Esophage (Polarities Mod)

Esophage

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Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	The CorruptionThe Crimson
Damage	60 / 120 / 180 (body) 30 / 60 / 90 (claws) 32 / 64 / 96 (ichor) 54 / 108 / 62 (cursed fireballs) 60 / 120 / 180 (capsid plates) 54 / 108 / 62 (phage tendrils) 54 / 108 / 62 (scythe slash) 54 / 108 / 62 (flesh chunks) 54 / 108 / 62 (teeth)
Max Life	40,000 / 50,000 / 63,000
Defense	30 (head) 60 (capsid)
Immune to

Drops

Coins	5

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Evil DNA(Polarities Mod) (3-4/3-5)
  100%
• Soul of Night (12-19/14-22)
  100%
• One of the following 2 items will be dropped
• Cursed Flame (20-40)
  50.0%
• Ichor (20-40)
  50.0%
• One of the following 2 items will be dropped
• Esophageous Staff(Polarities Mod)
  50.0%
• Phagefoot Hook(Polarities Mod)
  50.0%
• Strange Samples(Polarities Mod)
  50.0%
• Contagun(if no damage is taken from boss)
  100%
• Greater Healing Potion (5-15)
  100%
• Esophage Trophy(Polarities Mod)
  10.0%
• Esophage Mask(Polarities Mod)
  14.3%
• Treasure Bag(Esophage)

  • Adaptive Genes

  100%
• Esophage Relic(Polarities Mod)
  100%

“

Empowered with all that is evil, this gargantuan parasite stalks the land in search of a host. Without a source of vitality to empower it, it cannot be truly considered either alive or dead.

— Bestiary (Esophage)

The Esophage is a Hardmode boss, intended to be fought after the mechanical bosses alongside Plantera.

While it is alive, its exclusive music Necrosis will play.

Spawn

The Esophage will automatically spawn after clearing The Pestilence, but can also be fought manually on its own afterwards with a Fleshy Capsid.

Behavior

Esophage walks steadily towards the player, moving faster if the player gets too far away, and gaining a boost in speed as its health lowers. Its legs have claws that will deal damage if touching the player, and their number is determined by the world's difficulty; it has 4 in Classic Mode and 6 in Expert Mode.

Esophage's crimson head and corrupt capsid each have their own set of attacks. Neither section will repeat the same attack twice in a row. The head uses the following attacks:

• Ichor Rain - The boss shoots a jet of ichor projectiles almost directly into the air, which falls back down in a wall that moves towards the boss.
• Scythe Slashes - Esophage's mandibles will slash at the player four times in rapid succession, each creating a set of projectiles with a narrow spread that start off near-stationary but rapidly accelerate.
• Flesh Chunks - The boss vomits six flesh chunks directly downwards, which aggressively bounce and roll after the player before exploding into gravity-affected teeth.

The capsid uses the following attacks:

• Capsid Plates - The capsid opens up and shoots 20 capsid projectiles, which quickly move to form a shrinking ring around the player. Ten of these projectiles will always be greyed-out shadowy fakes that do no damage.
• Phage Tendrils - The boss shoots six dark tendrils from its capsid which briefly home in on the player.
• Cursed Fireballs - The capsid opens up and shoots four cursed fireballs in succession, each targeting the point the player was at a second ago before exploding.

Above 2/3 health, the head and capsid alternate attacks. Below 2/3 health, however, the boss will begin using attacks from both the head and capsid simultaneously.

Secret world seed changes

For the Worthy

• Has twice as many legs; 8 in Classic Mode and 12 in Expert Mode.
• Is 50% smaller.
• Has no cooldown period between attacks.
• If evil biome spread has not been disabled by the Strange Samples, terrain within 50 tiles of the boss will be gradually converted into the world's primary evil.

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• Is 50% smaller.

Aftermath

Once the Esophage has been defeated for the first time, the following will occur:

• The Ghostwriter will begin selling The Phage Runner.
• The Dryad and Steampunker will begin selling the opposite evil biome's Seeds and Solution when in a Graveyard.

Tips

• The boss doesn't have to be fought at night or in the world evil biome, and fighting it during the day makes the attacks far easier to see coming.
• The ichor spray can be dodged effectively by moving close to and above the boss, waiting for the attack to complete, then moving to the other side before the projectiles fall back down.
• The fake capsid plates can be distinguished from the real ones before the ring forms, meaning one can figure out a safe direction to escape in more quickly.
• Going underneath the boss is risky, as the legs move somewhat erratically and can deal unwanted hits (though their damage is significantly lower than that of the other attacks). Additionally, getting trapped underneath the flesh chunks attack makes it very difficult to avoid the teeth.
• Aim for the fleshy head of the boss as the capsid has high armor.