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Slightly Better Boss Summons

Ever wanted a better way to summon Plantera, but think that a simple summoning item made the process too boring?
Tired of constantly looking for Truffle Worms?
Ever let out a sigh after finding out your world has run out of Shadow Orbs, and now you have to to grind for the summon item?
Don't wanna worldhop to get more Lihzahrd Power Cells?

Introducing: Slightly Better Boss Summons!

A mod that wants to make life easier for players trying to summon bosses without taking away from the uniqueness of their processes. In other words, this mod tries to apply a quasi-vanilla design philosophy to a quality-of-life problem of boss summoning.

When planted in the Underground Jungle, these seeds will grown into Plantera's Bulbs once in bloom (the bulb will grow on the left side of the plant). The plant blooms from midnight to 4:30 once mature. When grown aboveground or in a pot, the blooming flowers will not become Plantera's Bulb, rather they can be harvested for extra seeds (as well as the herb itself!).

Once a Shadow Orb or Crimson Heart is destroyed, a special "regenerating" form will appear in its place. After some time, this will turn back into a Shadow Orb/Crimson Heart, which can be smashed again as before. The "regenerating" form can also be permanently destroyed, if desired (but will not drop anything or summon any bosses). Shadow Orbs and Crimson Hearts also have a 1/8 chance of dropping thier respective boss summon item as well as their normal drop after the Eye of Cthulhu has been defeated.
Can be disabled, if desired.

New baits have been added which summon Blood Moon fishing enemies, but can also be used like normal baits when the Blood Moon is not active. They exist in a three tier system, with Pre-Hardmode enemies at the bottom tier and requiring Vile/Vicious worms obtained from exposing normal worms to the Blood Moon. The other two tiers are the Hardmode fishing enemies and then Dreadnautlis, crafted from Souls of Night and Chum Buckets.

Crafted from 10 Truffle Worms and a Tin Can at a Crystal Ball. Functions identically to a Truffle Worm, except for the fact that it is not consumable.

The Lihzahrd Power Cell can be crafted with 2 fallen stars and 5 solar tablet fragments at a Hardmode anvil.

An item used to summon the Martian Madness event, which is crafted from 5 Extraterrestrial Wiring, which is dropped from Martian Probes and Martian Saucers in groups of 2-4.

Harvested from the plants mentioned earlier, can be transmuted into any other herb at a Crystal Ball with a Crystal Shard (but can't be transmuted back in Shimmer!).

What started as a way to make summoning the Wall of Flesh slightly more convenient turned into an outlet for you and I to express our collective sadistic pleasure. Throw it in water, he becomes wet. Put it on a fishing rod, he takes damage from the fish biting. Experiment to see all the fun new ways you can commit Guide torture!

New enemies that result from exposing worms to a Blood Moon, like with the other various Blood Moon critters. They are tiny and have some similar behavior to Truffle Worms, but will shift to attack you if you're too close for too long instead of running away. Catching one with a bug's net is how you can obtain some Blood Moon bait.
Can be disabled in settings in favor of a crafting recipe, if desired.

Off by default. Allows you to bring back the consumability of vanilla boss summons, if you want a slightly more pure Terraria experience with Calamity. Only applies to vanilla summons, because Calamity summons are often designed around being crafted only once.

Originally posted by tModLoader BetterBossSummon:

Developed By Pointy Orb