1.2.1.004

The  **1.2.1.004** update featured many balance changes and other adjustments to both bosses and items, including a rework of the Astrum Deus fight, significant changes to The Devourer of Gods's fight, and further expansion of the Supreme Calamitas fight.

## Changes

#### Astrum Deus

* Overhauled the battle; no longer one long worm, instead the battle takes place against a swarm of nine smaller worms.
* Worm segment length reduced from 52 to 8. Nerfed health of each worm from 150,000 / **240,000** / **264,000** to 18,500 / **29,600** / **32,000**.
* Nerfed head damage from 120 / **300** to 100 / **160**, and body damage from 95 / **152** to 85 / **136**.
* Nerfed Astrum Deus' mine duration from 50 seconds to 20.
* A total of 5 Astrum Deus Probes can be active at a time instead of 6.
* Body segments now take 66% damage and kill piercing when below 33% health instead of 50%.

#### Bumblebirb

* The main Bumblebirb can now only spawn up to 4 / **8** clones instead of 10 / **30**.
* Bumblebirb clones can now only spawn up to 3 / **5** clones instead of 5 / **30**.

#### Cryogen

* Nerfed health from 14,000 / **22,400** / **25,600** to 12,500 / **20,000** / **22,400**.
* Buffed base Ice Bomb damage from 40 / **80** / **92** to 44 / **88** / **100**.
* Buffed base Ice Blast damage from 44 / **72** to 52 / **80**.
* Buffed base Ice Rain damage from 60 / **120** to 64 / **128**.
* Decreased speed.

#### Desert Scourge

* Nerfed Revengeance Mode health from **8320** to **7200**.

#### The Devourer of Gods

* Buffed health from 610,000 / **976,000** / **1,000,000** to 1,400,000 / **2,240,000** / **2,400,000**.
* In Revengeance Mode, now summons The Devourer of Thots at 25% health instead of a second Devourer of Gods at 20% health. The player no longer needs to kill the newly-spawned Devourer first in order to progress through the battle. Horizontal lasers only spawn if no Devourers of Thots are active.
* Now fires beam portals from its tail at all times, instead of alternating between its head or tail depending on phase.
* Nerfed head damage in Expert Mode from **1400** to **875**.
* All body projectiles now deal 280 / **360** damage instead of having individual damage values, and decreased their speeds.
* Body segments no longer take 0 damage from all sources. Instead, they take 15% of the damage.
* Body segments no longer kill projectile piercing.
* No longer shrinks to 62 segments in Revengeance Mode, remaining at 102 segments long in all modes.
* Can now spawn up to 8 Stasis Probes instead of 3.
* Body segments now take 0 damage from any hit that would deal over 50% of its health.
* Body segments fire projectiles less often.
* Gravity bomb projectiles now inflict Distorted for 2 seconds instead of 5, produce dust on death, and have set custom transparency rather than dynamic time-based transparency.
* Nebula orb projectiles now last for 15 seconds instead of 30, and have set custom transparency rather than dynamic time-based transparency.
* Head and tail segments now use NPCHit4 as their hit sound instead of NPCHit13.
* Body and tail segments now inflict God Slayer Inferno for 1 second and 0.833 seconds respectively, instead of 2.5.

#### Duke Fishron

* Buffed Revengeance Mode health multiplier.

#### Jungle Dragon, Yharon

* Now spawns Detonating Flames with slower vertical velocities.

#### The Plaguebringer Goliath

* Now despawns faster when the player leaves the Jungle.

#### Profaned Guardians

* Nerfed the Main Profaned Guardian's overall velocity.

#### Providence, the Profaned God

* Nerfed health from 235,000 / **376,000** / **400,000** to 215,000 / **344,000** / **368,000**.
* Nerfed the Offense Profaned Guardian's overall velocity.

#### Polterghast

* Nerfed health from 310,000 / **496,000** / **512,000** to 260,000 / **416,000** / **448,000**.

#### Signus, Envoy of the Devourer

* Nerfed health from 250,000 / **400,000** / **440,000** to 230,000 / **368,000** / **400,000**.

#### Supreme Calamitas

* Added more status message quotes based on how many attempts it took to defeat her.
* While she is alive, the player's life regen is now cut by half (if it is positive).
* Mechanisms are now deactivated during the battle.
* Bullet hell Brimstone Hellblasts no longer make a sound when killed.

### Enemies

* Mothrons after Yharon Phase 1 now drop 5-8 Darksun Fragments instead of 3-5.
* Nerfed armored Stasis Probe's health from 12,000 / **16,800** to 6000 / **8400**, and its laser damage from **288** to **240**.
* Nerfed naked Stasis Probe's health from 15,000 / **21,000** to 7500 / **10,500**, and its laser damage from **288** to **240**.
* Nerfed both Stasis Probes' laser velocities by half.

### Items

* The Cosmic Worm is no longer consumable, now stacks to 1 instead of 20, and the Cyborg no longer sells it after The Devourer of Gods has been defeated.
* The Dragon Egg is no longer consumable, its recipe now requires 10 Bars of Life, 10 Cosmilite Bars, and 15 Effulgent Feathers instead of 3 of each bar and 5 feathers, it now stacks to 1 instead of 20, and the Witch Doctor no longer sells it after Yharon has been defeated.
* The Eye of Extinction is no longer consumable, its recipe now requires 150 Cosmilite Bars, 300 Darksun Fragments, 3000 Endothermic Energies, 3000 Nightmare Fuel, and 150 Phantoplasm, instead of 5 Cosmilite Bars, 1 Darksun Fragment, 3 Endothermic Energies, 3 Nightmare Fuel, and 5 Phantoplasm, and it now stacks to 1 instead of 20.

#### Weapons

* Before Golem has been defeated, the damages of all Duke Fishron weapon drop projectiles (excluding Briny Baron's) is halved.
* Buffed the damage of all vanilla flails by 2x.
	+ Buffed Chain Guillotines' damage by 1.2x instead.
* Increased Daedalus Stormbow's damage nerf from -25% damage to -40%.
* Mortar Rounds now require a Ueliace Bar to craft instead of a Luminite Bar.
* Rubber Mortar Rounds now require 5 Pink Gel to craft instead of 1 Unholy Essence.
* Water orbs fired by Abyss Blade and Neptune's Bounty produce less dust.
* The Dance of Light's projectiles home in on enemies faster.
* Lacerator's damage aura now deals 66% of the weapon's damage instead of 33%.
* Nerfed Vivid Clarity's damage scaling per tile bounce or enemy pierced from 2.5x and 1.1x damage to 1.1x and 1.05x damage respectively.
* Vanquisher Arrows no longer produce dust during flight, and produce less dust on death.
* The following projectiles were given 1 extra update, effectively doubling their speed:
	+ Astreal Defeat's arrows.
	+ Elemental Blaster's projectiles.
	+ Plasma blasts fired by Starfleet and Megafleet.

* Buffed Alluvion's damage from 55 to 62.
* Nerfed Animus' damage from 1000 to 850. Nerfed random damage values from 1500, 2000, 4000, 8000, 18,000, and 1000 to 1000, 1250, 3500, 7000, 15,000, and 850 respectively.
* Nerfed Ark of the Cosmos' damage from 250 to 210.
* Nerfed Ark of the Elements' damage from 125 to 110.
* Buffed Arterial Assault's damage from 170 to 190.
* Nerfed Astral Blaster's damage from 90 to 80.
* Nerfed Astral Repeater's damage from 80 to 72.
* Buffed Astreal Defeat's damage from 93 to 103.
* Nerfed Azathoth's damage from 80 to 60.
* Buffed Banshee Hook's damage from 105 to 130.
* Nerfed Bladedge Greatbow's damage from 31 to 26.
* Buffed Blissful Bombardier's damage from 60 to 78.
* Buffed The Burning Sky's damage from 90 to 150.
* Nerfed Chicken Cannon's damage from 30 to 20.
* Buffed Claret Cannon's damage from 219 to 260.
* Buffed Clockwork Bow's damage from 120 to 130.
* Nerfed Contagion's damage from 270 to 200.
* Buffed Cosmic Discharge's damage from 150 to 320.
* Buffed Daemon's Flame's damage from 90 to 130.
* Buffed Deathwind's damage from 165 to 180, but it now only fires 4-5 projectiles per use instead of 4-7.
* Buffed Devastation's damage from 91 to 108.
* Buffed Devil's Devastation's damage from 270 to 320.
* Nerfed Draconic Destruction's damage from 115 to 100.
* Buffed Dragon's Breath's damage from 135 to 190.
* Nerfed Earth's projectiles' damages from the weapon's full damage to 50% of the weapon's damage.
* Buffed Elemental Blaster's damage from 85 to 95, but nerfed projectile speed from 24 to 18.
* Buffed Elemental Disk's damage from 140 to 150.
* Nerfed Elemental Eruption's damage from 35 to 28.
* Nerfed Elemental Lance's damage from 135 to 110.
* Nerfed Elysian Arrow's damage from 23 to 20.
* Buffed The Enforcer's damage from 550 to 725.
* Nerfed Eradicator's damage from 230 to 200.
* Buffed Excelsus' damage from 135 to 145.
* Nerfed Exoblade's damage from 800 to 720.
* Nerfed Gilded Proboscis' damage from 240 to 228.
* Buffed Golden Eagle's damage from 108 to 120.
* Buffed Grax's damage from 350 to 500.
* Nerfed Gun's damage from 200 to 175.
* Nerfed Helstorm's damage from 34 to 27.
* Nerfed Holy Collider's damage from 200 to 160.
* Nerfed Illustrious Knives' damage from 360 to 310.
* Buffed Lacerator's damage from 500 to 550.
* Buffed Lifefruit Scythe's damage from 88 to 100.
* Nerfed Lunarian Bow's damage from 20 to 18.
* Nerfed Megafleet's damage from 230 to 200.
* Buffed Minigun's damage from 250 to 280.
* Nerfed Mirror Blade's damage from 280 to 240.
* Buffed Mourningstar's damage from 220 to 290.
* Buffed Neptune's Bounty's damage from 270 to 285.
* Nerfed Nettlevine Greatbow's damage from 135 to 110.
* Nerfed The Obliterator's damage from 70 to 62.
* Buffed Omega Biome Blade's damage from 150 to 220.
* Buffed Onyx Chain Blaster's damage from 55 to 60, but the onyx projectile now moves 10% slower.
* Buffed Phangasm's damage from 82 to 140.
* Buffed SDFMG's damage from 129 to 140.
* Buffed Shredder's damage from 18 to 24.
* Nerfed Solar Flare's damage from 110 to 95.
* Nerfed Starfleet's damage from 70 to 65.
* Buffed Stellar Striker's damage from 250 to 280.
* Buffed The Storm's damage from 55 to 75, and its projectiles now go through tiles.
* Buffed Storm Dragoon's damage from 125 to 135.
* Nerfed Subsuming Vortex's damage from 140 to 110.
* Buffed Telluric Glare's damage from 54 to 82.
* Nerfed Terror Blade's damage from 260 to 210.
* Nerfed Triactis' True Paladinian Mage-Hammer of Might's damage from 2500 to 2100.
* Nerfed True Tyrant's Ultisword's damage from 150 to 132.
* Nerfed Vanquisher Arrow's damage from 30 to 24.
* Nerfed Verdant's damage from 248 to 215.
* Buffed Vivid Clarity's damage from 80 to 120.

#### Accessories and Armor

* Nerfed Necklace of Vexation's damage boost under 50% health from 15% to 10%.
* Nerfed the base damage of the waifus summoned by Eye of the Storm, Rare Waifu in a Bottle, Rose Stone, and Waifu in a Bottle from 60 to 45.
* Nerfed Pearl of Enthrallment's pre-Moon Lord damage from 100 to 80, and post-Moon Lord damage from 500 to 200.
* Nerfed Heart of the Elements' damage and critical strike chance boosts from 10% to 5%. Nerfed pre-Moon Lord waifu damage from 100 to 60, and post-Moon Lord damage from 300 to 100.
* Starlight Wings now require 20 Souls of Flight to craft instead of 30.
* Nerfed Aureate Booster's flight time from 90 frames to 70. It now requires 20 Souls of Flight to craft instead of 30.
* Nerfed Discordian Wings' flight time from 150 to 125. It now requires 20 Souls of Flight to craft instead of 30.
* Nerfed Xeroc Wings' flight time from 210 to 170. It now requires 20 Souls of Flight to craft instead of 30.
* Seraph Tracers now require 5 Luminite Bars instead of 5 Meldiate Bars. They also now use  rarity instead of , and now have an internal rarity of .

* Various armor sets' life-based stat boosts were nerfed by varying amounts, ranging from a 50% reduction to an 80% one. Life-based boosts are now approximately exponential instead of linear. The following armors were changed:
	+ Daedalus armor.
	+ Reaver armor.
	+ Ataxia armor.
	+ Xeroc armor (only 40%-to-20% life range stats were nerfed).

### Buffs and Debuffs

* Adjusted the Irradiated debuff:
	+ Nerfed defense reduction from -10 / **-20** defense to -5 / **-10**.
	+ Nerfed DR reduction from -0.1% / **-0.2%** DR to -0.05% / **-0.1%**.
	+ No longer boosts melee speed (previously boosted by 5%).
* Nerfed Grax Boost's defense boost from 50 to 30, melee speed boost from 10% to 5%, melee damage boost from 15% to 10%, and melee critical strike chance boost from 20% to 10%.
* Vulnerability Hex no longer deals damage over time.

### Resprites

* Resprited Firestorm Cannon, Raider's Glory, and Terra-cotta.

## Fixes

* Fixed Providence, the Profaned God not despawning if the player dies.