Qwerty's Bosses and Items/The Hydra

The Hydra

File:The Hydra ().png

Statistics

Type	Boss
Damage	50/ 70 (contact/breath attack) 75/ 105 (Beam attacks)
Max Life	6000 / 7200 (each head) 54000 / 64800 (total)
Defense	18

The Hydra is an early Hardmode Boss.

For weapon drops see Weapons and for its expert drop see Accessories It also drops Hydra Scales, a crafting material.

Spawn

The Hydra is summoned using Hydra Food. The food is crafted from Souls of Light and Night or fished from Rhuthinium Crates.

AI

The Hydra starts with 3 heads which will periodically attack by shooting breath and beams. They will attack much more frequently in Expert mode.
When one of the original 3 heads is killed it will split into two more heads, these heads won't split when killed, all nine heads must be killed to defeat the hydra.
When doing breath attacks the right heads will move up and down shooting breath to the left whereas the right heads will shoot breath to the left. The top heads will move back an forth shooting breath down.
The Beams attacks that the left and right heads will start far away then creep closer to the center of the hydra limiting the players movement in that direction. The first top head will shoot a beam straight down then move toward the center of The Hydra then proceed to rotate to try and hit the player. The second phase top hydra heads will point toward the player from above they will stop pointing and glow after a short time then fire a beam.

Tips

-Try to focus on one head first then the heads that it creates before moving onto another on of the starting heads. This will minimize the number heads you have to fight at once