Bleeding can be ignored with an Adhesive Bandage or any of its upgrades, and all of Feral Bite's side effects will be prevented by the Ankh Charm or Ankh Shield.ĭuke Fishron lunges at the player exactly five times, traveling through blocks, before using one of two projectile attacks in this order: When hitting the player in Expert Mode or Master Mode, Duke Fishron has a 33% chance to inflict Bleeding and a 33% chance to inflict Feral Bite. The player's Fishing Power is irrelevant to the summoning, and Crate or Sonar potions will be wasted.

If within the Ocean biome, he can also be summoned by fishing in lava or honey. Summoning Duke Fishron does not require that any other bosses have been defeated beforehand, so on a technical level, he is only restricted by the Hardmode exclusive Truffle Worm, which can be used to spawn him in any world. Once the bobber bobs, reeling in the line spawns Duke Fishron, who emerges from the water, pauses for a moment, and then begins attacking the player.

The Truffle Worm is a rare critter that must be caught with the Bug Net, Golden Bug Net, or Lavaproof Bug Net in an underground Glowing Mushroom biome. On the Old-gen console, Windows Phone, Old Chinese, 3DS, and tModLoader Legacy versions, Boss 1 will play.ĭuke Fishron is summoned by fishing in the Ocean using a Truffle Worm as bait. When Otherworldly music is enabled, the track Boss 2 (Otherworldly) (Otherworldly).mp3 will play instead. While Duke Fishron is alive, his exclusive music Duke Fishron will play. On the Old-gen console version, Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version, Duke Fishron and Ocram are the final bosses due to the lack of the Moon Lord in these versions. Fighting Duke Fishron is completely optional and not required for game progression, but his defeat will reward the player with powerful weapons. Some players may challenge him with post- mechanical bosses gear, but most players may want to wait until post- Golem to battle him. While he can be summoned as soon as Hardmode is initiated, he can pose a serious threat to new or underprepared players and should be fought later on in the game. For the hardmode enemy, see Pigron.ĭuke Fishron is a Hardmode boss.

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