Why can't you summon Plantera manually?

[queckquack]

You can spawn the Moon Lord, the Eclipse, Golem semi-manually, Queen Bee, 3 of the 4 invasions (Lunar, Pirate and Goblin Army) but not Plantera?

[Shaun]

It's better with Plantera Bulbs, it means you have to go and find them. Makes it different than just spawning it.

[Girnee]

Probably because they don't want you to summon it outside of the jungle, also you technically can't summon Fishron manually by that logic.

[trip]

Originally posted by shaun_hooper:

It's better with Plantera Bulbs, it means you have to go and find them. Makes it different than just spawning it.

But it makes it frustruating for some people since its pretty hard to find em.

[Mioure]

Originally posted by MrBroaski:

Originally posted by shaun_hooper:

It's better with Plantera Bulbs, it means you have to go and find them. Makes it different than just spawning it.

But it makes it frustruating for some people since its pretty hard to find em.

Its actually relativiely easy. They spawn within half of a day at somewhat regular intervals of roughly 150-300 tiles from each other. As long as you wait a good enough time after the third mechanical boss, you should spot a bulb while you gather chlorophyte.

[Unicarn]

They glow, how do you not find them?

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by Unicarn:

They glow, how do you not find them?

They take forever to grow after you've unlocked Plantera, so they're initially a major pain to locate.

But after you've killed Plantera, you bump into a million bulbs every time you visit the Underground Jungle...

[queckquack]

By the way, in Hardmode (I think, might happen pre-harmode) breaking a demon altar can cause a block in the Jungle to become corrupted, and that just spreads. And by the time you stop breaking altars and need to give a ♥♥♥♥ about the Jungle, some of it has been corrupted, decreasing the chance of you finding a bulb and making moving around during the fight with Plantera risky, because he can become enraged (I think) And if you're impatient, like me, trying to get Plantera to an arena in the Jungle too quickly (Going onto the surface enrages him) can cause him to despawn. And you can't really make 2 or more arenas quickly, especially considering you really need a large space, not too easy to find in the underground Jungle. And this is all assuming you don't die, because Plantera is tough compared to the Mechanical bosses.