The current meta in journey mode is to use craftable beehives to kill all the bosses. This guide will cover the basics for both Random and Seeded Moon Lord categories.
Written version of this guide (Random seed only), arranged by CutieMonica: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jC3-ezQEWWUU--C0yi6qB2WCksFfDDns/view
Scroll down for notes and corrections for the video explanation. Links to everything mentioned in the video:
- Consistent Pillar skip + Moon Lord setup: https://www.speedrun.com/terraria/guide/uvbbd
- My seeded run with the conch world: https://www.speedrun.com/terraria/run/y6r49gpy
- Mine and afroman's random seed runs featured: https://www.speedrun.com/terraria/run/zxdp5g5y https://www.speedrun.com/terraria/run/mr95vg2m
- Pog-pack (texture pack): https://bit.ly/2X1oyg5
- 1.4.1.1 Download: https://bit.ly/3bvn5XA
- Hoik guide (didn't feature in the video): https://www.speedrun.com/terraria/guide/zywhs
Corrections
4:06 - I called non-underground deserts 'real' deserts by mistake, usually I'd refer to them as 'fake' deserts instead. The underground desert usually spawns on the same side as jungle (and most commonly, before the jungle). A big drop like this is a sign of underground desert, because a fake would just spawn on the same height as other terrain. Also, corruption can Never touch and corrupt the sand of an underground desert in pre-hardmode. 9:26 - We did in fact see an altar in jungle, but I likely forgot about it during the run. Even then, it's not guaranteed going for it would have been the better choice. If you first travel to jungle, and then kill the mechs, then there'll be less time for Plantera Bulbs to spawn before you start searching. If you don't have a goat skull though, you should cut any corners - and always go for altars on the jungle side. 14:42 - 'Hoik' is a common name for clipping through blocks in terraria. You can do it sideways, upwards, and downwards, though the last is much harder and probably not worth it. I linked a guide on hoiking above. 31:54 - I never did explain how scarab bombs can be useful. There's 2 reasons: Killing yourself, and bombing through the part where I get hive blocks more cleanly. The way I did both of those things in my run is better and more consistent, so just ignore scarab bombs. 43:09 - The new no-conch route itself is pretty mad to attempt, as I said, but the 'Seeded Route Improvements' part as outlined on the youtube video is still worth a watch, - that run is more recent and involves a dozen of optimizations throughout the Wall of Flesh split on the main world, many of which are easy to use with the conch route too. The 4th world in that video is a backup world with a conch - so that I can finish a run even if the tp pots don't roll well, which I did end up using in that run, and got a time of 6:27. 45:22 - Just throw all 3 bombs in the same spot where i put the first 2. What I did in that video, evidently, doesn't get you 25 hives consistently. I've found that putting all 3 in the first spot also makes it easier to get out of the honey.
Seeds for no-conch route: 1.4.1.773981137 1.4.1.1402851795 1.4.1.796315845 1.4.1.236459444 (Backup seed that does just have conch, if you wanna finish a run with failed tp pot rolls)
New, slightly edited version:
Guide Made on 09.01.2021
