The Vagrant of Space and Time
"Reality's fabric gives way to a mysterious being"
The Vagrant of Space and Time is a Pre-Hardmode boss. He can be fought immediately after defeating the Eye of Cthulhu.
Spawning
The Vagrant of Space and Time does not spawn naturally, and can be summoned by using The Shattered Disk, which is granted by interacting with the Spatial Disk after defeating the Eye of Cthulhu.
Behavior
The Vagrant of Space and Time uses a set order of attacks throughout the fight. He is constantly moving during the fight as well as teleporting.
Telegraphed attacks:
Any action or move initiated by the Vagrant of Space and Time follows a meter below the player, occurring once the meter is complete.
Below is a list of moves that the Vagrant of Space and Time can do:
- Demi-Prototokia : Summons a giant sword that falls above towards where the player is located, dealing massive damage if hit.
- Vorpal Barrage : Teleports away from the player and summons a bow which shoots 3 green stars towards the location of the player.
- Starfall : Summons 5 green stars that appear above the player's position, going top to bottom.
- Inverse Starfall : Similar to Starfall, 5 green stars are summoned, appearing below the player instead and going bottom to top.
- Star Sundering : Summons a star above him that explodes after a small delay, launching 4 projectile in cardinal directions. Those 4 projectiles each explode into 8 smaller stars that go in in the cardinal directions and diagonally.
- Microcosmos : Creates a small portal that spews very slow mini-projectiles in every direction. Touching these projectiles inflict
Confused. - Advanced Relativity : Traps the player in a small horizontal or vertical box. Movement is greatly hindered, and Hyperturned Starfall/Hyperturned Starfall will always be used in horizontal-variants, while vertical-variants will always use Vorpal Siege, following up with Vorpal Snipe at the end.
- Vorpal Assault : Materializes a lance and launches himself towards the player.
- Vorpal Siege : Materializes a bow and shoots 5 projectiles towards the player.
- Meteor Shower : Fireballs erupt into the air spreading out around the arena before falling down.
- Hyperturned Starfall : Summons a rain of stars witch falls on the player.
- Hyperturned Inverse Starfall : Summons many stars under the player going upwards.
- Vorpal Snipe : Materializes a bow which shoots 3 stars straight towards the player.
- General Relativity : Blocks the player into a Square like area (45 blocks, centered on the players feet) teleporting the player to the other side if a border is touched (or the nearest unobstructed location).
Aftermath
After defeat, the Vagrant reveals himself to be a Starfarer named Perseus and that he was testing the player. Perseus gives more information about the role of Starfarers and what happened with the first Starbearer. Before leaving, he reveals that he gave the player's Starfarer the ability to cast Stellar Novas.
Once the boss is defeated:
- Stellar Novas are unlocked for the player.
- More bosses of the mod are available if other requirements are also fulfilled.
- Some Hardmode Essences become available.
Tips
- Mobility plays a huge factor in defeating the boss.
- Hermes Boots and its upgrades provide the player with more speed. This can be used to get away from the Vagrant of Space and Time to quickly heal if needed.
- The Shield of Cthulhu's dash ability can be used to dodge most of the projectiles featured during this boss.
- Cloud in a Bottle can be used to jump over moves such as Vorpal Assault and completely dodge Vorpal Siege if timed correctly.
- Alternatively, the Shiny Red Balloon and Balloon Pufferfish can be utilized in the same manner.
Trivia
- Before version 1.4 of the mod, the Vagrant was invincible and had a different set of attacks. He could be "defeated" by surviving a specific amount of time while being bombarded with various attacks.
- Before version 1.4 of the mod, the Vagrant was the only boss who did not speak during battle.
- This trait is now shared with Thespian, the Act of Alchemy and Dioskouroi, the Twin Forces.
- The Vagrant of Space and Time's theme is Chart the Cosmos, which was composed by Echo Lane.
- This theme is shared with Tsukiyomi's first phase.
- The Vagrant of Space and Time's old theme was called "Cosmic Will".
- This is one of the few tracks in the mod to be originally composed.
- The Vagrant of Space and Time was also the first boss in the mod to have it's own theme.
- His Demi-Prototokia attack is also a Stellar Nova, a trait shared with some of the other Bosses of the mod.