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Class setups8 stages

Loadouts for melee, ranged, magic and summoner at all eight stages of a Terraria 1.4.5 playthrough, 165 weapons in total. The number next to each weapon is its base damage from the game data, and every item links to a full page with its recipe or drop source. Armor rows show the class headpiece of the set to craft.

1. Pre-boss
2. Pre-Skeletron
3. Pre-Wall of Flesh
4. Early hardmode
5. Pre-mech
6. Pre-Plantera
7. Pre-Golem
8. Endgame

Pre-bossStage 1 of 8

Before the first boss your kit comes from exploring: surface chests, the underground, and the first bars you smelt. Grab whatever your class can use and get 200 life before the Eye of Cthulhu shows up on its own.

Melee

Katana18

Trident14

Armor

Ranged

Musket31

Armor

Magic

Armor

Summoner

Armor

Pre-SkeletronStage 2 of 8

The evil biome bosses and Queen Bee fund this tier: Demonite or Crimtane gear, hive loot and the first proper minions. Clear these before you talk to the Old Man at the Dungeon.

Melee

Amazon18

Armor

Ranged

Quad-Barrel Shotgun14

Sandgun30

Armor

Magic

Armor

Summoner

Armor

Pre-Wall of FleshStage 3 of 8

Skeletron opens the Dungeon and the Underworld opens Hellstone. Molten-tier gear plus Dungeon drops is the strongest kit in pre-hardmode; build it before you throw the doll in the lava.

Melee

Night's Edge40

Volcano40

Dark Lance34

Sunfury32

Cascade27

Armor

Ranged

Handgun26

Armor

Magic

Armor

Summoner

Armor

Early hardmodeStage 4 of 8

The Wall of Flesh drops a class emblem and flips the world. Smash altars, mine the first two hardmode ores and farm the new biome drops; mimics and fishing carry this stage as much as bars do.

Melee

Amarok43

Armor

Ranged

Marrow53

Ice Bow39

Clockwork Assault Rifle17

Armor

Magic

Shadowflame Hex Doll32

Armor

Summoner

Armor

Pre-mechStage 5 of 8

Adamantite or Titanium is the goal before the mechanical trio. A Daedalus Stormbow with Holy Arrows, a Sanguine Staff or the Golden Shower and Cursed Flames pair will carry any of the three fights.

Melee

Armor

Ranged

Uzi30

Adamantite Repeater42

Armor

Magic

Armor

Summoner

Armor

Pre-PlanteraStage 6 of 8

Souls and Hallowed Bars from the mechs unlock this whole tier, and Chlorophyte becomes mineable with a 200-power tool. Gear up here, then break a pink bulb in the Underground Jungle.

Melee

Excalibur72

The Eye of Cthulhu115

Yelets60

Armor

Ranged

Chlorophyte Shotbow34

Uzi30

Armor

Magic

Tome of Infinite Wisdom36

Armor

Summoner

Armor

Pre-GolemStage 7 of 8

Plantera's Temple Key and the post-Plantera Dungeon open the best pre-endgame farms, and the Pumpkin and Frost Moon events become worth running. Duke Fishron and the Empress are optional here but their drops outclass the tier.

Melee

Terra Blade85

Flairon66

Scourge of the Corruptor70

Seedler50

Armor

Ranged

Tsunami53

Armor

Magic

Armor

Summoner

Deadly Sphere Staff55

Armor

EndgameStage 8 of 8

Golem unlocks the Cultist, the Cultist raises the pillars, and each pillar's fragments craft your class's final pre-Moon Lord weapons. Beat Moon Lord and his Luminite turns those fragments into the best armor in the game.

Melee