Deerclops - All Difficulties (Terraria 1.4 Beginner's Guide Series)

Looking for some top tips on how to down Deerclops in Terraria? This guide covers fight mechanics and strategies to get you ready to tackle this seasonal giant from the Don't Starve franchise with ease! And it's up to date for the latest hotfix of version 1.4.3.4!

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Spawn Methods
01:18 Strange Hit Boxes
01:55 Character Death and Despawning Clops
02:26 No Enrage - Shadow Form Instead
02:52 Ice Spikes
03:47 Shadow Hand Assault
04:43 Throwing Chunks
05:25 Slow Debuff
06:03 Single Shadow Hands - Expert & Master Mode
06:41 Fighting Strategies - Tanking on Classic
07:32 Sweep the Legs
08:04 Get Elevated for Expert & Master Mode
09:36 Easy and Cheesy - Works on ALL Difficulties
10:25 Outro

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Music is also from Terraria and was composed by Scott Lloyd Shelley / Resonance Array. Or rather arranged by them, as the Deerclops music was from Don't Starve. Whatever...

Nothing in this video is sponsored by Re-Logic, and the commentary and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of any other entity whatsoever. And yes, rather than get dragged into the on-going debate as to whether any given Deerclops is male or female, I tend to simply use the gender neutral "it". Please no arguments in the comments!

[salendrak]

CORRECTION: I misstated one of the criteria for a natural spawn. It can happen if you have at least 9 defense _OR_ at least 200 health. One or the other!

[G_susss]

this would have been usefull 1 hour ago before i just wondered into a blizzard with no idea what a deerclopse was

[earth_]

I dont know why but I really like watching these beginners guides when I have 600+ hours. You make great videos and deserve more followers!

[budgettransformer]

This fight becomes alot harder when he naturally spawns and ur ice biom looks like this:
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[alasdairsinclair]

Thank you for the tips! My first try was a struggle, and I died multiple times.
After lowering my platforms to the 10-14 block level, the difference was like night and day!

[bajobahista]

the fact how she just waits for you in the snow biome if you die, as if she cares for you 💀

[UnholyGTX]

Im coming back to the game for the first time since Moon Lord came out on console. Decided to watch some refresher courses on the game since im playing pc for the first time and its been a while. Im kinda glad I found this now rather than get mauled by an angry deer down the line...

[danmartin]

Best guide ever!! Also happy 30k subscribers 🥳🥳🥳

[PedroToro-bbhx]

I love the fact that they added the shadow hands from low sanity camp fire, the original ice spike attack and a sumoner for deerclops, the only difference is that in DS and DST the summoner has a CHANCE to spawn a Deerclops or to spawn a MacTusk or just nothing, i would like to see the drops from the deerclops in terraria

[vinekeset]

On classic mode, if you have a double jump, you can double jump on his 3rd ice attack, and dodge the ice. if you have got enough defense, it won't hurt bad.

UPDATE: i meant in this comment, that if you have got multiple layers, you need to jump a little lower than the 2nd layer andthe ice will be on the 2nd layer, which won't touch you

i think i saif something very different that i meant to.

Thanks for an amazing Guide!

[sarahm]

I was just trying to make some snow huts in my ice biome when deerclops showed up as my first boss 😭 I'm still only at 100 health and I've died so many times

[goldenwing]

Will you be making an early hardmode guide as well? You prepped me well for early game, but I’m back to the endless death cycle. I don’t know how I spawned a pirate invasion, I just know it ended with 3 new graveyard biomes in my world.

[ScotteiCovers]

I think I will dig my tundra hellevator at night during a blizzard, surely nothing odd will happen :)



Is That Fucking Deerclops From Don't Starve

[Dyrawinart]

I fight deerclops and using the tactic by using my "slime mount" to jump over him to cause damage and it kinda helped a little but I Died twice

[gachasomething]

i was making a chest area and placing my weapons into a chest when eye cuthulu spawned. I'm not even ready because i only have iron armor. what do i do?

[loosygoosy]

for some reason the method that worked the best for me was bouncing on his head with the slime mount while dodging his attacks and I used the sword from the sky islands

[aceh_cool]

Hey sal, when will you be doing an guide on the mechanical bosses?

[NoEcchiNoLife]

I have this idea that I'll make some kind of under place..basement?..and make it go deep then put lava...so when the dear enter..it will swimmingin in lava..and I will keep attacking using range..while hooked at the corner...

[Shadey]

I should know this before moving to Snowy biome

[the_caped_baldy]

Sal is my best friend (if he disagrees he is just too shy to accept it )