Plantera

PlanteraFirst FormHardmode exclusive

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 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Plantera AI
Damage	50100150 (contact) 4476114 (Seed) 5496144 (Poison Seed) 62108162 (Thorn Ball)
Max Life	300004200053550
Defense	36
KB Resist	100%
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	50%100% (Poison Seed) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Duration	3–7 seconds6–14 seconds7.5–17.5 seconds

Projectiles created

Projectiles created

Projectiles created

• Seed
  
• Poison Seed
  
• Thorn Ball
  

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Fires projectile

• Internal NPC ID: 262
• Internal Buff ID: 20
• Internal Projectile ID: 275, 276, 277

PlanteraSecond FormHardmode exclusive

Map Icon

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Plantera AI
Damage	70140210
Max Life	15000/3000021000/4200026775/53550
Defense	10
KB Resist	100%
Immune to

Drops

Coins	15 GC37 GC50 SC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Temple Key
  100%
• One of the following 7 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 6 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) items will always be dropped 
• Grenade Launcher

  + Rocket I ( 50–149 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  20–49 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) )

  (will always drop the first time Plantera is defeated in a world that is neither in Expert nor Master Mode)
  14.29% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  16.67% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Venus Magnum
  14.29% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  16.67% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Nettle Burst
  14.29% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  16.67% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Leaf Blower
  14.29% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  16.67% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Flower Pow
  14.29% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  16.67% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Wasp Gun
  14.29% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  16.67% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Seedler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  14.29%
• Pygmy Staff
  25%
• Thorn Hook(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  10%
• The Axe
  2% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  0.5% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Seedling
  5%
• Zapinator(3DS version)
  ~1.25%
• Greater Healing Potion (5–15)
  100%
• Plantera Mask
  14.29%
• Plantera Trophy
  10%
• Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)(Plantera)
  100%
• Spore Sac(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  100%
• Plantera Mask
  14.29%
• Temple Key
  100%
• One of the following seven items will always be dropped
• Grenade Launcher

  + Rocket I (50–149)

  14.29%
• Venus Magnum
  14.29%
• Nettle Burst
  14.29%
• Leaf Blower
  14.29%
• Flower Pow
  14.29%
• Wasp Gun
  14.29%
• Seedler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  14.29%
• Seedling
  6.67%
• The Axe
  5%
• Pygmy Staff
  50%
• Thorn Hook(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  10%
• Gold Coin (15)
  100%
• Plantera Seedling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  25%
• Plantera Relic(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  100%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Fires Spore

• Internal NPC ID: 262

Plantera's Hook

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Boss Part
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Plantera's Hook AI
Damage	60/120/180
Max Life	4000/8000/12000 (Invincible)
Defense	24
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Immune to

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 263

Plantera's Tentacle

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Boss Part
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Plantera's Tentacle AI
Damage	60/138/206
Max Life	1000/2000/2550
Defense	20
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Immune to

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 264

Spore

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Projectile
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Spore AI
Damage	70/140›126/210›189
Max Life	1
Defense	0
KB Resist	100%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 265

 “The overgrown monstrosity of the jungle's depths.” 

Plantera is a Hardmode boss that can be fought in the Underground Jungle after all three mechanical bosses (The Twins, The Destroyer, and Skeletron Prime) have been defeated. Plantera drops a Temple Key upon being defeated, allowing access to the Jungle Temple.

While Plantera is alive, her exclusive music Plantera will play. When Otherworldly music (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) is enabled, the track Plantera (Otherworldly) will play instead.

Summoning

After all three mechanical bosses have been defeated, Plantera's Bulbs will randomly spawn in the Underground Jungle (indicated by the status message "The jungle grows restless..."). These bulbs emit a faint pink light in dark areas and immediately cause Plantera to spawn upon being destroyed, usually a fair distance off-screen. The bulbs can be broken in various ways including with a pickaxe or drill, with explosives, with lava, or if the jungle grass underneath them is removed, e.g. via biome spread, actuating the blocks, or with the Clentaminator.

Behavior

Plantera's first form.

Plantera's second form.

Plantera travels slowly through blocks using three long vines to grapple onto solid foreground blocks, similarly to multi-hooks. In the second phase, Plantera gains the ability to grapple onto background walls. The ends of her vines, called Plantera's Hooks, are completely invincible and deal contact damage.

First form

Plantera slowly creeps after the player, deals contact damage, and fires the projectiles listed in the following table at them. She generally keeps her distance from the player, instead focusing on rapidly bombarding them with high-velocity projectile attacks.

Projectile		Damage	Chance to be fired
	Seed	44 / 76 / 114	21/32 (65.63%) / 5/12 (41.67%) (100% while Plantera has ≥80% health)
	Poison Seed	54 / 96 / 144	8/32 (25%) / 6/12 (50%)
	Thorn Ball	62 / 108 / 162	3/32 (9.38%) / 1/12 (8.33%)

Seeds and Poison Seeds function similarly to the stingers of Hornets, the Queen Bee, and the petals of the Flower Pow, but can travel through blocks. On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, the green Poison Seeds have a 1/2 (50%) / 100% chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff for 3–7 / 4–9 seconds. Thorn Balls are similar to the projectiles released by Spiky Ball Traps but ricochet off solid blocks much more quickly and erratically. They will try to follow the player horizontally, potentially overwhelming the player if they stay within the same area for extended periods of time.

Poison Seeds and Thorn Balls are only used when Plantera's health is below 80% (24,000 / 33,600 / 42,839). There is a short cooldown after a projectile has been fired, which depends on Plantera's current health as well as the type of projectile:

Projectile		Cooldown (in seconds), based on Plantera's health
		≥ 90%	89%–80%	79%–70%	69%–60%	59%–50%
	Seed	1.33 s	0.67 s	0.44 s	0.33 s	0.27 s
	Poison Seed	n/a	n/a	0.61 s	0.46 s	0.37 s
	Thorn Ball	n/a	n/a	1.11 s	0.83 s	0.67 s

Second form

Once Plantera is brought down to half of her maximum health (15,000 / 21,000 / 26,775), she changes into her second form as her pink petals fall away to reveal a thorn-filled mouth. In this form, Plantera ceases to fire the same projectiles from before and instead moves much more quickly and aggressively in an attempt to inflict contact damage. Her contact damage is greater than in the first form, but her defense decreases significantly to 10.

Upon transformation, Plantera sprouts eight additional mouths, called Plantera's Tentacles, that are attached via vines to her body. Plantera's tentacles deal contact damage and get in the way of the player's attacks, but have comparatively little health. Defeated tentacles will not regrow, making Plantera much easier to fight once all are killed.

Plantera now occasionally releases floating pink Spore projectile enemies that drift toward the player, similar to the spores released by the Giant Fungi Bulb. They can be destroyed in a single hit with any weapon or tool, but travel through blocks and deal high contact damage. Similarly to the first phase, the cooldown between the release of Spores depends on Plantera's health:

Projectile enemy		Cooldown (in seconds), based on Plantera's health
		50%–40%	39%–30%	29%–20%	19%–10%	≤10%
	Spore	5.83 s	2.92 s	1.94 s	1.46 s	1.17 s

Enraged behavior

Plantera becomes "enraged" if she follows the player out of the Underground Jungle, whether it be to the surface, to the Underworld, or to a completely different biome. She does not enrage in Hallowed, Corrupted or Crimson parts of the Underground Jungle as long as there are at least 140 Jungle grass / Hive / Lihzahrd Brick blocks nearby. Being enraged causes Plantera to gain double damage, double defense (quadruple defense in the second form), and increased movement speed, as well as changing her attack patterns and directly rushing toward the player. Her projectiles also deal double damage and have reduced cooldowns. Plantera's behavior returns to normal upon reentering the Underground Jungle biome.

Expert Mode

In Expert Mode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), there are a few significant differences in Plantera's attacks, aside from the default increased health and damage.

In the first form, her pink Seeds can travel through blocks, and all projectiles have limited homing capabilities. The cooldowns are also decreased:

Projectile		Cooldown (in seconds), based on Plantera's health
		≥ 90%	89%–80%	79%–70%	69%–60%	59%–50%
	Seed	0.67 s	0.44 s	0.33 s	0.27 s	0.22 s
	Poison Seed	n/a	n/a	0.46 s	0.37 s	0.31 s
	Thorn Ball	n/a	n/a	0.83 s	0.67 s	0.56 s

In her second form, Plantera and Plantera's Tentacles move faster than normal. In addition, there are nine more Plantera's Tentacles, attached to Plantera's Hooks in groups of three. Furthermore, the eight tentacles that are attached to Plantera's body can respawn after they have been killed (this does not apply to the tentacles on the hooks). The rate is randomized, but it depends on the number of tentacles that are alive – if all tentacles are destroyed, a new tentacle spawns after 5 seconds, on average. This is increased by 5 seconds per living tentacle, hence it takes an average of 180 seconds for all eight tentacles to fully respawn. A single defeated tentacle will take 40 seconds to respawn, on average, assuming the other seven tentacles remain alive for the duration.

Aftermath

Plantera always drops a Temple Key, which grants access to the Jungle Temple and the Golem boss. On the  Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, Temple Keys can also be combined with Biome Key Molds to craft Biome Keys; but in the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, Biome Keys drop in their respective biomes and do not require molds.

A status message saying "Screams are echoing from the dungeon..." will appear upon Plantera's defeat, signaling that new, more difficult types of enemies will begin spawning in the Dungeon (see details). These enemies drop powerful new weapons, accessories, and other items. Dungeon Spirits will begin to appear when Dungeon enemies with more than 100 health are slain, which drop Ectoplasm, a new crafting material that offers access to the Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon events, as well as Spectre Bars(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).

Additionally:

• The spread of the Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow is halved from their original speed.
• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Biome Keys can now be used to open Biome Chests in the Dungeon (they can unlock Chests pre-Plantera on  Old-gen console and 3DS).
• The Cyborg NPC arrives and moves into an available vacant house, thus allowing the Princess(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) NPC to arrive as well.
• (Old-gen console version) The Traveling Merchant begins selling the Pulse Bow.
• The Truffle begins selling the Autohammer, used to craft Shroomite Bars and upgrade rockets sold by the Cyborg.
• The Zoologist(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) begins selling the Mud Bud(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).
• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Dye Trader begins rewarding the player with Pixie Dye, Wisp Dye, Infernal Wisp Dye, and Unicorn Wisp Dye in exchange for Strange Plants.
• The Witch Doctor begins selling several items related to minion summoning ((Old-gen console and 3DS versions) some items additionally require a Pygmy Staff), as well as the Vial of Venom.
• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Butchers, Psychos, Nailheads, Deadly Spheres, Dr. Man Flies, and Mothrons will start spawning during the Solar Eclipse event.
• The Prismatic Lacewing(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) starts spawning in the aboveground Hallow, allowing the Empress of Light(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) to be summoned.

Notes

• If Plantera is currently summoned and another Plantera's Bulb is broken, a second Plantera will not be summoned, though the bulb will be destroyed.
• If Plantera has no surfaces to latch onto, she will slowly float upward, eventually going up into Space, or until she hits a space where she can latch onto again. Plantera's Hooks pass through blocks, so trying to trap her will be unsuccessful; she will simply latch out.
• If the three mechanical bosses are defeated prior to the Wall of Flesh, killing the Wall of Flesh is still required to trigger the status message "The jungle grows restless..."

Achievements

The Great Southern Plantkill • “Defeat Plantera, the overgrown monstrosity of the jungle's depths.”

Defeat Plantera for the first time. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Slayer

Slayer of Worlds • “Defeat every boss in Terraria.”

Defeat every boss in the game. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Challenger

Tips

For more elaborate strategies on defeating Plantera, including weapon and arena recommendations, see Guide:Plantera strategies.

• Excavate a sizable area to allow easier dodging before summoning Plantera. This can be done quicker with the use of Scarab Bombs.
  • Widening a Bee Hive in the Underground Jungle is a fast and effective way of making an arena for fighting Plantera (though care should be taken around the Larva).
  • Make sure the area has no background walls. This will significantly reduce Plantera's mobility in the second form as she does not have walls to hook onto.
  • Living Fire Blocks work excellently for lighting up the arena in place of torches; Plantera cannot grab onto them.
• Using a Gravitation Potion can help the player avoid damage from Thorn Balls laying on the ground, as the Thorn Balls obey gravity and fall to the floor. Alternatively, the player can use an arena that has a large empty area at the bottom for Thorn Balls to bounce in, well below the player and out of harm's way.
• Plantera's Bulbs can spawn in player-made Jungle biomes, which can provide a slightly easier way to fight Plantera.
• Narrow passages slow Plantera as it takes more time for her to grip the surrounding terrain.
• The use of a Hellevator combined with wings can make the Plantera fight drastically easier by spawning Plantera at a higher point in the Underground Jungle, and gliding downward while using a ranged or magic weapon.
• In Plantera's second form, her only ranged attack consists of the Spores which are very easy to kill. This means that keeping a distance is key to avoiding damage.
• An arena with Teleporters will make the player escape from Plantera's attacks easily.

Trivia

• The name "Plantera" is a play on the title of the former American groove metal band from the 1990s named Pantera, which is Cenx's favorite band. Plantera drops a hamaxe named "The Axe", that looks like a Gibson Flying V electric guitar. This boss and her drop is a tribute to Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell. Also, the achievement for defeating Plantera is called "The Great Southern Plantkill" in reference to Pantera's eighth studio album The Great Southern Trendkill, and the album's opening song of the same name, both of which were released in May 1996. Plantera's boss music is also metal-themed.
• On the  Old-gen console version, the saving icon is one of the Thorn Balls that Plantera fires.
• Plantera has the largest amount of drops in the game, beating even the Queen Bee with a total of 16.
• Plantera is one of seven bosses with exclusive boss music, the others being the (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Queen Bee, Deerclops(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), Queen Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), Empress of Light(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), Duke Fishron, and Moon Lord(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).
  • Plantera was also the first boss to have exclusive music, having her own music ever since she was added.
  • Parts of the Jungle Day theme can also be heard in Plantera's boss music.
• Plantera appears to be an overgrown snapdragon flower with its petals shut in her first phase, which the spores in her second phase also resemble.
• According to Cenx, Plantera is female.
• Plantera and the Empress of Light have the only musical instrument drops of any boss, with The Axe and the Stellar Tune(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) having the same drop chance as well.
  • Coincidentally, both are female bosses with enraged forms.
• If including the Mud Bud(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), Plantera gives access to the most pet-summoning items of any boss, these being the Seedling and Plantera Seedling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), all of which are also plants.
• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Otherworldly music used for Plantera is named "Rage of Tarunnk" in the official soundtrack of Terraria: Otherworld.

• The Bestiary entry for Plantera: "A dormant, yet powerful floral guardian awoken by the fallout of Cthulhu's destroyed machinations. Its reach spans the entire jungle."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Increased distance before despawn timer begins ticking down dramatically.

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Hook, Tentacle, Spore and Plantera sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Plantera's Tentacles now have health scaling in Expert Multiplayer.
  • Added two Master Mode drops, Plantera Seedling and Plantera Relic.

• Desktop 1.3.0.4: Fixed Plantera flag not triggering for non-English users.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Increased chance for The Axe to be dropped by Plantera from 1/200 (0.5%) to 1/50 (2%).
  • Biome Chests can no longer be opened until Plantera is defeated.
  • Added an Expert Mode drop, Spore Sac.
  • Now has a chance to drop the Seedler.
  • Now drops 50–149 Rocket Is, up from 20–49.
  • Poison Seeds now inflict the Poisoned debuff.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed bug where the "The jungle grows restless" message would appear when the Wall of Flesh would be defeated, which occurs most often in online servers.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Now drops 15 GC.
  • Now despawns when all players have been killed.
  • Is now required to be killed in order to summon Golem from the Lihzahrd Altar.
  • Now has a chance to drop the Plantera Mask.
  • Plantera's Bulbs no longer spawn until all 3 mechanical bosses are defeated.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2:
  • Plantera no longer needs to be defeated for Solar Eclipses to occur.
  • Her speed has been reduced.
  • Plantera now enrages when taken out of the Jungle or to the surface.

• Desktop 1.2.1.1: When killed for the first time the message "Screams are echoing from the dungeon..." will now appear.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3.1:
  • Fixed a problem that defeating Plantera would force server-side characters.
  • Solar Eclipses now only happen after Plantera has been defeated.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3:
  • Plantera now must be defeated to allow Hardmode Dungeon enemies to spawn.
  • Hardmode Crimson, Corruption, and Hallow spread is now slowed after killing Plantera instead of any mechanical boss.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.