Celestipede

The **Celestipede** is a large flying drone. It is a multi-segmented worm boss inspired by Terraria’s Destroyer and Eater of Worlds.

## Design

The Celestipede consists of 20 segments which includes one head segment and one tail segment, with the rest being body segments. When it spawns, it has a blue color which can change depending on the phase it is in.

## Appearances

The Celestipede appears once in the Mountain Village Bioctagon as a boss. It has a few more appearances later on, but mostly in cutscenes.

## Boss Fight

The Celestipede flies randomly through the air. The Celestipede's head picks a random position to travel to, then once it reaches it, it picks another position to travel to again. The first segment directly behind the head follows the head, then the segment behind the first segment follows the first segment, and so on.

Each can be damaged and destroyed independently. When a segment is destroyed the segment behind continues to follow the segment that was in front. If either a head or the tail is destroyed, the segment adjacent to that becomes the new head or tail.

The Celestipede can cycle through multiple phases during the boss fight, which include:

### Blue

The Celestipede flies up in the sky, dropping cryo-bombs beneath it that freeze and set the ground on cryo fire.

* Two additional bombs are fired to the side when its health is below 66%, and another two (for five in total) are fired when its health is below 33%.
* Below 50% health, lightning also strikes in random positions.

### Yellow

The Celestipede swoops down at the player or a random ally, inflicting crazy contact and electrical damage upon doing this.

* Upon reaching its target it launches eight yellow electric bursts that fly in different directions. These bursts deal high amounts of damage and inflict the Disintegration effect.
* Below 66% health, it spawns a flock of Aerial Drones right before swooping.

### Orange

The Celestipede scuttles just above the ground, opening up a lot of turrets that begins shooting numerous phaser blasts at attackable entities. It fires a set amount of shots during the phase’s duration and they each come from a random segment, so if there’s somehow only one segment left they will all come from that one segment.

* Below 66% health, the amount of phasers fired doubles, then when below 33% health, triples.

### Red

The Celestipede flies up in the sky. Ray Drones spawn along its back that will pop out one by one. It will spawn more and more Ray Drones as it loses health - 4 at the start, 6 once its health is below 75%, 8 once its health is below 50%, and 12 once its health is below 25%.

* Below 66% health, it will begin to summon Exploder Drones, then when below 33% health, Bomber Drones will also be spawned.

### Green

The Celestipede spawns Repair Drones that can repair individual segments of the Celestipede. The number of Repair Drones spawned is a third of the number of segments the Celestipede has left.

This phase is unlocked when the Celestipede falls below 75% health.

The Celestipede also moves at a different speed depending on how much health it has left. It initially starts at a speed of 5 blocks per second which increases by 2.5 blocks per second when it reaches 80%, 60%, 40% and 20% health for a speed of 15 blocks per second when below 20% health.

Once only two segments (i.e. The head and tail) remain, these last two segments will freeze and each self-destruct, destroying the Celestipede.

## Drops

The Celestipede can drop one of the following weapons upon its defeat. There is a 50% chance to drop another item for every extra player.

* Cryo Bomb Launcher
* Orange Phaser Turret Staff
* Electric Burst
* Celestipede on a Stick

## Strategy

First off, explosive weapons are no doubt the most effective in general against it. The Aerial Missile Launcher can whittle down its health pretty quickly at the beginning, though once the Celestipede starts spawning Ray, Aerial and Exploder Drones the homing missiles may get distracted. Hence, the Fusion Energy Launcher is generally a better option, as you can always choose where to aim with it, including if the Celestipede turns around on itself, you can shoot at where it overlaps for as much damage as possible.

Fusion and Black Hole Grenades can also deal some damage to the boss, though you’ll likely need quite a lot if you intend to get by only with them. A well-aimed Artillery Cannon can also deal some damage if fired along the length of the Celestipede.

The Extreme Beam combined with a slam from the Shockwave Gauntlet can also deal massive damage when the Celestipede switches to its Orange or Yellow phase, as at this point it goes low to the ground, perfect for these weapons to shine. The Antigravity Surger deals 8-12 damage to every entity within 8 blocks, meaning at these moments you can also use this to deal a massive burst of damage, if you have it.

Towards the end of the fight the Celestipede begins to move so fast that it can become difficult to hit, especially since it is sometimes prone to taking unpredictable twists and turns. If there are no drones about you could try shooting some Aerial Missiles at it if you have that weapon. The Plasma Rapid Blaster can also be good for dealing the last bits of damage you need since it fires quickly.

## Notes

* Dreams of Metal by TeknoAXE plays during the Celestipede's boss fight.

## Trivia

* The Celestipede was first revealed in the second teaser trailer, where it became the focal talking point of the entire trailer. It gained a cult following and became a meme among the community at the time.
	+ One major example is the BlazeandCave Discord's April Fools prank of 2020, which revolved around the Celestipede taking control of the discord for the entire day. This involved everyone being given Celestipede-themed roles as well as the picture temporarily changing to the Celestipede's head.
		- Celestipede emojis were also added to the Discord, which remained even after the day ended.
	+ A short clip from the teaser trailer showing the Celestipede was also posted on Reddit where it gained over 10,000 upvotes.