2 Noobs BEAT a Hard Old Man in Terraria
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EP 48
In “2 Noobs Beat a Hard Old Man (Or Try To)” in Terraria, two friends engage in chaotic and humorous gameplay as they attempt to summon and defeat Terraria’s Old Man’s Army. The video is filled with tactical planning, laughter, and learning as they navigate the event without any guides, relying solely on viewer comments and their gaming instincts. Here are some key moments:
0:00:00 – Initial struggles and banter about yo-yos.
0:01:50 – Attempting to summon the Old Man’s Army.
0:03:08 – Confusion over activating the event.
0:06:28 – The battle begins with increasing difficulty.
0:10:40 – Admitting defeat and planning better strategies.
0:14:19 – Deciding to hunt for souls to improve equipment.
0:18:57 – Frustration with dungeon spawns and lack of souls.
0:23:14 – Reflecting on community interaction and content creation.
0:27:18 – Emotional moments and the value of streaming.
0:31:20 – Intense final moments of the boss fight.
15 Comments
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switching to summoner gear would be very good for old one's army cuz sentries deal summon damage. I recommend getting summoner armor from hallowed bars when you have enough for 2 sets. A good setup would be full armor, good minion like optic staff (souls of sight and black lens), Durendal (hallowed bars), and some light buffs. for sentries the flame one and ballista ones are good, also you have the scarf accesory thingy that boosts summon damage and sentry count so i would use that. lastly i strongly reccomend making a flat arena (300blocks wide) for the event, the portals will spawn farther away and piercing weapons will be more effective in straight lines. gl!
But why is the old man hard?
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Its the old ONES' ARMY! NOT The old mans army. as in the Lovecraftian mythos.
just by the better senterys from the tavernkeep they are almost nessacary for the event
Cloud you can make better bullets with crystal shards from the hallow.
Dont kill duke that's a horrible Idea
Also yes a set bounys IS worth it Shimmer the hallowed helmet and make a weapon or just save up till you have enough for the full set
– If you find a Band of Regeneration in underground gold chests, you can upgrade that philosopher's stone.
– Moon Charm is a very good melee accessory.
– If you just want to use Uzi, dunk the Titanium helmet in the shimmer to decraft it back into titanium bars and recraft it into the ranged version
Your gonna wanna farm some ogres and defender metals from old ones army. You can use metals too buy amazing armors now, and OVERPOWERED ones later.
Man, I just gotta say; your guys' luck with the keys is actually insane. You're up to, what, three biome keys now? Each one has a 1/2500 chance of dropping from killing an enemy in their respective biome. Once you finish off the Destroyer, a new boss will become available to challenge. That boss unlocks a huge amount of content, including the removal of the curse that keeps your from unlocking the fancy chests buried in the dungeon.
You seem to be struggling with damage output, maybe it might be worth changing your armor from a melee focus to one that specializes in something else? You HAD mentioned that you wanted to change over to Mage, and the melee Titanium helmet isn't going to do much for anything other than melee. Also; while the Uzi is, in fact, a nutty weapon, you can see that it's starting to fall off now that you've pushed passed early Hardmode and have stepped up to some post-Mech progression. I strongly recommend looking at what you can make from the souls that those Mech bosses drop. You showed interest in some of those fun magic weapons that require the souls of Sight; it might be worth crafting some. The great thing about Terraria is that it offers just so many options, and with just a little bit of effort, you can push some weapons well passed their intended limits. This is why you're able to use early Hardmode weapons so far into Hardmode.
Remember, if any item has 'Material' in its description, it can be made into something else. This is true for literally everything that has that descriptor, and if something doesn't say it's a 'material,' then you can be fairly confident that you can't do anything with it. Those musket balls that you buy en masse from the arms dealer seem to be able to be turned into other, far more interesting ammo types.
I've said it before, but it really needs to be stated again: by now, set bonuses by wearing matching armor is absolutely the way to go, and will continue to surpass any minor buffs to stats in every meaningful way for quite a long time. Until you can get enough medals from the OOA to buy the armor sets from the Tavernkeep, no single piece of armor is going to be any real help right now. Even than, you really want to get to the final difficulty tier of the OOA (Tier 3), but that's still a ways off.
Love these videos, keep 'em coming.
I love when people beat hard old men!
Life changer for souls gathering:
I recomend you to make a list of things you want to do in a video so you dont forget.
(If you didn't make one yet)
Dont forget to add this to the list
Step 1: got to the dungeon
Step 2: find a small blue torch(Water Candle) and pick it up. You can find them ANYWHERE in the dungeon
Step 3: go to your favorite spot for gathering souls
Step 4: craft platform. You can only put the Water Candles on platforms and tables
Step 5: put Water Candle on platforms
Step 6: Stay close to the Water Candle so more Enemys will spawn
More Enemys = More souls
We have been telling you to do this like 20 episode ago… 😢
This method increases soul gathering by at least 50%
SOULF OF NIGHT AND LIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT
i love elder abuse
You should use the nurse to fully heal
At this stage of the game, i think u guy really need to chose a class for now, like for real, u guy accessory right now only fit for join and travel the world, not really good for battle. The enemy will kill u from now to later on
Melee class, most defend, deal decent dame while faraway (if the shoot projectile) and better damage when stay close to the enemy
Accessory:
Warrior Emblem (drop from Wall of Flesh)
Feral claw (green glove, found in underground jungle chest)
Titan glove (drop form normal mimic (not giant corruption or giant hallow mimic), spawn underground)
Power glove (merge form those 2 above)
Berserker glove (merge from Power glove and Flesh knuckle (drop from giant crimson mimic spawn in underground crimson biome)
Ranged class, 2nd highest defend, deal extremely high damage from far away, but need a good aiming
Accessory:
Ranger Emblem (drop from Wall of Flesh)
Magic quiver (from skeleton archer, which u just get from this video)
Molten quiver (merge Magic quiver with magma stone (drop from the imp, underworld))
Stalker quiver (merge Magic quiver with putrid scent (drop from giant corruption mimic))
Endless arrow quiver and Endless musket pouch (merge form 3996 normal arrow and 3996 normal musket at the crystal ball (buy from the wizard)) (the name said it effect all out)
Magic class, kinda low defend, with many way to attack enemy with many special effect on enemy and ally
Accessory:
Sorcerer Emblem (drop from Wall of Flesh)
Mana flower (merge Nature gift (blue flower in the jungle) and a mana potion(200mp))
Celestial Magnet (buy from traveling merchant)
Magnet Flower (merge Mana flower with Celestial Magnet)
Celestial Cuffs (merge Celestial Magnet with Magic Cuffs (which merge by Shackle (from zombie) and Mana Regeneration Band (ask the guile about band of regeneration)
Mana Cloak (merge Mana flower with Star cloak (drop from normal mimic))
Summon class, lowest defend, let the minion do ur job while play safe from far away, but if u get caught, 100% certainly dead, so much have good move and dodge everything
Accessory:
Summoner Emblem (drop from Wall of Flesh)
Pygmy necklace (purchase from Witch Doctor at night)
Any accessory drop from the Ogre in Old One Army stage 6-7 (not stack able on each other)
The Emblem can be roll around 4 class by throw in the shimmer
The only way to get crimson biome in this world is build a graveyard biome, put the dryad in there, buy the crimson seed, then use the seed to make blood water, throw all of them in the underground to generate the crimson biome
classic mode isnt really hard, you will only struggle bcs, for the lack of better word "ignorance" of the game mechanics
crystal bullets are craftable and an op ammo(one material is the crystals from hallow)
also if you want to spam the meteor staff i advice to craft the mana flower(it lets you autodrink mana potions amd you will need a lot of it), one of its material is the
natures gift(blue flower) and look the recipe to the guide
also for general guide, terraria wiki is available
For easier old one's army place the stand in a large flat area. You are currently at T2, out of 3.
Once you both have hallow armor you could try duke fishron again(yes, he drops OP things).
You can actually make an artificial biomes for farming purposes, which means you can make a dedicated space for farming souls.
Moon charm is good. It's a material for eventuall super-accesorry.
I guess it would be a good time to mention that The Destroyer is considered the easiest mech boss xD
You need to focus on 1 class