Borean Strider
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Classic
Expert
Master
Classic Expert Master
Borean StriderHardmode exclusive
Classic Expert MasterStatistics
| Type | Boss |
|---|---|
| Environment | Rain – Snow biome |
| AI Type | Borean Strider AI |
| Damage | 50100150 (Contact) 50100150 (Blizzard Fang) |
| Max Life | 120001680021420 |
| Defense | 16 |
| KB Resist | 100% |
| Immune to |    |
Borean StriderPoppedHardmode exclusive
Classic Expert MasterStatistics
| Type | Boss |
|---|---|
| Environment | Rain – Snow biome |
| AI Type | Borean Strider AI |
| Damage | 50100150 (Contact) 50100150 (Blizzard Fang) |
| Max Life | 6000840010700 |
| Defense | 8 |
| KB Resist | 100% |
| Immune to | |
Drops
| Coins |  |
|---|
- Item (Quantity)Rate
- Only one of the following 5 items can drop at a time
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 14.29%
- 10%
Treasure Bag(Borean Strider)100%- 100%
- Only one of the following 5 items can drop at a time
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 14.29%
- 10%
- 25%
- 100%
"A species of arachnid hell-bent on surviving the harshness of a Terrarian blizzard. Something this stubborn is a danger to everyone."
"An eight legged menace is prowling the tundra..."
The Borean Strider is a surface Snow biome Hardmode boss that spawns during Blizzards. It drops one of its five weapons when defeated and has its own associated trophy and mask.
While The Borean Strider is alive, its exclusive music Lost in the Blizzard will play.
Spawn
The Borean Strider can spawn on its own as long as the player is within a Hardmode Blizzard, but can also be summoned with a Strider's Tear. Its presence is indicated with the message "An eight legged menace is prowling the tundra..."
Behavior
The Borean Strider leaps around the battle field much like slimes do, as well as unleashing various frost attacks at the player such as:
- Sending out frosty shockwaves after every hop that chills and damages players.
- Shooting a high velocity icicle attack that has a chance to inflict Frostburn and freezes the player on hit.
- Periodically teleporting above the player to deal contact damage.
- Releasing a crystal wave of icy bursts that deal significant damage and freezes hit players for one second.
- Upon reaching 50% life, the cracking abdomen of the Borean Strider will rupture, spawning a set of Borean Hoppers.
- While below 50% life, the Borean Strider will spawn Borean Hoppers and Borean Mytes in an alternating pattern.
Summons
| Image | Name | Condition |
|---|---|---|
 |
Borean Hopper | After its egg sack has been popped |
 |
Borean Myte |
Aftermath
- Upon defeating the Borean Strider for the first time, new enemies will begin to spawn in underground Spider Nests; namely, the Black Widow, the Brown Recluse, the Tarantula, and in Ice biomes the Frost Fang. This is indicated with the message upon its defeat "The Spider Nests in your world tremble in anger..."
- Once defeated, the Cobbler will start selling Ice Skates.
Tips
For an in-depth guide on strategies plus equipment and arena recommendations, see Guide:Borean Strider strategies.
Trivia
- The Borean Strider bears resemblance to the artist Endling's Tundrantula and is inspired off of it.
- Despite its spawn message saying "An eight-legged menace is prowling the tundra...", its sprite only shows six legs.
History
- 1.7.0.1:
- Nerfed maximum life from 12000 / 18000 / 22950 to 12000 / 16800 / 21420.
- Nerfed damage from 55 / 110 / 165 to 50 / 100 / 150.
- Buffed Blizzard Fang damage from 40 / 80 / 120 to 50 / 100 / 150.
- 1.4.3.7:
- All visuals have been updated again.
- Fight has been updated and phases normalized.
- 1.2.12.1:
- All visuals have been updated.
- Upgraded to an early Hardmode boss:
- All attacks and effects have been overhauled.
- Now has 2 phases.
- The Tundra Baby summon is now called Borean Hopper.
- Now has an additional summon, the Borean Myte .
- Now has a Treasure Bag that drops the Ice Bound Strider Hide.
- No longer drops Blizzard MK II.
- Now has a Boss Mask.
- 1.2.4.0: Introduced.
