Mirage

Mirage* Boss
* NPC
* With One-Shot
Statistics

Drops

* **Item (Quantity)****Rate**
* Saviour Schnapps33%
* Element Of Art(3 on first kill)
(1 only after first kill) (1 or 3)100%
* Stranger Brew (10-19)100%
* Last Surprise33%
* Dream of the Butterfly33%
* Onyxx33%
* Mirage Hat17%
* Mirage Trophy17%
* Treasure Bag(Mirage)
• Blazing Scope**100%**
* Amber Mirror(Only on first kill)100%
* 'Wanted- Oscar Loneshot'(Only on first kill)100%

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**Mirage** is an early Hardmode boss, which is intended to be fought along with the Mechanical Bosses, although it is possible to summon her right at the start of hardmode.

While Mirage is alive, her own theme, "**Mirage**" will play.

## Spawn

Mirage does not spawn on her own, and requires the player to summon it, interacting with the **Strange Communicator**, which spawns in the Desert during hardmode after at least one Mechanical Boss and One-Shot have been defeated. Alternatively After the first time Mirage has been defeated, Mirage will drop the Amber Mirror, in which is used in the desert as an alternative way to summon Mirage.

**Strange Communicator**

## Behavior

Mirage teleports around the players unleashing various magical attacks.

### Attacks

* Shoots an arrow diagonally, and, with a little delay, a bunch of arrows from a side of the screen flies in the same direction.
* Charges an attack, which after releasing unleashes tons of fire projectiles.
* Does a horizontal dash towards the player with a little delay, leaving a fire trail behind herself.
* Appears with a magical mirrors circling around her, which shoot projectiles at the same time in different directions. Mirrors release several projectiles during the last shot.
* When she drops down to one thousand HP, she drinks tea to heal herself for 25% of her max HP.

## Aftermath

* After Mirage is defeated, she will take off her hat and bow like a theater actor and confetti will appear as she disappears.
* Defeating the Mirage for the first time will allow the Magician to arrive if provided suitable housing.

## Quotes

### Before initiating the battle

* "Just looking for an old friend... And you're looking for a fight, aren't you? If so, let me show you a few tricks."
* "Lost something too? Interesting. What if we're looking for the same thing?"
* "Lost? Frightened? Confused? Good, good. Mwa-ha-ha..."

### When found in the Underground Tundra

* "Oh, Oscar, my poor Oscar.. Trouble follows him wherever he goes... Whatever happened to him... Had he lost himself? But he never intended all this madness... I can't believe it... And I won't. He made me who I am, and now it's my turn to help him. I better stay here for a while. If this world is the reason of his metamorphosis, maybe the cure is here somewhere too!" (when interacting with Mirage for the first time)
* "We've seen better days..."
* "Oh, Oscar... He promised me that someday we'll spend our vacation in another dimension.. I thought he was joking, but now we actually stuck in another dimension... Who'd have though?"
* "Oh, Oscar... He always had trouble keeping his frizzy hair out of his face, it drove him crazy!"
* "He doesn't remember me at all, but he's alive at least.. Maybe a little rotten, frozen through, half-dead, inadequate... But, no matter what, I'll always be here for him."
* [When the player is named **Mirage** or **mirage**] "Greetings, stranger... What a wonderful name you've got... You must be really proud of yourself."

## Notes

* You can get 3 Elements Of Art upon defeating Mirage for the first time, but you will only get 1 Element during any future rematch.
* Taking Genoshi the Collector close enough to Mirage's NPC group will cause them to instantly despawn.
* When fighting Mirage and One-Shot at the same time, both bosses recover life over time and emit red hearts. The latter is a cosmetic effect similar to the one caused by the vanilla Love Potion.

## Lore

According to one of Genoshi's exchange quotes, Mirage used to be a theater actress who was valued for her use of special effects. However, her theater was shut down due to improper use of dust. Genoshi says she bought a batch of spears from him, which is likely a reference to the staff she uses to perform her horizontal dash attack.

Mirage is revealed to be Oscar Loneshot's secret lover who came looking for him after his disappearance from the Nexus. When found in the Underground Tundra, she is combing One-Shot's hair and reminisces about him when spoken to.