Guide:Wasteland strategies

"The failed experiment. Terror of the desert" Wasteland is a Pre-Hardmode boss.

Spawn Condition
To spawn Wasteland, you must use a in a Desert.

The Fight
Wasteland's most common attack is to shoot around 3 poisonous stingers that do around 25 damage later on Wasteland can stand still and shoot a lot of stingers around her which can be very hard to dodge. Wasteland's other common thing she can do is spawn multiple Mutated Scorpions that target the nearest player. After dealing some damage to Wasteland she will often go under the sand for a while and jump up to the player.

Terrain preparation
The arena for Wasteland is best with a long platform that is around 200 blocks wide or you can make 4 platform floors that are around 20 blocks above from each other and are 100 blocks wide. If you go out of the desert Wasteland despawns easily.

Full Preparation
Buff and Healing Potions are good with an arena built out of wooden platforms that is around 100-200 blocks wide or alternatively you may make 4 layers of them that are 20 blocks above each other.

Partial Preparation
If you aren't up to using time on building an arena then it can be good to find or make a flattish desert and use Slimy Saddle for it.

Armour
Gold armour or Platinum armour are recommended since the armour sets adds high defence and it is good for the projectiles Wasteland shoots if you're not good at dodging.

Jungle armor is another well-rounded armor set for mages.

Weapons
For Melee users:
 * For Melee users, it is highly recommended to use the Starfury or any other sword that shoots a projectile.
 * If you want to do quick damage then the Amazon is also a great choice.

For Ranged users:
 * For Ranged users, it is recommended that the Dragon Shot be used since it changes all arrows to Drakonite Arrows. Alternatively, you can use the Tears of Sorrow that is dropped by the Eye of Cthulhu.
 * If possible and you find the Coilgun be sure to use it as it has a high amount of DPS in Pre-Hardmode.

For Magic users:
 * For Magic users, the Sanguine or Starbolt can be useful. Alternatives include any Gem staff or the Water Bolt.

For Summoners: For summoner, it is useful to craft the Staff of the Sandstorm.

For Throwing users:
 * Due to Throwing not being a supported class you will have to mostly use vanilla items but there is one thing you can use which is the Drakonite Knife otherwise its recommended to use Javelins or Grenades. The armour for throwing is Fossil armour.

Accessories

 * For all classes it is good to have the Desert Trailers or higher for great dodging.
 * It can be useful to have the Blue Horseshoe Balloon.
 * For Magic users, it is good to have an accessory that gives mana such as Band of Starpower.
 * For Melee users, it is good to have any type of shield (though the Shield of Cthulhu is best if available) and a Counterweight.
 * Alternatively, you may use the Feral Claws since they give more melee speed.
 * For Summoners, there is no accessories that would help very much as.
 * For Throwing users, it is good to use anything that can help to dodge such as these accessories that are recommended for all classes.

Potions

 * For Buff Potions, Regeneration, Ironskin and Swiftness Potions are useful.
 * Thorns Potions are also effective.
 * For Magic users, Lesser Mana Potions are useful so you can get mana faster.
 * For Summoners, use Summoning Potions as they grant increased minion slots.
 * For all classes any Healing Potion such as Lesser Healing Potion or Healing Potion are important to defeating Wasteland.