is and burn that mfkr down. 3.) ALWAYS have a bulk supply of wood and torches in your inventory so you can wall yourself into a safe position and craft a campfire, a workbench, and a chair. Sitting in a chair regenerates health faster, and so too does standing close to a campfire. Anytime you're low health, just find a wall to dig a hole into, block off the entrance with wood, craft a workbench so you can make a chair, put down the chair and a campfire and sit down to regen health. You can either leave this temporary base there in case you need it later or pick up your supplies so you don't have to recraft them all the time- the choice is yours. Q: "Should I carry a heart lantern with me as well?" A: I find it to be a bit much since it takes up a whole inventory slot, but in theory that would be the safest idea. 4.) (Can't believe Zuzucorn didn't mention this after saying the demolitionist was important) USE EXPLOSIVES TO GET OBSIDIAN EARLY. Drain water onto lava to make obsidian, use bombs to blow up the obsidian, use the obsidian to make an obsidian skull. At 3:10, y'know how Zuzucorn says to be careful since meteorite can burn you? That's only true if you do NOT have an obsidian skull equipped. If you DO have one, they don't burn you at all. Obsidian's also another easy resource to get, so (just like with white string) it won't take you much effort to make a whole bunch of them until you get one with warding (or some other stat boost you like).
Thank you so much! After a couple hours of attempts (yes I know I'm not the best at terraria), I managed to beat the game for the first time, and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you!
Now try expert mode, it's harder but rare drops and coins are increased and have exclusive items like EoC shield, it's not too hard compared to master mode. All you need is to know what you're doing, like what goals to do, which you already know cause you completed the game already
@@onionman9563 armour set is ok but low key a grind but spirit flame is completely broken tho. Get it straight after the crystal serpent and boom a weapon to boss rush past golem
I got terraria 10 days ago and decided to go mage and found this guide. I started off on master mode as my first play through and consulted this video Everytime I made progress ( I would pause the video before something gets spoiled for me) and it’s been there for me for my entire mage journey. Now 10 days later after first getting terraria this mage guide helped me beat my first terraria world and on master mode at that. Thanks
i recently started playing terraria bc a friend recommended it and as someone who had never heard of terraria before and was hilariously bad this really put it out step by step really well thank you :)
Amazing video as always! Some other magic weapons (that were cut to make this video 15 minutes) I personally recommend are: Magic Missile (dungeon) Flamelash (shadow chest) Spirit Flame (underground corrupt/crimson desert materials) Rainbow Rod (souls of light + hallow materials) Spectre Staff (hardmode dungeon) But use whatever you like.
I'd also recommend farming old one's army and martian madness after golem has been killed, farm the saucers for the charged blaster cannon, and then use the cannon to defeat old one's army and get Betsy's wrath. The charged blaster cannon is like a poor man's last prism, it's a great all round weapon. And Betsy's wrath is like an upgraded golden shower, it's probably the best staff in Terraria
Thanks, this will help, tho i recommend beating queen bee after EoW or BoC for the bee gun, cause it shreads skeletron and WoF, one of the best magic weapons imo
This was an amazing guide! You show a lot of alternatives so you can choose yourself which way feels the best for you! And also you obtain all items yourself so it doesn’t feel as impossible to grind for some item. Thank you!
Honestly re-watching this guide I 100 percent recomend using the rainbow rod against skeletron prime if it's hard to aim it deals with its arms amazingly well it's so satisfying to see ur dps sky rocket to 600 to 1000 every time you fire
Things you might have missed out: 1. 1:31, ever since 1.4 the wand of sparking is really really good 2. 1.50, Amethyst and topas jem staffs aren't worth crafting if you have a wand of sparking due to them consuming much more mana and not having a debuff with the projectiles being slow enough to make it outright dangerous to use them against flying enemies at low mana 3. 1:58, The best way to do this is to make a long platform above the ground as it is easier to traverse and collect the fallen stars on 4. 2:09, In 1.4.1 you can change corruption items to crimson and also the band of starpower is very useful to use with a band of regeneration for a band of mana regeneration which can be used to craft the magic cuffs and is also an amazing acessory by itself, you cen even use it up to mechs it's that good, but outside of master mode (because of the extra acc slot) there will be acessories that beat it after mechs such as the celestial emblem (magic cuffs is still good till moon lord tho) 5. 4:22, A mana regeneration potion Is a good alternative to using mana potions so you can avoid the mana sickness debuff and a mana flower will be less nesscessary making space for an extra acessory (recipe: Bottled water, Moonglow, Daybloom, Fallen star at a placed bottle or alchemy table; I recommend buying 50 of any planter boxes for *each* flower and placing them to make a farm using the respective plant seeds, Dayblooms can only be farmed at night and moonglow only at night, breaking the flowers using a staff of regrowth is recommended) 6. 6:01, There is an exceptionally good weapon called the cursed flames that you can get in the same way as the golden shower but using cursed flames instead of ichor, it's the best mage weapon you can get up until frost moon but it may be hard to aim due to it shooting at an ark 7. 7:23 a viable alternative is to find a blessed apple from hallowed enemies at a low chance and any double jump item with an arena around 1400 platforms long to fight queen slime for the gelatinous pillion mount, it's a very food alternative to wings and frees up many acessory slot but this does require a boss fight which some might not like even with the easy blessed apple strategy of just running away 8. 7:52, A risky but rewarding strategy is to use the diamond robe instead of the ore chestpiece due to the amazing mana increase and useage reduction, I recommend obtaining the frozen turtle shell from ice tortoises to compensate for the lack of defence 9. Star in a bottle is a great arena item that increases mana regen and should have been noted as it is easy to craft and helps if you are avoiding thr mana sickness debuff 10. Reforging acessories to arcane will help you deal dammage for longer periods of time, making it better than menacing and lucky, 400 mana is the max ammount of mana you can have and the crystal ball gives you 20 mana so it's best if you stay at 380 mana with no buffs in hardmode Overall tho decent video, even if it misses out on key parts of a good mage loadout, it will get you through the game
@@WojtekDwanascieLat Well so far you can only change the band of star power to panic necklace and vice versa with a heart crystal and mana crystal respectively, i should have clarified that
if ur unlucky like me and didnt get a meteor spawn then get a purple key from the dungeon and go to the underworld and loot the purple chests they have a chance to contain meteorite bars
You can break more shadow orbs between midnight and 4:30 and they have a 50% chance to spawn a meteorite I only know this cuz this same thing happened to me yesterday
I'm in my first terraria playtrouh, and it was the weapon I used for doing all the grinding until the lunatic cultisr, I'm actually getting prepared to try and beat the moon lord
I started playing approximately a week ago and I started with expert mode and to be honest, I struggled, but it was worth it because I'm already further in the game than my friends that started with normal mode and started earlier. This guide has helped me insanely, I seriously can't even stress it, it helped understand the game so well it made hardmode a breeze after a while, so thanks a lot.
Im actually someone returning to the game after a few years. After I "beat" the game multiple times across its various versions (i been playing since 1.1), I stepped away from the game. I have played some mage builds but not from the beginning. Ive only ever done Melee only or ranged only runs, but not mage or summoner only. Just watched this to refamiliarise myself with stuff cause Ive forgotten most of it (ADHD moment). Ik im late but thanks for the guide. Very helpful
Everything about this video is super spot on the only thing I would recommend is getting a nimbus rod as it’s just a very easy way to get a lot more damage
@@chocodonut5367 well, if I don't then it's not cheating? If you automatically think it's cheating just because the option is available, then I don't really know what to say. In fact, I always show my health just so people won't think I'm on godmode. To be honest, I just don't even need it lol
I happened to drop a thunder staff from a chest in the underground desert biome. Very good for the very early game. Got the thunder spear as a nice backup melee weapon aswell.
Btw for any class you're going for, and if you need healing potions, good ones, then you can farm hallow mimics, first obtain 15 souls of light from underground hallow creatures ( illuminant bats, illuminant slimes, etc ) and craft a key with the souls, then make a chest with 2 any iron bars ( must be 2 of the same ) and some wood, then put it down and put the key in the chest to transform it into a mimic, they almost always if not always drop greater healing potions, along with mana potions, a hook and an op bow.
My mage progression in hardmode is basically Craft sky fracture, get wings, and fight Duke fishron to get fishron wings, bubble gun and razorblade typhoon, and congrats, you have a weapon you can use to take down moonlord, and melt mechs, plantera, golem, invasions, cultist and pillars, etc.
Good guide, but... 1- Instead of going for EoW first, go for Jungle Armor and Demon Scythe. With these two you can do whatever you want pre-hardmode. 2- Cursed Flames is underrated. 3- ALWAYS go for Harpy Wings. 4- Mana Flower is overrated imo. With A Mana Regen Potion instead of reducing your damage by 30% you wait for a second and you have max mana, and an empty accessory slot. 5- While seraching for a bulb/making a plantera arena, hunt moths and upgrade your wings.
i reccomend you get the firelash before the WOF. its like a magic missle but inflickts the on fire debuff, pierces one enemy and is homing. you get it from shadow chests
I LOVED this video it helped me start becoming a mage after finishing a summoner play through and these tips are very usefull but the one suggestion i have is to just over time collect all the magic items (like the books wands ext) and see what playset seems fit to you the most
Expert mode Eye of Cthulhu : "I'm so fast you can't even aim"
Classic Mode Eye of Cthulhu : "No!!! Wand Of Sparking too OP.. Imma die"
Lol same goes for the wall XD
@@shreyash643 Classic Mode Wall : "I fear no man.. but that thing (points at 2 stacks of beenades)... it scares me"
@@sanjeevsinghrajput5593both are pretty much the same
@Joshua Cornier The Twins and Skeletron Prime -> *Require high amount of evasiveness to dodge attacks and defeat them*
The Destroyer -> "Bro how can I defeat you? You are literally hiding behind a wall"
The Mechanical Bosses And Queen Slime: I Fear No Man..But..
*Points to dart rifle* it scares me..
"Wand of Sparking, your first, horrible mage weapon"
Wand of Sparking: I'm sorry but I don't remember you beating the game in a 117 block wide world
LMAOOOOO
The biggest crossover event
And a lava filled world
Also gungnir beat pre hm only with WoS
@@lucaslawhun3478 h
Every mage guide I see forgets the cursed flames book, it has amazingly high dps and pierce, low Mana cost and it's especially good in closed spaces and against queen slime, the destroyer and plantera, it's viable all the way to golem
Yep, it's viable, but it doesn't move. To me, the time it takes to use it is more worth firing something else, but it's definitely a really good weapon as well.
@@Zuzucorn i know i am late but what sbout clinger staff aka the puke wall?
@@alkaupadhyay7650 Just use whatever you like
Like a comment i've seen on a diferent video said: "It's like Onyx Blaster, but not overrated"
The real one thats always forgotten in the spirit flame, cheese two sand just like the ice golem using the crystal serpent and farm for a desert spirit lamp. Combine with few souls and boom a weapon more than capable of defeating every boss excluding maybe duke fishron, EoL, pillars and moon lord. Makes hardmode literally a 3-4 weapon journey
Just a tip:
If you play Expert or Master, always get Cactus Armor as the first thing you do.
It reflects so much damage back and can help you kill a few pesky enemies.
kinda late. How do I get the cacti armor?
@@poo_man Go into a desert and axe down the cacti there.
Thx
I play without armour 😂
@@alien32000 dmg glitch
“Hello Friend!”
“Want To Play Mage?”
Me, who binged the entire Mage Guide in one day and initially wanted to play that class next:
*y e s*
What a loli?
i read " *y e s* " in the thechnoblade voice
@@hoodedjimbob its basically your pfp but younger and *much more illegal*
@@hoodedjimbob a child
Zuzu the Magician
He has a magic trick of making my day
Hello friend,
Lol i agree
Thats Zuko's nickname zuzu..from avatar the last airbender.
Me the stupid and scared in every caves
This made me realize how severely underpowered and uneducated I am about this game. And he barely went into any detail. Thanks for the vid my man
All the best!
I watched the mage play through from start to finish, And it was an amazing experience, I learned so much that even me playing terraria from 1.1 learned loads, thanks you zuzucorn the magician.
In 5 minutes?
@@DeRanter what? I watched all the episodes, this is a combined short of all of them,
@@comedicpain oh o thought you just said this one lol
The only reason I’m watching this is
Because he’s calm
His voice is soothing
He doesn’t talk too fast
He doesn’t get overhyped
His steps are simple
And I subscribed
I want to die
agreed
@My name is nobody agreed
@My name is nobody why
and can be sus when he wants
First mage weapon: WAND OF SPANKING
Terraria players for the first time: Care to explain Redigit?
Would really want that in the game and is a very rare drop from moonlord that does like 500 damage and summons a controlable slapping hand.
Actually, it was Sapphire staff, did not find one in my world.
slap hand and wand of spanking
@@hazmatader2836 slapphire staff
I swear ,Zuzucorn has the most wholesome voice in the entire milkyway galaxy!
Yes
yrs
How do you know? Alien?
@@LD-dt1sk lol
this is a wholesome 100 keanu reeves chungus moment
Your tutorials are really helpful ZuZu, thanks to you Im not stuck on certain stages of the game. I'm glad I found this youtube channel.
Me too
zuzu when no zaza: ZuZu
This is a really good tutorial for people wanting to try the mage class. I normally play melee but am doing a mage expert playtrough and this really helped :)
Vibri what the hell is happening to you on your pfp
@@Binglesquirk Teeth
@@marmaladejam3799 good point
Some revisions for pre-hardmode (for new players)
1.) Once you get 200 max hp, Eye of Cthulhu has a low chance to spawn every night if you haven't beaten it already. If you're playing a softcore character (which I highly recommend for new players), keep yourself at 180 max HP or below until you feel ready for a boss.
Q: "Won't that make surviving the jungle harder while I farm the jungle armor set?"
A: Yes, but there's ways around that. As another bonus, once you get used to playing with 180 hp and you've saved up a bunch of heart crystals (the things that increase your max HP), the skills that kept you alive with 180 hp will make you all that much better when you've got 400 health to work with. Basically, instead of gradually getting more health and using that to make up for your mistakes, limiting yourself to 180 hp will help you identify your mistakes so you can get rid of them. Trust me, doing crazy stuff like this to test your own skill is gonna save you when you hit hardmode and realize the game gets a LOT harder VERY, VERY QUICKLY after the wall of flesh dies.
Q: "What should I do with extra heart crystals then?"
A: Using either lead or iron (whichever you find), go to your base and make an anvil. While standing next to that anvil, make chain, and with that and a heart crystal you can make a heart lantern which regenerates health when you're around it.
2.) When exploring the jungle, idgaf what class you're playing as, bring a yoyo and some white string, you'll thank yourself later.
Both are easy to craft- the yoyo needs wood and cobwebs, the white string needs cobwebs and a loom to craft them at. Because both are so easy to make, you can make tons of them as a way to reroll stats- keep making white string until you have a warding one, though if you don't want to make a whole bunch of yoyos then I won't blame you. The utility you want is just being able to attack around corners without the thing you're attacking being able to hit you back.
Pro tip: If you have a lot of cobwebs, some dye, and not a lot of accessories (for some reason), you can craft a bunch of white string and then dye some of the white string to EQUIP multiple of them at once.
Q: "Do they stack and give me super-duper-ultra yoyo range?!?!?"
A: Sadly, no, but this DOES let you easily carry 5 equipment items that all have warding (warding means +4 defense PER ITEM, so that's +20 defense from just a whole bunch of string on expert mode). That said, you need 4 different colors of dye to pull this off (you don't need a 5th dye, since white string itself requires no dye to make)
(Edit) To clarify, I am NOT saying a yoyo should be your only weapon in the jungle, I'm saying you should be ready to swap to it anytime it's needed (so keep it in your hotbar). If your enemy can already see you anyway, swap to whatever your primary weapon is and burn that mfkr down.
3.) ALWAYS have a bulk supply of wood and torches in your inventory so you can wall yourself into a safe position and craft a campfire, a workbench, and a chair.
Sitting in a chair regenerates health faster, and so too does standing close to a campfire. Anytime you're low health, just find a wall to dig a hole into, block off the entrance with wood, craft a workbench so you can make a chair, put down the chair and a campfire and sit down to regen health. You can either leave this temporary base there in case you need it later or pick up your supplies so you don't have to recraft them all the time- the choice is yours.
Q: "Should I carry a heart lantern with me as well?"
A: I find it to be a bit much since it takes up a whole inventory slot, but in theory that would be the safest idea.
4.) (Can't believe Zuzucorn didn't mention this after saying the demolitionist was important) USE EXPLOSIVES TO GET OBSIDIAN EARLY.
Drain water onto lava to make obsidian, use bombs to blow up the obsidian, use the obsidian to make an obsidian skull. At 3:10, y'know how Zuzucorn says to be careful since meteorite can burn you? That's only true if you do NOT have an obsidian skull equipped. If you DO have one, they don't burn you at all. Obsidian's also another easy resource to get, so (just like with white string) it won't take you much effort to make a whole bunch of them until you get one with warding (or some other stat boost you like).
This guide is the best, i went from getting stuck in pre-boss stage to post-plantera!
Thank you so much! After a couple hours of attempts (yes I know I'm not the best at terraria), I managed to beat the game for the first time, and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you!
Now try expert mode, it's harder but rare drops and coins are increased and have exclusive items like EoC shield, it's not too hard compared to master mode.
All you need is to know what you're doing, like what goals to do, which you already know cause you completed the game already
@@clashoclan3371 Yeah, expert is rly fun. I do that in singleplayer now and i multiplayer I do master.
I WAS JUST GONA SLEEP, BUT THEN I’M LIKE, maybe in an hour or so
lol go to beddddd
fall a sleep very quickly*
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Another great weapon to get post mechs is the genie lamp (2 forbidden shards souls of night and a genie lamp at a 2.5% drop rate from desert spirits)
Yeah it’s pretty good and the armour set is also pretty poggers
@@onionman9563 armour set is ok but low key a grind but spirit flame is completely broken tho. Get it straight after the crystal serpent and boom a weapon to boss rush past golem
I got terraria 10 days ago and decided to go mage and found this guide. I started off on master mode as my first play through and consulted this video Everytime I made progress ( I would pause the video before something gets spoiled for me) and it’s been there for me for my entire mage journey. Now 10 days later after first getting terraria this mage guide helped me beat my first terraria world and on master mode at that. Thanks
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i recently started playing terraria bc a friend recommended it and as someone who had never heard of terraria before and was hilariously bad this really put it out step by step really well thank you :)
me: crys in terraria 1.3
some medication ad voice: "you might be able to find a wand of sparking, your first horrible mage weapon"
"your new shit armor!"
1:55 guide:OUTSIDE ITS SCARY
Amazing video as always! Some other magic weapons (that were cut to make this video 15 minutes) I personally recommend are:
Magic Missile (dungeon)
Flamelash (shadow chest)
Spirit Flame (underground corrupt/crimson desert materials)
Rainbow Rod (souls of light + hallow materials)
Spectre Staff (hardmode dungeon)
But use whatever you like.
i think he mentioned the rainbow rod idk
Flame flash is underrated
Spirit flame is so underrated, but I'm glad he's including sky fracture because it's underrated too.
I'd also recommend farming old one's army and martian madness after golem has been killed, farm the saucers for the charged blaster cannon, and then use the cannon to defeat old one's army and get Betsy's wrath. The charged blaster cannon is like a poor man's last prism, it's a great all round weapon. And Betsy's wrath is like an upgraded golden shower, it's probably the best staff in Terraria
I think it's worth mentioning the Spirit Flame. It's probably the most underrated weapon for early hardmode
I just became a mage today. I love using missile and ranged weapons so it's a win win. I'll miss my defense though.
Man this guy is so calming and welcoming, immediately subbed. Keep making these vids bro :)
Thanks, this will help, tho i recommend beating queen bee after EoW or BoC for the bee gun, cause it shreads skeletron and WoF, one of the best magic weapons imo
"Youre a Wizard, Harry!"
Thank you for your videos!
Not doing a mage run right now (stuck on mech bosses as summoner ...) but everything you do helps a ton of people!
Yay! I was excited about this! :) I'm actually planning on developing a terraria mod. Maybe If I finish it then you could try it! :)
The guide is great, but man the intro with "a place to call home" and "join the family" gives really creepy parasocial relationship vibes.
one nice staff to get from golem is earth staff, use that from a saucer to deal crazy damage to anything below you
dude, your tutorials are so easy to follow and are very entertaining.
This was an amazing guide! You show a lot of alternatives so you can choose yourself which way feels the best for you! And also you obtain all items yourself so it doesn’t feel as impossible to grind for some item. Thank you!
Honestly re-watching this guide I 100 percent recomend using the rainbow rod against skeletron prime if it's hard to aim it deals with its arms amazingly well it's so satisfying to see ur dps sky rocket to 600 to 1000 every time you fire
Very helpful video! I was so lost after not playing terraria for a long time, hopefully this will make me come back better!
Things you might have missed out:
1. 1:31, ever since 1.4 the wand of sparking is really really good
2. 1.50, Amethyst and topas jem staffs aren't worth crafting if you have a wand of sparking due to them consuming much more mana and not having a debuff with the projectiles being slow enough to make it outright dangerous to use them against flying enemies at low mana
3. 1:58, The best way to do this is to make a long platform above the ground as it is easier to traverse and collect the fallen stars on
4. 2:09, In 1.4.1 you can change corruption items to crimson and also the band of starpower is very useful to use with a band of regeneration for a band of mana regeneration which can be used to craft the magic cuffs and is also an amazing acessory by itself, you cen even use it up to mechs it's that good, but outside of master mode (because of the extra acc slot) there will be acessories that beat it after mechs such as the celestial emblem (magic cuffs is still good till moon lord tho)
5. 4:22, A mana regeneration potion Is a good alternative to using mana potions so you can avoid the mana sickness debuff and a mana flower will be less nesscessary making space for an extra acessory (recipe: Bottled water, Moonglow, Daybloom, Fallen star at a placed bottle or alchemy table; I recommend buying 50 of any planter boxes for *each* flower and placing them to make a farm using the respective plant seeds, Dayblooms can only be farmed at night and moonglow only at night, breaking the flowers using a staff of regrowth is recommended)
6. 6:01, There is an exceptionally good weapon called the cursed flames that you can get in the same way as the golden shower but using cursed flames instead of ichor, it's the best mage weapon you can get up until frost moon but it may be hard to aim due to it shooting at an ark
7. 7:23 a viable alternative is to find a blessed apple from hallowed enemies at a low chance and any double jump item with an arena around 1400 platforms long to fight queen slime for the gelatinous pillion mount, it's a very food alternative to wings and frees up many acessory slot but this does require a boss fight which some might not like even with the easy blessed apple strategy of just running away
8. 7:52, A risky but rewarding strategy is to use the diamond robe instead of the ore chestpiece due to the amazing mana increase and useage reduction, I recommend obtaining the frozen turtle shell from ice tortoises to compensate for the lack of defence
9. Star in a bottle is a great arena item that increases mana regen and should have been noted as it is easy to craft and helps if you are avoiding thr mana sickness debuff
10. Reforging acessories to arcane will help you deal dammage for longer periods of time, making it better than menacing and lucky, 400 mana is the max ammount of mana you can have and the crystal ball gives you 20 mana so it's best if you stay at 380 mana with no buffs in hardmode
Overall tho decent video, even if it misses out on key parts of a good mage loadout, it will get you through the game
How can you change corruption items to crimson?
@@WojtekDwanascieLat Well so far you can only change the band of star power to panic necklace and vice versa with a heart crystal and mana crystal respectively, i should have clarified that
i love how he explains some things about doing stuff that you should know anyway
if ur unlucky like me and didnt get a meteor spawn then get a purple key from the dungeon and go to the underworld and loot the purple chests they have a chance to contain meteorite bars
You can break more shadow orbs between midnight and 4:30 and they have a 50% chance to spawn a meteorite I only know this cuz this same thing happened to me yesterday
@@Go_PSU they patched that on pc it only works on 3ds and old gen consoles so you need to defeat EoW or BoC for the meteor to spawn
@@AdamProGamingTR oh
Did that bunny jus say "daddy why"
Just a note that the spectre staff is REALLY good
I'm in my first terraria playtrouh, and it was the weapon I used for doing all the grinding until the lunatic cultisr, I'm actually getting prepared to try and beat the moon lord
The rainbow rod is really good for fighting Duke fishron pre-plantera
People: Want to sleep
UA-camrs: *NOPE*
I started playing approximately a week ago and I started with expert mode and to be honest, I struggled, but it was worth it because I'm already further in the game than my friends that started with normal mode and started earlier. This guide has helped me insanely, I seriously can't even stress it, it helped understand the game so well it made hardmode a breeze after a while, so thanks a lot.
I think starting in expert mode is better than normal mode because it does forge a stronger character and the bosses just get more fun.
Frozen Wings have the same stats as Pixie Wings, I recommend Pixie wings cuz it glows when u fly, good for exploring
Another thing that helps is the magic weapon betsy's wrath from the tier 3 Old ones army, it reduces enemy defense and stacks with the ichor debuff.
I love your videos dude! You earned a sub!
Im actually someone returning to the game after a few years. After I "beat" the game multiple times across its various versions (i been playing since 1.1), I stepped away from the game. I have played some mage builds but not from the beginning. Ive only ever done Melee only or ranged only runs, but not mage or summoner only. Just watched this to refamiliarise myself with stuff cause Ive forgotten most of it (ADHD moment).
Ik im late but thanks for the guide. Very helpful
You’re videos are so good no one dislikes them (at the time of watching)
Everything about this video is super spot on the only thing I would recommend is getting a nimbus rod as it’s just a very easy way to get a lot more damage
Thanks man, you helped me a lot before the destroyer fight
The only mage guide I'd recommend to every terraria players, everything is perfect as it sounds
Keep it up Bro!
I never understand why do you make journey mode character and world to make playthroughs for certain class?
It's easier for building. Plus, you can still play on expert or master difficulties.
@@Zuzucorn but i think it is cheating as you can switch to godmode and also u can dupe items
@@chocodonut5367 well, if I don't then it's not cheating? If you automatically think it's cheating just because the option is available, then I don't really know what to say. In fact, I always show my health just so people won't think I'm on godmode. To be honest, I just don't even need it lol
@@Zuzucorn but i cannot resist to use the powers of a journey mode character lol
Thank you for the guide🤗
Goblin army just attacked me after watching this video 😩 they gave me this other dark thingi 😩I'm a wizard now
I happened to drop a thunder staff from a chest in the underground desert biome. Very good for the very early game. Got the thunder spear as a nice backup melee weapon aswell.
when you get attacked by eye of cuthulhu in a master mode world with a broken vilethorn and still win: 🐵
You can also get the demon scythe book at the start and it's the second best pre-hm mage weapon right behind the zapinator.
There’s no way they named it the golden shower
Thanks so much on this
i watched this to help my friend
he loves it
i subbed like and hit the bell
i found my terraria HOME
this is my house now
This man is a goldmine
Btw for any class you're going for, and if you need healing potions, good ones, then you can farm hallow mimics, first obtain 15 souls of light from underground hallow creatures ( illuminant bats, illuminant slimes, etc ) and craft a key with the souls, then make a chest with 2 any iron bars ( must be 2 of the same ) and some wood, then put it down and put the key in the chest to transform it into a mimic, they almost always if not always drop greater healing potions, along with mana potions, a hook and an op bow.
in the video at 11:30 he switches his hood really quick now i am just wondering how he did that and if so if you know
Bro I don't even remember half of what I commented, I haven't played Terraria since then omg
Says 15 mins but actually 15:35. Totally unwatchable
Ur the small majority of UA-camr that I could fall asleep listening to 😅
"Don your shit new armour"
"If your playing in expert like me" "research 99 more to unlock duplication" (1:42)
"Daddy why"🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Lol
You mention the Grey Zapinator costs zero mana with the space gun. I'm pretty sure you meant with the meteorite armor ;)
Thank! Playing my first play through of the game as ranged but i definitely want to try out mage as my second class.
Wow... Really good video👍I hope meele comes next.
I'll bet ningishu is the only one patient enough to do a pure summoner run
Who ningishu ?, Ninshu Ex ? That dude on Steam ?
@@XnonXte The Speedrunner, channel called Ningishu.
@@HifumiAjitani Oh i thought my EX Steam friend become a UA-camr XD, yeah i already know Ningishu
@@XnonXte xD
Literally the bests guides of terraria are this and the waffletime videos, thanks for been awesome and share the knowledge bro.
i think you should also have used rainbow rod after twins, it's really good!
Your voice so relaxing. I stopped terraria for over a year but now I wanna play ist again, while listen to your vids.
God job
I love how pretty much none of those tutorials ever talks about the gears, wich are one of the most important parts of the builds
Can you do a ranger guide next. Zuzu is the best.
Honestly i played more than 500 hours of terraria and this is approved an amazing begginers guide for mages
Hi zuzucorn please make melee progressio guide series too
#Request
#Respect
yEAahhh
Noob lmao basically just use the highest damage sword at each stage
@@totallynotme8153 i just want smooooooothh progression AND its enjoying to watch duh
@@totallynotme8153 and please read my comment before you say that dummy Disrespect
I watch this so much like i keep watching it i dont know why but its so informative and helpful
Are you making a Melee series. If there is and im just a dumb idiot then tell me the link please
0:09 R A I N B O W S L I M E 0:09
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
The deerclops have a pretty decent Magic weapon too, and a sentry. Is optional, but I believe it is worth it.
Melee next plsss
Im hoping for ranger :/
@@that1_guy1307 you need a guide to run away and shoot?
@@renatorangel3201 Lmao.
My friends recommended you, I play mage and this really helped. We also have a corrupt world, so that also helped.
Eh
My mage progression in hardmode is basically Craft sky fracture, get wings, and fight Duke fishron to get fishron wings, bubble gun and razorblade typhoon, and congrats, you have a weapon you can use to take down moonlord, and melt mechs, plantera, golem, invasions, cultist and pillars, etc.
Waterbolt can be pre skeletron
Not anymore
@@Masked_One_1316 is it though? Beacuse last time i checked you could get a waterbolt pre skeletron if you are lucky
@@kitsuneeeeeeeeee ohhhh really well i really do learn something everyday
Good guide, but...
1- Instead of going for EoW first, go for Jungle Armor and Demon Scythe. With these two you can do whatever you want pre-hardmode.
2- Cursed Flames is underrated.
3- ALWAYS go for Harpy Wings.
4- Mana Flower is overrated imo. With A Mana Regen Potion instead of reducing your damage by 30% you wait for a second and you have max mana, and an empty accessory slot.
5- While seraching for a bulb/making a plantera arena, hunt moths and upgrade your wings.
Its 12:00 at night, i shouldn’t be watching this
Same
i reccomend you get the firelash before the WOF. its like a magic missle but inflickts the on fire debuff, pierces one enemy and is homing. you get it from shadow chests
Poggerd
hello zuzu!
i just wanted to say i really enjoy watching your videos
First
Nice! I'm going to use this to help me in mage playthroughs. Thanks!
I LOVED this video it helped me start becoming a mage after finishing a summoner play through and these tips are very usefull but the one suggestion i have is to just over time collect all the magic items (like the books wands ext) and see what playset seems fit to you the most
6:00 "...Will be clearly affective against the wall of flesh."
Book of skulls : am I a joke to you