Master Mode

   

PC/Console/Mobile/tModLoader-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader versions of Terraria.

Master Mode-Only Content: This information applies only to Master Mode and Master Mode worlds.

Not to be confused with Hardmode, which is triggered by defeating the Wall of Flesh.

"Master" redirects here. For other uses, see Master (disambiguation).

 "Game over man, game over!" 

Master Mode is an option that can be selected during world creation. It further increases the difficulty of the game beyond Expert Mode, as well as offering Master Mode–exclusive items. Like Expert Mode, Master Mode begins the moment the Master Mode world has been created, and cannot be altered after that by the player. In Journey Mode, Master Mode can be toggled using the difficulty slider.

All Expert Mode changes also apply to Master Mode, including increased drop chances, modified AIs, etc. All Expert-exclusive content is available in Master Mode.

General

• Most enemies have roughly 50% more health and damage and 10% more knockback resistance than in Expert Mode (thus three times as much health and damage and 20% more knockback resistance than in Classic Mode).
  • For example, a Blue Slime has the following stats in the different modes:

Stat	Classic	Expert	Master
Max. health	25	50	75
Damage	7	14	21
KB resistance	0%	10%	20%

• Bosses gain flat 50% increase in damage and 27.5% in health to their Expert Mode values.
• Like in Expert Mode, weaker enemies may get an additional multiplier to the above stats upon entering Hardmode and another after Plantera has been defeated.

Player

• Players will drop all of their coins upon death instead of 50% / 75%.
• Players gain an additional accessory slot that is only active while in a Master Mode world. This stacks with the Demon Heart, resulting in the maximum attainable slots to be seven.
• Damage taken is fully reduced by the player's defense value instead of 50% / 75%.
• The following debuffs have 250% duration (instead of Expert mode's 200% duration) when inflicted on players:

• Poisoned
• Darkness
• Cursed
• On Fire!
• Bleeding
• Confused
• Slow
• Weak
• Silenced
• Broken Armor
• Cursed Inferno
• Frostburn
• Chilled
• Frozen
• Ichor
• Acid Venom
• Blackout

Master-exclusive items

• Bosses defeated in Master Mode drop their Treasure Bag, which contains the Expert-exclusive content of the boss. In addition, they drop Master-exclusive items separately, which have the 13* rarity.
  • Bosses always drop their respective relic, a shiny statue resembling the boss.
  • They also have a 25% chance of dropping an item which summons a pet, light pet, or mount that either resembles the boss or is closely themed after it.
  • Finally, the Eye of Cthulhu always drops 0x33's Aviators, which – prior to 1.4.0.1 – could only be obtained by defeating it in an Expert world with a Hardcore character.
• There's also one Master-exclusive items that is not dropped from bosses — Resplendent Dessert.

Pre-Hardmode bosses

Boss	Relic	Summoning item	Summoned entity
King Slime	King Slime Relic	Royal Delight	Slime Prince (pet)
Eye of Cthulhu	Eye of Cthulhu Relic	Suspicious Grinning Eye	Suspicious Eye (pet)
Eater of Worlds	Eater of Worlds Relic	Writhing Remains	Eater of Worms (pet)
Brain of Cthulhu	Brain of Cthulhu Relic	Brain in a Jar	Spider Brain (pet)
Queen Bee	Queen Bee Relic	Sparkling Honey	Honey Bee (pet)
Skeletron	Skeletron Relic	Possessed Skull	Skeletron Jr. (pet)
Deerclops	Deerclops Relic	Deerclops Eyeball	Deerclops (pet)
Wall of Flesh	Wall of Flesh Relic	Goat Skull	Goat Mount (mount)

Hardmode bosses

Boss	Relic	Summoning item	Summoned entity
Queen Slime	Queen Slime Relic	Regal Delicacy	Slime Princess (pet)
The Twins	Twins Relic	Pair of Eyeballs	Rez and Spaz (pet)
The Destroyer	Destroyer Relic	Deactivated Probe	Destroyer-Lite (pet)
Skeletron Prime	Skeletron Prime Relic	Robotic Skull	Mini Prime (pet)
Plantera	Plantera Relic	Plantera Seedling	Plantera Seedling (pet)
Empress of Light	Empress of Light Relic	Jewel of Light	Fairy Princess (light pet)
Golem	Golem Relic	Guardian Golem	Toy Golem (light pet)
Duke Fishron	Duke Fishron Relic	Pork of the Sea	Tiny Fishron (pet)
Lunatic Cultist	Lunatic Cultist Relic	Tablet Fragment	Phantasmal Dragon (pet)
Moon Lord	Moon Lord Relic	Piece of Moon Squid	Moonling (pet)

Event mini-bosses

Boss	Relic	Summoning item	Summoned entity
Pumpking	Pumpking Relic	Pumpkin Scented Candle	Jack 'O Lantern (light pet)
Mourning Wood	Mourning Wood Relic	Hexxed Branch	Tree Mount (mount)
Everscream	Everscream Relic	Shrub Star	Everscream Sapling (pet)
Santa-NK1	Santa-NK1 Relic	Toy Tank	Santank Mount (mount)
Ice Queen	Ice Queen Relic	Frozen Crown	Ice Queen (pet)
Dark Mage	Dark Mage Relic	Dark Mage's Tome	Book Mount (mount)
Ogre	Ogre Relic	Ogre's Club	Baby Ogre (pet)
Betsy	Betsy Relic	Betsy's Egg	Itsy Betsy (pet)
Flying Dutchman	Flying Dutchman Relic	The Black Spot	Pirate Ship Mount (mount)
Martian Saucer	Martian Saucer Relic	Cosmic Skateboard	Alien Skater (pet)

Craftable items

Item	Recipe
Resplendent Dessert	+

Trivia

• Master Mode's descriptive text, "Game over man, game over! ", is a quote from the 1986 American science fiction action movie Aliens.
• In the world selection menu, the text for a Master Mode world is red. Journey Mode world names are pink, Classic world names are white, and Expert world names are orange.
• Master Mode was originally intended to be unlocked by beating Expert Mode, but it was later decided that it would be made available to all players.
• It has been suggested and rumored that Master Modes Relics would give buffs to the player in Master Mode worlds, but this feature has not been implemented as of yet.
• When creating either a "getfixedboi" or a "for the worthy" seed with Master Mode, Master Mode becomes a new secret difficulty, known as Legendary Mode.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.