Can I survive Terraria's Hardest Difficulty? 

If you get a spider staff early on, and just have it ready when you spot a turtle like this, it will stunlock it in a way that prevents its spin.

The casual way that turtle hopped up into the fishing shelter to wreck Gungnir's day was honestly hilarious

Ah yes, hardcore master mode. The challenge we all want to attempt deep inside, but are too afraid to lose 100+ hours of progression in a fraction of a second

HIS BIGGEST FEAR OF DYING FROM A TURTLE HAS HAPPENED... YOU LITERALLY JINKXED IT

finally someone else, other then happy, who actually does this right.

it would take me 14 attempts to get to where you got. Actually 14 sounds way too low for someone like me.

Sad thing is the death could’ve been avoided by just having a two block platform gap to fish through instead of a 4 block gap

"Do everything to be safe" *Makes the hole for fishing wide enough for any enemy to get in*

6:55 Fun fact: Curse actually has a sort of bypass: It only affects items within your inventory. Accessories like Shield work fine, and you can still use Cthulu dash to defend against getting killed while waiting for Curse to end

Sees Terraria Mastermode Hardcore: Me: This is where the fun begins

I understand how you feel Gungnir, dying to that Turtle at the end. I had a hardcore master mode character with 800 ish hours on it i think (the only reason why it was that high is because i played it incredibly safe, every fight i would do i had max buffs, and i was not very good, i was just cocky at the time). I was at Lunatic Cultist, the boss itself was easy, the problem was my minion hit the wrong Cultist, summoning the Phantasm dragon, which ultimately killed me in the end just as i recalled. I was so upset that i took 2 months from terraria. I tried again after, this time i had practised a bit and was better at the game. I made it back to the lunatic cultist with i think 400 to 500 hours on the character, i forgot since it was november at the time. I killed the lunatic cultist, and beforehand i already set up AFK farms that i used to kill the pillar enemies. Moon lord came along, and i was fighting him for 45 minutes straight i think, either that or it was an hour. I had made an arena packed with everything i could use, including the dryad and the nurse (In hindsight, they would have not helped at all as the moonlord could basically 2 hit me before i could heal, so yeah). I eventually killed the moon lord and was so fucking happy. To celebrate, i made a new world and found a boulder trap. The last thing i did was take off all my armour, and accessories, and let myself die to the boulder.

The moment i saw that tortoise + the measly shack for fishing i thought "thats how it ends" And the moment it dropped into the water just confirmed it more in my head I swear tortoise AI is terrifying they check all angles to find an opening I also thought it would be a derpling phasing through the blocks

> wide fishing platform in the jungle that isn't completely sealed off i find it funny that you made all this preparation for the underground jungle because of the turtle but refused to see the open space of the surface as an equal threat

For the RU-vid only people-attempt 4 was the best but Gung will likely not show it We need to campaign for an attempt 4 movie

I would say "Imagine doing this on Journey-Master-For the worthy", but I feel like it'd trigger a post traumatic episode in people that already have.

If he beats FTW Master Mode Hardcore in less than 30 attempts, I'm dropping another gift bomb.

Hey Gungnir, it's Zardyn from your streams, you call me Zardie :D This was a really impressive and awesome run! This is my favorite way to play Vanilla, I've played like 200 runs, over half of which ended quickly before Hardmode for obvious reasons. I have a few tips if you're interested! Here they are, all 14: 1. Getting past early Prehardmode is always the hard part, but basically, you have the strategy down. Dangersense is a LIFESAVER, and Warding on everything is always the way to go. 2. Assume EVERYTHING can kill you, even if you're post Moon Lord, and deal with each obstacle one at a time! If you keep your distance and your health topped off, you should be fine, but never underestimate the power of a simple Skeleton or a few Slimes. 3. Always keep a pressure plate on hand! Pressure plates are wiring items, so if you hold one, you can see all traps and are never caught off guard. A good budget option until you get Dangersense and/or Grand Design! 4. Don't do the dungeon Prehardmode. Cobalt Shield is amazing and the knockback immunity is amazing, but wait until you have Adamantite armor before doing so. 5. I find the safest method of getting through the Early Hardmode phase you died at is... what you were doing! Fish, fish, fish. Getting crates is the safest way to get geared up, and the best way to take the mech bosses is with Adamantite (Ranger). The only issue you had was there was a space for enemies to get through, take care of that then your strat is seamless. 6. Don't hesitate to grind for accessories such as the ice turtle shell, which is a great component for a great shield later on. Ankh Shield is a good accessory too, but it's by no means required, and it can take too long and be too risky sometimes. 7. The first Mech boss you should fight is the Destroyer, and how I do it is I get Daedalus with Holy Arrows (Still the best weapon even post nerf), and build a platform that he can't quite reach with barriers on each side to block probe blasts. The key to the fight is PATIENCE! Burn the probes whenever you see one, THEN fire at the boss. If the platform turns out to be in the wrong spot, get Destroyer to despawn then try again. Even if you doubt the platform a LITTLE bit, don't take the risk, just reset to avoid losing the run. 8. After Destroyer is dead, craft the Hallowed Repeater and use Ichor arrows to take out the Twins. I find the best strategy is to build a platform in the sky all the way across the world made out of asphault with two wooden platform layers above it, 6 blocks inbetween. Just run and dodge while shooting, same armor. 9. After the Twins you might be able to afford full Hallowed armor, if so, craft it. The dodge it offers makes it by FAR the best set in Hardmode, I use it up to Moon Lord. 10. Skeletron Prime fight is really just the same strategy you use for Skeletron, spin to win. Just circle him and use Holy Arrows until all limbs are gone, then switch to Ichor Arrows. 11. After then, to be honest, the risky parts are mostly over! The Plantera strategy you've used in the past works seamlessly, and Golem is... Golem... 12. Don't fight Empress of Light in Hardcore, maybe try it after Moonlord with Vortex armor for an extra bonus fight for beating the run. 13. The hardest part of Hardmode is the pillars. Honestly, just sit at the edge of the pillar spawn zone and lure a few mobs out at a time to kill them safely. The easiest is Stardust pillar because you can just kill cells and wait for them to regen for infinite kills. After that point, just burn down the pillar. Use the stardust dragon summon to help, having a summon active NEVER hurts. The rest of the pillars are just luring out enemies and killing them systematically, then burning down the pillars as quickly as possible. I find using Cosmic Car Key helps with mobility, but don't use it against solar. Don't go in the air for Solar pillar much, because that's when the Crawltipedes get you. 14. And for Moon Lord, honestly the easiest boss of the run if you use a good strategy. Mine is this: I craft the Daybreaker and wear full Hallow Melee armor, and then use the Mech cart on a minecart platform across the sky and shoot the Daybreaker at the Moon Lord until he dies. Make sure to build sections where you bounce OVER the Moon Lord at each end of the world, or he'll catch you, some clever hammering will do it. You can make it work pretty easily. And there you go, that's all the tips I have to offer! Wishing you the best of luck on your runs Gungnir, I hope to catch you using these tips on stream. See ya 'round, man!

At 8:50 in the video the way the lava and the ash are generated look like a skull. That's very fitting for the challenge he's doing.

10:07 axe: *is in hell* also axe: "this is perfect chopping weather"

That casual Turtle evisceration was PAINFUL

You're a mad lad. I'll be very much anticipating more of this run!

this was amazing dude- great job!

As someone who’s beaten hardcore master mode, I can confirm it is very painful, the latest point i’d ever lost a character before beating the game was in the post plantera dungeon, killing plantera in master mode is like entering hardmode all over again, almost everything will 2 shot you. Also I didn’t actually fish for hm ores, instead I was just always ready to recall, used any invisibility or calming potions I could, and got the bare minimum of each ore required. A tip for if you ever do mine, until post mechs hell is probably one of the far safer biomes in hm. Also I can relate to dying to an explosive trap in the jungle, it was actually my first every post queen bee death, very sad. Hope you beat it! It feels a whole lot more worth it once you have.

for future reference: when fishing, especially in the jungle, hoik fish instead (your bobber should be able to pass through hoik walls). it's far safer than the open platforms

You're my favorite terraria youtuber btw, I really like your commentary style, and you don't do any pet peeves that irk me I notice in other youtubers.

happy to see another gungnir upload :) great vid as usual

i want more of this! keep up the hard work

This is going to be insane to watch!

Love the videos, keep it up, you inspired me to pick up terraria again.

You are a legend amongst terraria players ! Keep it up and better luck next time :)

Really enjoyed. Subscribed!

So glad I can catch up on content I missed out from the livestreams I couldn't catch

finally! i missed your vids so much!

Hey gugnir, figured id give some tips that I use in hardcore: when in a fishing safe box, only make a 1 block hole to let the fishing line out and stand a few blocks away from it, this will stop enemies from getting in and projectiles wont hit you. I also recommend getting a whip loadout with the spinal tap and a crystal vile shard or it's pre-hm counterpart. Very usefull for farming from a safe place without getting hit. whips can hit through walls if there is a small one block gap that and the whip is swung through it( this is hard to pull off and incosistent tho). Great vid as always.

Tip: you can actually fish trough a one block wide gap, you have to stand on top of it and you have to place your cursor in a weird way (depending if the gap is on the left or in the right of the player)

man I remember watching your old videos where it was some guide for a weapon with the kevin Macleod music in the background, you've come a long way

I'm just here to boost early engagement, your videos are really good.

We needed this

always make the bottom entrance two tiles wide, or maybe even have a one tile block to cast your line and a more secure entrance in particularly hostile scenarios. I learnt this the hard way, and now so have you.

master mode wof is easier if you use necro armor and hellwing bow as well as terraspark boots, fledgling wings, brain of confusion/worm scarf, obsidian shield (to prepare to get ankh shield in hardmode, band of regeneration, healing potions, imp staff, the buff potions of your choosing, and lastly get the exquisitely stuffed buff from your choice of food item (i'd recommend burgers, as they don't waste golden critters and can be farmed pretty easily)

2:58 yep…. once it one shotted my character with endgame gear (solar armor) no joke those things are…

That was great :) thanks for the video

Now beat calamity in malice mode hardcore

Cool video to watch, thanks for sharing

You’re patience is immeasurable

Despite it being short this was entertaining to watch. Should upload the next attempt as a series.

I've not played this game in quite awhile but I feel the pain. I once choked on a expert mode, hardcore yo-yo only run fighting Moon Lord. over thirty hours down the drain. Eventually I got it done though. Keep it up, there is something rather satisfying about hardcore runs in this game. Maybe I should reinstall and give mastermode a go.

Why did you make the opening so big!!! Lmao nuuuu you can fish out of a one block gap.... dang that was good tho gg can't wait for the other one

Gungnir and Yrmir Rhymes so.. They are brothers :>

This man worked so hard he deserves so more likes

You dont do the maximum amount of difficulty, you need to use the "for the worthy" seed, then you are truly a master.

Love your channel. More master mode please!!

This guy is going to keep terraria alive

Damn, this really hurt at the end, little tip, still fish in hard mode but if it’s in the jungle or caverns sleep till the next day for a new quest

Oof this is his latest upload? You're amazing dude keep it up!

You are absolutely my favorite creator

Me who can’t even beat classic mode on easy without dying: “Looks easy enough”

3:24 Yes, my first Queen Bee fight... I had 20 defense (expert mode summoner playthrough, only a snapthorn and finch to my name), and saw that 1 charge hit whacked my health from 400 to about 310. I realised I wasn't ready and used a magic mirror. But the boss bar didn't go away. I looked at the map, thinking it was a bug and then BAM! She was already past the jungle, about 460 blocks away in the desert, I closed the map and she arrived not 10 seconds later, and those stingers may as well have been Duke Fishron's bubble attack.

Fire 🔥 vid keep it up 💪

Congratulations on making it this far Gungnir! One tip I had to learn the hard way is: Make a Grand Design. It allows wires to be seen and edited anywhere on screen.

For fishing, you can make a safe box by hammering a couple of blocks to make a very narrow tube for the bobber and only the bobber to fit through

Gungnir: fights boss Lucy the axe: Hehehe.. Chop Chop Chop

My first best attempt of hardcore master ended at martian invasion, I got really surprised by the saucer you can't hide from. Second best attempt was sweaty at the moonlord but I got out victorious. Good luck in your attempts!

KEEP GOING!!!

bro I quite literally gasped when that tortoise hit, I feel so bad all that progress omg

Hey man you should do a vods channel so everyone can watch the full stream before the edited version.was thinking about this when I was watching your masochist mode playthrough,hilarious btw but I sooo wanted to see every detail of the adventure, alas there was no such channel plus it’s extra views so I don’t see why not.

Ouch, that ending. I would have just fished through a single block though, cause master mode hardcore is so creepy. Furthest I've gotten, is just before WoF, haven't dared try beating it, never felt ready enough, I like your bee strategy though.

Man that was foreshadowing

6:55 brain of confusion was super clutch with the confuse

While I was watching the queen bee fight, I remembered that the meteor armor buff for the space gun, can be applied to the zapinator. At least the last time I checked

Some early game tips if u find a gravity potion u can raid the floating islands early for a starfury/fledgling wings making the early grind a bit easier Early game underground ice zone if ur strip farming is the easiest cuz worms rarely spawn and ice bats glow to show u where openings are

this is a good video

you got this man

7:00 omg that made my heart stop imagine if all his efforts went to waste

I was here live and it was the most fun.

As an avid fisher, I saw your end the minute I saw your fishing platform. You figure out pretty quick the standard fishing platform won't work in the jungle. You pretty much have to block off the entire lake so tortoises can't get in the water.

i know the feeling. I've made it up to planterra on hardcore mastermode then died to chattering teeth bomb after feeling pretty confident i'd do it this time. Safe to say I haven't gone back since that death

btw the wall of flesh instakill happens in any difficulty (at least on mobile), I used to play terraria with my sister and this happened to me when I tried to recall from the wall

hey, do you plan on doing another series on calamity with the new updates, maybe do a ranged playthrough? i bet a lot of us would love to see this happening!!

I like how he talks about his bad bezor luck but in my original main world i looked for weeks of time spent searching, not including any time not spent actively looking and never found one

do you have somewhere you upload your vods? i really enjoy your content and id like to watch more while youre not live on twitch

Good Luck, also try preparing lakes just as you did with plantera arena, and try to link them to npc houses so u can get to them by pylons

I spent 24 days praying for a GUNGNIR UPLOAD

welcome back

“Nothing can go wrong if your just fishing right.” Famous last words

Gungnir: *plays as ranger* Other youtubers: *play as summoner because of the low defense

I feel like if big servers are a thing, QB is a massive troll. Someone could summon it while others are farming or decorating or whatever, then accidentally die or intentionally leave the world. QB doesn't despawn and didn't kill everyone in the world so she'll go after a random player, likely one who isn't prepared for her. Could you imagine fishing and seeing "Queen Bee has awoken" and figuring "Oh, someone's just farming. Maybe for Bee Armor." only to then see "Troll has left the game" then having an angry royal bee trying to murder you? Like, bruh, I was minding my own business. XD

For queen bee you can make a second arena with a bed ( Also in the jungle ) so you have a second to heal before the queen bee can get to you.

Your next run through you should show more footage. Like make a walkthrough to show people how to do it. :)

Love your vids

Poor gungnir, dying from a single hit, all those prep for nothing.

Meanwhile I lock myself in to be protected during fishing on normal playthroughs just in case the crab decides to turn on me

you can see both the tortoise and the pixie on the left are confused at that moment pixie: yo wtf dude, how did you one shot the guy? tortoise: I, I'm not really sure, but, hey I did it! meanwhile the Arapaima in the water: Arapaima1: damn bro got the moves, did you see that? Arapaima2: I did, that was hot

solid attempts!

The last death , i felt it

You forgot another luck factor- the chance to dodge from the Brain of Confusion. If that had've proc'd, you would've been 100% fine

Recently beat my first hardcore playthrough. Only on classic but I'm still pretty proud of that.

Tip if you ever found a dead man's chest check for dynamites underneath, break it then box yourself in with the chest using blocks so you wont get hit by boulders and dart

Don't feel bad about the dynamite trap, I've had 2 dozen-hour hardcore runs ended by those. An invisible instant 400 damage is a bit dumb imo.

My first ever hardcore run i was doing so good, warding on everything, and i had jungle armor. But then a chest statue spawned a mimic in a house that i dropped into and it 3 shot me before i could react