Terraria's base game is loaded with content, from a complex class system with endless weapon and accessory combinations to bosses that get progressively harder. Normally, there isn't much left to do after beating the Moon Lord, the game's final boss, besides maximizing all of the gear and, if a player is so inclined, let the creativity flow and build epic 2D creations.
But Terraria's Calamity mod, made by the community, adds a whole world of post-Moon Lord content, with several new bosses and hundreds of new weapons, armor types, and accessories. One of the last bosses a player will fight in the mod is the Devourer of Gods, a giant worm that, among several other attacks, can shoot lasers out of its body segments at a player.
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Beating the Devourer of Gods is a necessary step to attaining Nightmare Fuel, which is essential in crafting some of the final, and most powerful, weapons in Calamity. Here's how to get Nightmare Fuel, and what it can be used for.
Nightmare Fuel is typically something to be avoided, but Calamity makes that an exception. It does not drop from the Devourer of Gods, but defeating the mechanical worm will allow players to farm Nightmare Fuel from one of the many world events.
Enemies killed during the Pumpkin Moon, which is a base event in Terraria, have a chance drop Nightmare Fuel only after the Devourer of Gods has been killed. This also ramps up the difficulty for the Pumpkin Moon, as enemies have their health increased by 7.5x, contact damage increased by 100, and projectile damage increased by 70. The Pumpkin Moon can be summoned by using the Pumpkin Medallion, which is crafted at an Anvil with 5 Ectoplasm, 10 Hallowed Bars, and 30 Pumpkins, at night.
Players will have the best chance of getting Nightmare Fuel by killing the Pumpking or the Mourning Wood, the mini-bosses during the Pumpkin Moon event, as they each have the heftiest loot pool out of the available enemies.
Nightmare Fuel is one of two seasonal energies in Calamity, which means that it's used in crafting each weapon related to the Devourer of Gods, a powerful line that would be a boon to any class build, but particularly the Melee class. Each weapon has the same aesthetic as the Devourer, and each functions in a manner similar to the boss. For example, the Cleansing Blaze, a powerful flamethrower, shoots the same purple color as the Devourer.
Here is each weapon that can be crafted with Nightmare Fuel.
- Cleansing Blaze (Flamethrower): 12 Cosmilite Bar, 6 Nightmare Fuel
- Essence Flayer (Melee): 11 Cosmilite Bar, 5 Nightmare Fuel
- Executioner's Blade (Melee): 11 Cosmilite Bar, 7 Nightmare Fuel
- Soul Piercer (Magic): 12 Cosmilite Bar, 6 Nightmare Fuel
- Stream Gouge (Spear): 14 Cosmilite Bar, 7 Nightmare Fuel
- The Enforcer (Melee): 15 Cosmilite Bar, 7 Nightmare Fuel
In order to craft each weapon, players will have to collect a total of 38 Nightmare Fuel, which may require some hefty farming.
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