Old One's Army Guide ⚔️

Before you ready to fight the Old One's Army, you don't know or you struggle to win? I will guide here for help! So read on. 🔽

What is Old One's Army? 📖

Old One's Army has waves to keep defeating the number of enemies before the enemies destroy your crystal.

Like Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon, players need to defeat enemies to raise up the bar. Unlike Moon Events, you need to defend your crystal. If your crystal broke by enemies, the event fails and you have to start all over again.

Getting Started ⚙️

Finding Tavernkeep is easy. Don't worry if you trying to search after the Evil World boss.

After you defeat an Evil World boss, an Unconscious Man appears on your world. That Unconscious Man is called the Tavernkeep. If you found him, talk to him to wake him up so he can claim his house at long you build a house for him.

If you having trouble finding him, the Lifeform Analyzer, Cell Phone and better yet, Shellphone can detect him knowing that you close for him. You can also drink Hunter Potions to highlight him.

Talk to Tavernkeep

Talk to him first if you new to Old One's Army.

If you new to this, the Tavernkeep will give you some Defender Medals to buy the first rod that can be used from Old One's Army. If you want to, go buy the stand and the crystal!

Arena

⬆️ You should build look like this.
(Be sure its flat enough to make the Old One's Army Arena fair.)

Now we build it, but be warmed. You might need some good loadout to deal with Old One's Army. When the wave gets harder, you might to swap into hardmode gear if you well prepared.

Loadout Prepares 🛡️

Pre-Hardmode Loadout

For Armor, the Molten Armor will help you survive from tough Old One's Army. Molten Armor is the best pre-hardmode armor you should get at Old One's Army.

For Melee, the Night's Edge is the best sword you should fight at Old One's Army. It has good crowd control and keep the enemies bay away from crystal.

For Rangers, Molten Fury is the best bow because it's have good damage, even with Hellfire Arrows. The Phoenix Blaster is a good gun if you need a pitch for enemies.

For Mages, you should have 200 Mana now. Magic Missile can aim on flying enemies is the best way to deal with flying enemies. The Flamelash is the better version of Magic Missile, so you can set flying enemies On Fire! debuff. Sparks can go though enemies is good enough when they spawned. Jungle Armor can save your mana if you wasting your your magic. Don't forgot the Mana Flower!

For Summoner, you might need a good summoning staffs, accessories that's boost summoning can help you. Sentries can deal with enemies such as Houndius Shootius can be helpful.

Hardmode Loadout

The 3rd Hardmode Armor is very helpful for this. Adamantite or Titanium are recommended to wear these armor. Don't care you wearing Cobalt armor, this armor won't stand a chance for Old One's Army. If your adventure keep going, a Chlorophyte armor or better class type armor can keep things moving.

For Melee, this means Terra Blade is the best crowd control you should get. Thanks for its buff, now its projectiles are bigger now, allowing to keep bay of enemies when they summoned. Vampire Knives makes you a lifesaver if you couldn't use healing potions while sick of healing. Light Disks can out-range high damager enemies could be useful if you throw at safety. Don't forgot to wear gloves for melee boost!

For Rangers, Megashark is very useful for the Old One's Army. Pack up with Explode or Crystal bullets for splash damage when the enemies spawns. When flying enemies came, don't forgot Chlorophyte bullets! Flamethrower is a nice way to keep a bay for mini bosses. Hallowed Repeater is fast arrow shot. Unholy Arrows or Jester's Arrows is good for crowd control. Holy Arrows packs a punch with mini bosses. If you upgraded your bow, you fire more then 1 arrow is great way for tough enemies! Rockets can make splash damage too!

For Mages, You should upgrade to Rainbow Rod because it treads better then Flamelash. Nimbus Rod keeps the unwanted enemies from spawning. You can combo up with Golden Shower to splay enemies with Ichor and defeat them up with your Magical Harp or Inferno Fork! Heat Ray deals with spawning enemies and Spectre Staff can lock on flying enemies! Bring the Mana Flower and some Greater or Super Mana Potions!

For Summoner, time to upgrade! Spooky Armor is great for summoning minions and you need some strong minions to help out! Minions like Pirate Staff, Blade Staff, Optic Staff or Deadly Sphere Staff can help counter out enemies. You need to upgrade your sentry. Maybe upgraded Old One's Army staff or Queen Spider Staff can help you to defend your crystal.

Don't forgot to wear boots and wings, both are useful for hardmode loadout.

Buffs 🏹

Getting buffs is very helpful for Old One's Army. Crystal Ball gives you extra 20+ mana, Bewitching Table adds 1+ extra minion, War Table gives you 1+ extra sentry or Ammo Box will save up 20% ammo. If you ready for Old One's Army, don't forgot the buffs if you needed too!

Potions

Potions makes you a lifesafer during Old One's Army. If you having trouble facing tough enemies, theses potions' buffs helps you deal with tough army.

Here are the recommended potions where you need to use on Old One's Army:

Buffs:

• Ammo Reservation Potion (For Ranger Players)
  
• Endurance Potion
  
• Heartreach Potion
  
• Ironskin Potion
  
• Lifeforce Potion
  
• Magic Power Potion (For Mage Players)
  
• Magic Regeneration Potion (For Mage Players)
  
• Rage Potion
  
• Regeneration Potion
  
• Summoning Potion (For Summoner Players)
  
• Thorns Potion
  
• Titan Potion
  
• Wrath Potion

Flasks: (For Melee Players)

• Flask of Cursed Flames
  
• Flask of Ichor

Meet the Old One's Army! (Enemies) 🕌

The enemies from Old One's Army

Don't let the portal enemies come to the crystal, they seem like they look oldie and dangerous here. You fight the number of the Old One's Army. So here's the enemies:

• Etherian Goblin - The most common enemy from Old One's Army. They spawns in most waves. They don't have problem with this.
  
• Etherian Goblin Bomber - These goblins going boom! They seem like they are deathly then normal goblins.
  
• Etherian Javelin Thrower - Those big guys carry a spear. They treed more punch then weak enemies.
  
• Kobold - They tougher then first wave enemies, so ranged weapons can help us.
  
• Etherian Lightning Bug - The first flying enemy from Old One's Army. They don't have a problem with this when they trying to break you crystal.
  
• Drakin - The beast is tougher! Cause a heavy damage if you trying to hit him. Long range help this.
  
• Kobold Glider - Ones the most annoying enemies from Old One's Army. Their main goal the attack and trying to destroy your crystal. Weapons that can home it can help deal with this.
  
• Etherian Wyvern - A flying enemy wants your crystal be destroyed! If you don't trust them, homing attack can help.
  
• Dark Mage - The first mini boss from Old One's Army. They can cast magic when you facing them, so try to avoid their magic.
  
• Wither Beast - Ones of the toughest Old One's Army. They can cause huge damage if you trying to melee it. So stay away and use melee that can shoot projectile.
  
• Ogre - Those big guys love to crush you. If you close to him, he will slam you dealing a lotsa damage! If you far to him, he will throw green goo and will infect the Ogred debuff that can slow you down. Be careful! This debuff negate your Anka Shield.
  
• Betsy - The last one of Old One's Army. Betsy can fly and she will ram on you. After ramming, she will fire projectile that will give On Fire! debuff. You have the greatest challenge to fight that Old One's Army.

As you see these enemies, you want to crowd control them and you plan to protect your crystal until they break yours. So let get strategy!

Strategy 📖

Ones you place a crystal, the chat message says "The old one's army is approaching!" and you infected with Creative Shock debuff, wish means you can't place banners during Old One's Army.

Unlike Pumpkin/Frost Moon. Old One's Army is ended when you finished wave 7 or you fail. This means, you have to crowd control the number of waves. At long your adventuring, this gave new waves. So here are the waves:

• Wave 1: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Goblin Bomber, and Etherian Javelin Thrower
  
• Wave 2: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Goblin Bomber, Etherian Javelin Thrower, Kobold, and Etherian Lightning Bug
  
• Wave 3: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Javelin Thrower, Kobold, Etherian Lightning Bug, Etherian Wyvern, and Kobold Glider
  
• Wave 4: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Javelin Thrower, Kobold, Drakin, Etherian Wyvern, Kobold Glider, and Dark Mage
  
• Wave 5: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Goblin Bomber, Kobold, Kobold Glider, Drakin, Wither Beast, and Ogre
  
• Wave 6: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Goblin Bomber, Etherian Javelin Thrower, Etherian Lightning Bug, Drakin, Wither Beast, and Ogre, and Dark Mage
  
• Wave 7: Etherian Goblin, Etherian Goblin Bomber, Etherian Javelin Thrower, Etherian Lightning Bug, Drakin, Wither Beast, and Betsy

This best way to deal with Old One's Army is placing sentries on front of your crystal. Crowd control is a key.

Terra Blade is best crowd control for Old One's Army!

For Melee, Terra Blade is the best crowd control with this. Just use it for crowd control, but remember the flying enemies! Boomerangs also a good thing, at long you stay at safety from tough enemies. Yoyos is best from Wither Beast and Ogre because it has long range safety! Drink the Flask of Ichor for cut some high damage!

Arrows can pass enemies is the good way when they spawned.

For Rangers, the Megashark with crystal or explode bullets is best for crowd control. When the enemies spawn, fire up to deal some bonus damage! Remember, flying enemies can be homed by Chlorophyte bullets. Holy Arrows is best from mini bosses shine you could know how to kill them. Try bring bows that can fire more then 1 for some extra damage! Like from said above, unholy or Jester's arrows are good from enemies' spawn! Rockets also nicer to have a splash damage when there too mush and the Flamethrower is good for mini bosses!

For Mage, you want to build up a lots of damage by casting your magic. Magical Harp combos is best with Ichor if you planed for mini bosses or use it for enemies' spawn! The Inferno Fork meltdowns enemies when they targeting your crystal. The Spectre Staff deals with flying enemies and Heat Ray is also good for! Nimbus Rod keeps a bay for enemies trying to reach your crystal or you could keep using Rainbow Rod for heavy damage if you don't have a Spectre Staff.

For Summoner, the best way to summon your minions is the Deadly Sphere Staff because it can home on enemies likely to target your crystal. If you in danger, sword + Beserker's Glove can save yourself in pitch. Just remember, place sentries near your crystal to help protect this!

If you need a boost, Campfires, Banners, Star in the Bottles and Heart Lanterns can help you out. If you finish all 7 waves, hooray! You defeated the Old One's Army and you gave some sweet loot from mini bosses.

That's all for now!

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just use an actuator drop arena [terraria.wiki.gg]. makes everything except the flying enemies and bosses completely unable to hurt the crystal (and the ogre only able to hurt it once)