Lunatic Cultist

"The fanatical leader of the Dungeon coven. "

The Lunatic Cultist is a Hardmode. post-Golem boss summoned by killing the Cultists that spawn at the Dungeon 's entrance after Golem is defeated.

Defeating the Lunatic Cultist initiates the Lunar Events (which include the four Celestial Towers ).

After all four Celestial Towers have been destroyed, the cultist s respawn at the dungeon entrance, allowing you to fight the Lunatic Cultist and initiate the Lunar Events multiple times.

The Lunatic Cultist makes its first brief appearance at the Mysterious Tablet as soon as the Cultists are defeated. It is not vulnerable to attacks at this time. It then warps to a new location in midair and summons one of three attacks:

• A burst of three homing fireballs that explode on impact
• An ice ball that fires ice shards in six directions as it flies in one direction before slowly fading away
• An orb that fires bolts of lightning at the character

As the Lunatic Cultist becomes damaged, it adds two spreads of five destructible Ancient Light projectiles as part of his attack cycle.

In Expert Mode. it may also spawn numerous Ancient Dooms that fire four purple projectiles in a cross pattern.

The Lunatic Cultist cycles through its various attacks, performing four to five of them before proceeding to spawn phantom duplicates of itself called Ancient Cultists, along with a larger version of the Mysterious Tablet via a "ritual". Unless the one true Lunatic Cultist is interrupted by an attack from a player during this ritual, the duplicates fly in formation and add their homing shadowflame attacks.

Attacking a duplicate results in the summoning of the Wyvern -like Phantasm Dragon. If there is already a Phantasm Dragon inbound, attacking a duplicate triggers an Ancient Vision. which resembles a miniature Moon Lord head. Duplicates can be eliminated by hitting the true Lunar Cultist during the ritual, but if not, large quantities of duplicates can amass.

Obsessive Devotion • "Defeat the Ancient Cultist, fanatical leader of the dungeon coven."