wall of flesh spawn rules

[anotherrandomguyy]

i looked on the wiki but it wasnt too clear. specifically how to make it face one way or the other. i was on the right side of the player spawn and it faced left when it spawned (not the direction of the platform i made....). short fight needless to say

[ShadeDaystar]

Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen any pics or vids where it faces to the right; moving from left to right of the screen. I only seem to recall it moving from the right to the left.

Found this in the wiki page for Wall of Flesh.

The Wall of Flesh's spawn location is determined by where the Voodoo Doll was thrown in relation to the center of the world. Thus, you can get the maximum space to fight the Wall by reaching the edge of the world and throwing the doll toward that edge.
This also determines the direction it will face. Keep in mind being on the left side of the world will make it sweep from left to right, and the right side will make it sweep right to left when making your WoF arena.

[Blinksterr]

I've fought it going left, they go either way randomly im pretty sure.

[Chaoslink]

Nah it has nothing about the spawn, just the middle of the world. Usually best to choose which way you wanna fight it and run one way then summon it. The farther you go the more likely he will come from the direction you run. The more you run, the more room you have to fight as you go back the way you came.

Though if you prepare properly, you really don't need much room. Using any type of block you can make a bridge over the lava that you can run on when you fight. obsidian skin potions help and water walking as well.

[NotApplicable]

For me, it moved left to right, because of the direction I was facing when I threw the thingy in the lava, apparently. I was more or elss in the same place when it went the other way, as well so I'm not sure about the whole location from the middle of the world thing, but I'unno, ... does sound plausible. I actually need to farm WoF, as I've yet to farm it for some good stuff, so I may do a lil test in the process.

[Zargonis]

Break your bed, magic mirror, look where you're standing. Go straight down from there to the Underworld. if you go to the right and throw it, it will come from the right, if you go to the left and throw it, it will come from the left.

[anotherrandomguyy]

it always spawns behind you. to make it spawn where i wanted i just throw it and then turn around before it hits the lava. i've reproduced exact same results 20 or more times, which is what it took to get the 3 emblems i needed

[Gralzeim]

Originally posted by XtremeBoy15:

Break your bed, magic mirror, look where you're standing. Go straight down from there to the Underworld. if you go to the right and throw it, it will come from the right, if you go to the left and throw it, it will come from the left.

This, exactly. The absolute safest way to fight it is by running to one end of your world and toss the doll in the lava there. Ideally, make some platforms to run on too (or some other alternative, especially if you don't have strong weapons yet). Your character's facing does not matter.

It's as simple as that. There's no randomness (unless I suppose you happen to drop the doll at the exact center of the world), it's all about where you drop the doll into the lava in relation to the center of the world.

[Zargonis]

Originally posted by HeimdallW32:

Originally posted by XtremeBoy15:

Break your bed, magic mirror, look where you're standing. Go straight down from there to the Underworld. if you go to the right and throw it, it will come from the right, if you go to the left and throw it, it will come from the left.

This, exactly. The absolute safest way to fight it is by running to one end of your world and toss the doll in the lava there. Ideally, make some platforms to run on too (or some other alternative, especially if you don't have strong weapons yet). Your character's facing does not matter.

It's as simple as that. There's no randomness (unless I suppose you happen to drop the doll at the exact center of the world), it's all about where you drop the doll into the lava in relation to the center of the world.

(Pre-reply: Wow! Someone else on the forums who actually liked my advice!)
Yeah, building a bridge is definitely a 'must' if you don't want to mine though hills and Underworld Towers with Water Walking potions. I was just referring to how the game calculates which side it will spawn from. Also, as to the "center of the world" part: Since the tiles are singular, the game will see how much of the doll item entity is over which lava tile, which is still pretty random, since you toss the doll to the side instead of throwing it straight down. If you stand still when you're at the center and throw it you should know which way it will come from.