Champion of Nature

Champion of Nature

Statistics

Type	Boss
Damage	110 / 220 / 330 (heads) 0 (body)
Max Life	900,000 / 1,800,000 / 2,700,000
Defense	70 ~75% Damage Reduction on heads
KB Resist	100%
Immune to

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• 1 / 2 / 3 of the following Enchantments will drop:
• Crimson Enchantment
  33%
• Molten Enchantment
  33%
• Rain Enchantment
  33%
• Frost Enchantment
  33%
• Chlorophyte Enchantment
  33%
• Shroomite Enchantment
  33%
• Champion of Nature Relic
  100%
• Super Healing Potion (5-15)
  100%

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"A verdant wind is blowing..."

Champion of Nature is a post-Moon Lord miniboss.

Summoning

Champion of Nature does not spawn on its own and must be summoned by the player by using the Sigil of Champions in the Ice biome while in the Underground layer.

Attacks

The Champion of Nature consists of six heads and a main body that deals no contact damage - all parts can be attacked and multiple can be hit at once, but the heads will take reduced compared to the body. Its attacks are all based on the Force of Nature’s enchantments, which each of its heads represent. The Champion walks towards the player between every head attack, and all head attacks are chosen at random (bar the head which has attacked before). All of the head attacks last roughly 5 seconds.

• The (Crimson) red head hovers directly above the player, dropping bursts of ichor every so often.
• The (Molten) orange head forms a circle of dust, then follows the player loosely before exploding after a duration, dealing damage within that circle’s radius and releasing a ring of fireballs.
• The (Rain) yellow head follows the player, then shoots multiple rain clouds over their head, which linger for a while and drop damaging rain.
• The (Frost) cyan head spawns clusters of icicles, then shoots them in a V-shaped burst around the player's current position.
• The (Chlorophyte) green head forms a spinning ring of leaf crystals around itself, then follows the player around.
• The (Shroomite) blue head shoots bursts of bullets at the player, which stop midway before redirecting at the player’s new current location.

After attacking 3 times with its heads, it jumps at the player’s location 2 times before attacking with its heads again. The jumps are the only time when the body can cause contact damage, as it makes an explosion on impact.

Expert Mode

Now attacks with 2 heads at once, with a few set combinations.

• Molten + Crimson
• Molten + Shroomite
• Molten + Frost
• Chlorophyte + Crimson
• Chlorophyte + Icicle
• Chlorophyte + Rain
• Shroomite + Crimson
• Shroomite + Frost
• Shroomite + Rain

Eternity Mode

Gains a large aura arena and a new attack in between its 2 jumps. After the first jump, the 6 heads will spread out and, after a brief charge time, shoot deathrays at a point above the main body. These will then rotate, sweeping upwards and to the sides until they reach their initial angle again.

If the player moves outside the aura, Champion of Nature will jump to their location at extremely high speed and immediately start a new head attack, while all heads that are currently not attacking will instantly prepare their deathray attack.

Debuffs

Source	Debuffs
Head Contact	Frostburn On Fire!
Crimson Ichor Stream	Ichor (debuff)
Molten Explosion Molten Fireball	Burning On Fire!
Rain	Frostburn Wet
Frost Icicles	Chilled Frostburn
Chlorophyte Leaf Crystal	Poisoned Infested
Shroomite Bullet	Chilled Frostburn
Nature Deathray	Infested On Fire! Frostburn

Notes

• This is the only Champion with a semi-randomized attack pattern.

Trivia

• The music that plays during Champion of Nature's battle is Ordeal by Sakuzyo.
  • Its old theme was Full Force by Universe.
  • If the Fargo's Music Mod add-on is disabled, Boss 1 (Otherworldly) will play instead. It shares this trait with the rest of the Champions, apart from Eridanus.
• If the Boss Checklist Mod is installed, its unique despawn message will be "Champion of Nature returns to its slumber..."
• The AI for this boss was influenced by the developers existing work on Ancients Awakened's Yamata and Hydra.
• The Bestiary entry for the Champion of Nature implies it once lived in the Jungle, and that Plantera forced it to leave.
• The Bestiary entry for the Champion of Nature: "This creature was driven from its home by a giant plant. Sometimes it thinks about going back, but the cold doesn't bother it anymore."

History

• 1.3.9: Introduced.