How to counter medusa terraria?

Yoyos, the Magic Missile, and the Flying Knife make great weapons against Medusa as they can be used from behind, and around corners, out of her line of sight. White String will extend the reach of yoyos by 4 or 5 blocks.

What is the Medusa head weapon?

The Medusa Head is very powerful against enemies with multiple segments. As a full charge can deal over 100 damage to each individual segment, most worm enemies can instantly be killed. For instance, it can be slightly more effective than other weapons against Wyverns and The Destroyer.

Discover. Meet Perseus, a demigod of Greek mythology who was famous for killing Medusa by cutting off her head, which he displays in one hand. Medusa had live, hissing snakes for hair, and anyone who looked at her face instantly turned to stone.

What is Medusa weakness?

Her ugliness was her weakness though there is a myth which states that her beauty would hypnotize and shocked whoever saw her. Thus even if a person would see her severed head accidentally, he or she would be doomed. Another example of her weakness is when Perseus was able to trick her and cut off her head.

Is Medusa a real monster?

Medusa is a figure from Greek mythology, the only mortal of the three Gorgons, along with her immortal sisters, Stheno and Euryale. The three Gorgons were born to the sea god of the dangers of the hidden deep, Phorcys, and the goddess of sea monsters and the dangers of the sea, Ceto.

Is there a way to undo Medusa's curse?

When one looks directly into Medusa's eyes, they are petrified and turned to solid stone. The head is still capable of causing this effect even once severed from Medusa's body. The petrification can only be reversed by the creation and administration of a sacred potion called The Light Potion.

What does Occam's razor do in Terraria?

Ocram's Razor is a Hardmode boss-summoning item used to summon Mechdusa. It can only be crafted and used in a Get fixed boi world with the Mechanical Eye, Mechanical Worm, and Mechanical Skull. This item has no function when brought to other worlds, and its tooltip will display 'It has no effect in this world' instead.

Can a Medusa statue drop a pocket mirror?

The Medusa Statue can drop Medusa Head, and it will drop a Medusa Banner every 50th kill. The statue can drop the Pocket Mirror, and appears to have a higher drop rate in marble caves.

What can Medusa control?

In Greek mythology, Medusa is a Gorgon, a creature with snakes for hair who could turn people to stone with her gaze. Different versions of the myth may portray Medusa and her snakes differently, but generally, Medusa is depicted as having control over the snakes in her hair.

Weapons & Equip - Countering the Medusa Death Stare (2024)

CraftedNightmare Here!

Official Terrarian

Jul 6, 2015

Now, we all (if not, most of us) hate the Medusa.

Especially her death stare that makes you turn into stone. There has been a few recent suggestions saying to reduce it.

But, why reduce it, when you can counter it?

I propose 2 options:

1. 3 new accessories:

Packed Glass Shard
(Placeholder for sprite)
Accessory
Equipable
Immunity to Medusa's Stare
Crafted by:
10 Marble
10 Glass
@ a Furnace

Obsidian Mirror Shield

Accessory
Equipable
2 Defense
Immunity to Medusa's stare, knockback and On Fire!
Crafted by:
1 Packed Glass Shard
1 Obsidian Shield
@ a Tinkers' Workshop

Ankh Mirror Shield

Accessory
Equipable
4 Defense
Immunity to most debuffs, knockback and Medusa's death stare
Crafted by:
1 Packed Glass Shard
1 Ankh Shield
@ a Tinkers' Workshop

or...

2. A potion

Crag Potion
(Placeholder for sprite)
Consumable
Grants immunity from Medusa's stare
Crafted by:
1 Water Bottle
5 Stone Blocks
1 Blinkroot
@ an Alchemy Station
Lasts for 5 minutes

Feedback is welcome!
(I know my sprites aren't good, but this has been a while)

Techhunter_Talon

Cultist

Jul 6, 2015

Do not quite see the point in this when she is the only one that can turn you into stone. The other debuffs that are covered by the various components of the Ankh and Ankh Sheild have more than just one mob that inflicts those debuffs. If anything, add the stone immunity to the Blindfold and have it carry over through the rest of the chain that is already present.

Chaotic Note

Terrarian

Jul 6, 2015

I like the option of having accessibility to both the potion and mirror shields because that means freedom of choice for players. I know some would prefer to use an accessory slot for something else that's not a Shield accessory, so the potion would give them the choice to use another accessory while being immune to Medusa's petrification. The same could be same for vice-versa.

Qui Devorat

Terrarian

Jul 6, 2015

CraftedNightmare Here! said:
Now, we all (if not, most of us) hate the Medusa.
View attachment 60943
Especially her death stare that makes you turn into stone. There has been a few recent suggestions saying to reduce it.
But, why reduce it, when you can counter it?
I propose 2 options:
1. 3 new accessories:
Packed Glass Shard
(Placeholder for sprite)
Accessory
Equipable
Immunity to Medusa's Stare
Crafted by:
10 Marble
10 Glass
@ a Furnace
Obsidian Mirror Shield
View attachment 60942
Accessory
Equipable
2 Defense
Immunity to Medusa's stare, knockback and On Fire!
Crafted by:
1 Packed Glass Shard
1 Obsidian Shield
@ a Tinkers' Workshop
Ankh Mirror Shield
View attachment 60941
Accessory
Equipable
4 Defense
Immunity to most debuffs, knockback and Medusa's death stare
Crafted by:
1 Packed Glass Shard
1 Ankh Shield
@ a Tinkers' Workshop
or...
2. A potion
Crag Potion
(Placeholder for sprite)
Consumable
Grants immunity from Medusa's stare
Crafted by:
1 Water Bottle
5 Stone Blocks
1 Blinkroot
@ an Alchemy Station
Lasts for 5 minutes
Feedback is welcome!
(I know my sprites aren't good, but this has been a while)
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How about this.
turn your neck roughly 180 degrees
*KRAK*
Works for me.

Davriel

The Destroyer

Jul 6, 2015

I like the mirror shield, but I think if they just added an extra bonus to the blindfold acc that completely negates her petrify, that would be a little more efficient. The range still needs to be nerfed on her stare though

Chaotic Note

Terrarian

Jul 6, 2015

Qui Devorat said:
How about this.
turn your neck roughly 180 degrees
*KRAK*
Works for me.
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But then aren't we vulnerable to the hospital bill?

All Seeing Eye

Eye of Cthulhu

Jul 6, 2015

Or having the blindfold negate medusa's stare

Hax4Ever

Empress of Light

Jul 6, 2015

How about you stop getting killed by medusa?

HeroGabe

Golem

Jul 6, 2015

Why not make Blindfolds actually have another use, being a counter to Medusa... sadly, the Ankh Charm wouldn't gain the ability...

well, at least we should still have a Mirror Shield, in case you don't want to be blindfolded.

eltiolavara19

Skeletron Prime

Jul 6, 2015

Shadow_Mantis said:
Do not quite see the point in this when she is the only one that can turn you into stone. The other debuffs that are covered by the various components of the Ankh and Ankh Sheild have more than just one mob that inflicts those debuffs. If anything, add the stone immunity to the Blindfold and have it carry over through the rest of the chain that is already present.
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yeah

Techhunter_Talon

Cultist

Jul 6, 2015

HeroGabe said:
Why not make Blindfolds actually have another use, being a counter to Medusa... sadly, the Ankh Charm wouldn't gain the ability...
well, at least we should still have a Mirror Shield, in case you don't want to be blindfolded.
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Why not have that effect continue down the chain of tinkering? There is not anything wrong with that. Heck, makes sense as once you have the Ankh Shield that it could be implied that your character simply holds it in front of their eyes. Actually... that is an idea. Have the stone immunity apply to shields too!

HeroGabe

Golem

Jul 6, 2015

Well, if Terraria had a better Visibility system, Shields would actually block sight in front of the character, which means you don't see much other than the ground you walk on.

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Weapons & Equip - Countering the Medusa Death Stare (2024)

CraftedNightmare Here!

Official Terrarian

Techhunter_Talon

Cultist

Chaotic Note

Terrarian

Qui Devorat

Terrarian

Davriel

The Destroyer

Chaotic Note

Terrarian

All Seeing Eye

Eye of Cthulhu

Hax4Ever

Empress of Light

HeroGabe

Golem

eltiolavara19

Skeletron Prime

Techhunter_Talon

Cultist

HeroGabe

Golem

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