Boss Summoning Items & Crafting Them (2024)

List of Summoning Items and Crafting Recipes

This is a comprehensive list of all boss summoning items and how to craft them, and it's intended to be used as a reference. The list includes simple instructions on where to get each ingredient. Some bosses have linked strategy guides in order to help players prepare for the fight. For more detailed info on bosses, see the main Bosses of Terraria Guide.

Most summoning items need to be used at night, which starts at 7:30PM. Day begins at 4:30AM, when many bosses will despawn. The few exceptions are noted below. It is possible to summon more than one boss at once, but not the same boss.

Boss: King Slime

Summoning Item: Slime Crown
Materials to Craft the Slime Crown:

• Gold or Platinum Crown x1 - Requires 5 Gold or Platinum Bars and 1 Ruby
• Gel x20

Notes: Craft at Demon/Crimson Altar. May also spawn randomly or when you kill 150 slimes during the randomly-occurring Slime Rain event. May be used at any time of day.

Boss: Eye of Cthulhu (Guide)

Summoning Item: Suspicious Looking Eye
Materials to Craft the Suspicious Looking Eye:

• Lens x6 - Kill Demon or Wandering Eyes at night.

Notes: Craft at Demon/Crimson Altar, use at night. May also spawn randomly once you reach 200 health/10 defense and a few NPCs live in your town. This eye may be found randomly in chests while exploring.

Boss: Eater of Worlds - Corruption (Guide)

Summoning Item: Worm Food
Materials to Craft Worm Food:

• Vile Powder x30 - Use 6 Vile Mushrooms at a Placed Bottle/Alchemy stand. Found growing on grass in Corruption.
• Rotten Chunk x15 - Kill Corruption Enemies, commonly dropped.

Notes: Craft at Demon/Crimson Altar. Must be used in the Corruption. Also summoned when the player breaks 3 corrupt orbs using a hammer. Every 3 will summon Eater of Worlds again.

Boss: Brain of Cthulhu - Crimson (Guide)

Summoning Item: Bloody Spine
Materials to Craft Bloody Spine:

• Vicious Powder x30 - Use 6 Vicious Mushrooms at a Placed Bottle/Alchemy stand. Found growing on grass in Crimson.
• Vertebrae x15 - Kill Crimson Enemies, commonly dropped.
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Notes: Craft at Demon/Crimson Altar. Must be used in the Crimson. Also summoned when the player breaks 3 crimson hearts using a hammer. Every 3 will summon Brain of Cthulhu again.

Boss: Queen Bee (Guide)

Summoning Item: Abeemination
Materials to Craft Abeemination:

• Honey Block x5 - make water come into contact with honey using a bucket or diverting the water by digging.
• Stinger x1 - Kill Hornets and Spiked Slimes in the Jungle.
• Hive x5 - mine from beehives.
• Bottled Honey x1 - Craft with a bottle while near honey.
• (Mobile/Console Only) - Crispy Honey and Obsidian Blocks - needs crispy honey blocks and obsidian, requiring honey and water to come into contact with lava. You need a few of each.

Notes: Craft by hand (PC) or at Demon/Crimson Altar (Console/Mobile). Use anywhere in the Jungle to summon Queen Bee.

Boss: Skeletron (Guide)

Summoning Item: Clothier Voodoo Doll
Required to re-Summon Skeletron:

• Clothier Voodoo Doll x1 - Drops by enemies in the Dungeon, low chance.

Notes: Must have defeated Skeletron previously to gain access to the Dungeon. Do this by talking to the Old Man at night outside the Dungeon and inquiring about his 'curse'. While you have the Clothier Voodoo Doll, you can kill the Clothier NPC and Skeletron will be summoned.

Boss: Wall of Flesh (Guide)

Summoning Item: Guide Voodoo Doll
Required to Summon Wall of Flesh:

• Guide Voodoo Doll x1 - Drop in lava, or kill a Voodoo Demon while over lava. Guide must be alive.

Notes: Underworld - the Guide must presently be alive, and will be killed. The Wall of Flesh will spawn on the side of the map you're closest to. Repeated farming of him is possible, although you must wait for the Guide to respawn.

Hard Mode Bosses

Boss: Destroyer (Guide)

Summoning Item: Mechanical Worm
Materials to Craft Mechanical Worm:

• Rotten Chunk/Vertebrae x6 - Kill Crimson/Corruption Enemies
• Soul of Night x6 Kill Underground Crimson/Corruption Enemies
• Iron/Lead Bar x5

Notes: Craft at Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil. Before the defeat of it may be dropped by any enemy randomly at a very low chance. May also spawn randomly until then.

Boss: The Twins (Guide)

Summoning Item: Mechanical Eye
Materials to Craft Mechanical Eye:

• Lenx x3 - Kill Demon/Wandering Eyes outside at night.
• Soul of Light x6 - Kill Underground Hallow enemies.
• Iron/Lead Bar x5

Notes: Craft at Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil. Before the defeat of it may be dropped by any enemy randomly at a very low chance. May also spawn randomly until then.

Boss: Skeletron Prime (Guide)

Summoning Item: Mechanical Skull
Materials to Craft Mechanical Skull:

• Bone x30 - Kill skeletal enemies in the Dungeon.
• Soul of Light x3 - Kill enemies in the Underground Hallow
• Soul of Night x3 - Kill enemies in the Underground Corruption/Crimson
• Iron/Lead Bar x5

Notes: Craft at Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil. Before the defeat of Skeletron Prime it may be dropped by any enemy randomly at a very low chance. May also spawn randomly until then.

Boss: Plantera (Guide)

Summoning Item: Plantera's Bulb

Notes: All three Mechanical Bosses must have been defeated. Plantera's Bulbs will regularly re-grow in the Jungle. Break it with a pickaxe to start the fight at any time. This allows access to the Jungle Temple, and Golem.

Boss: Golem (Guide)

Summoning Item: Lihzahrd Power Cell
How to get the Power Cell:

• Drops from monsters in the Jungle Temple randomly, sometimes found in chests in the temple
• Mobile Crafting x Only mobile may craft the Lihzahrd Power Cell. It requires a work bench, Glass x10, Fallen Star x 25, and 10 Adamantite Bars.

Notes: Farming monsters in the Jungle Temple is a good way to get many of these. You use the Power Cell by right-clicking the Altar. You can relocate the Altar using a Picksaw or better Pickaxe. You can then summon Golem anywhere.

Boss: Ocram (Console/Mobile Only)

Summoning Item: Suspicious Looking Skull
How to Craft the Suspicious Skull:

• Mechanical Skull x1 - See Skeletron Prime
• Mechanical Eye x2 - See The Twins
• Soul of Light x5 - Kill Underground Hallow Enemies
• Soul of Night x5 - Kill Underground Crimson/Corruption Enemies
• Adamantite Bar x10

Notes: Evidently you may need another world if you did not get Adamantite in your current one, at least until the next Console/Mobile Terraria patch. Ocram drops Souls of Blight that are used in Console/Mobile exclusive gear.

Boss: Duke Fishron (PC-only)

Summoning Item: Truffle Worm
How to get Truffle Worm:

• Underground Mushroom Biome - the Truffle Worm will spawn randomly, at a very low chance. Look to youtube for videos on farming masses of these. Use a Bug Net bought from the Merchant. Monsters only spawn off-screen, so stand next to the biome and kill other monsters as they come. Watch for the worm, then nab it with your net!

Notes: Use this as bait while fishing in the Ocean Biome on either side of the map. Make sure it's the bait that comes first in your inventory (top-left to bottom right). Cast your fishing pole, and Fishron will be summoned. Good luck, and don't leave the Ocean biome!

Boss: Lunatic Cultist (PC-only)

Summoning Item: None

Notes: Lunatic Cultist begins spawning after Golem is defeated. He spawns each day if the Lunar Event is not active. Kill him to initiate the Lunar Events and collect Solar/Vortex/Nebula/Stardust Fragments. When all 4 pillars are defeated, Moon Lord will spawn on top of the player. Be prepared for a fight, the Cultist is a genuine boss and challenging to newcomers.

Boss: Moon Lord (PC-Only)

Summoning Item: Celestial Sigil
Materials to Craft:

• Nebula Fragment x20 - Destroy Nebula Pillar during Lunar Event.
• Solar Fragment x20 - Destroy Solar Pillar.
• Stardust Fragment x20 - Destroy Stardust Pillar.
• Vortex Fragment x20 - Destroy Vortex Pillar.

Notes: Craft at Ancient Manipulator (100% dropped by Lunatic Cultist). The Moon Lord can be summoned at any time. At first, it's better to summon him by doing the event, as you need those Fragments.

Hard Mode Invasion Event Summoning

Invasions have mini-bosses of sorts, so these are worth listing here despite them not being bosses in the strictest sense. Here are what you need to start the game's Invasion Events.

Event: Pirate Invasion (Flying Dutchman)

Summoning Item: Pirate Map

Notes: These can be dropped by any monster in the Ocean Biome during Hard Mode. 1% chance, so set up to farm! The Pirate Invasion is worth farming as the pirates may drop the discount card and lucky coin, both of which have an impact on you financially - making monsters drop more coins, while also reducing prices by 20%.

Event: Martian Madness (Martian Saucer)

Summoning Item: None
Materials to Craft:

Notes: Head to the outer third of your world. If you build uptward toward space, it's very likely one will spawn. Hang in the area and move about until you meet a probe, which will scan you. Let it live (do don't have any summon minions out), and the Martian Madness will ensue!

Event: Pumpkin Moon (Mourning Wood/Pumpking)

Summoning Item: Pumpkin Moon Medallion
Materials to Craft Pumpkin Moon Medallion:

• Pumpkin x30 - buy Pumpkin seeds from the Dryad. Fully grown Pumpkins may yield 10+, so you do not need hundreds of Pumpkins. Plant them on normal grass.
• Ectoplasm x5 - dropped by high-health enemies in the Dungeon after the defeat of Plantera.
• Hallowed Bar x10 - dropped by the three Mechanical Bosses (Twins, Skeletron Prime, Destroyer).

Notes: Craft at Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil. You have from 7:30PM (when it can be used) until 4:30AM.

Event: Frost Moon (Santa-NK1/Ice Queen)

Summoning Item: Naughty Present
Materials to Craft Naughty Present:

• Soul of Fright x5 - Dropped by Skeletron Prime
• Ectoplasm x5 - dropped by high-health enemies in the Dungeon after the defeat of Plantera
• Silk x20 - Find cobwebs in spider dens in the Underground/Cavern layers. Turn 140 cobwebs into 20 silk by using the loom, which requires a work bench then sawmill to make (hint: you need chains to make a sawmill).

Notes: Craft at Orichalcum/Mythril Anvil. You have from 7:30PM (when it can be used) until 4:30AM.

Event: Lunar Events (Nebula/Stardust/Vortex/Solar Pillars)

Summoning Item: None

Notes: Kill the Lunatic Cultist after having defeated Golem on PC. The event can be restarted the following morning if Moon Lord kills you, as the Cultists will respawn. You can summon Moon Lord directly once you've saved up Solar/Nebula fragments etc. after having done this event a few times.

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