How to kill Toadstool without any weapons [rant+video]

[TheGreatMav]

Just found this today. Not my video, so I have no idea of mods or configurations being used. But I had to post this, both as a homage to @BluesyBuesy for his fantastic solo kill of the old 150k toadstool in under 5 minutes, as well as a cautionary tale about how nerfing difficult bosses can ruin gameplay.

Toadstool was supposed to be a high-end, difficult boss. Is this what we want, in the end? #maketoadstoolimpossibleagain

 

EDIT: to anyone that is wondering if the beemines were legitimately crafted: I don't know. But judging by the video, this could be done with one beemine. Could probably take a few hours, but toadstool isn't going anywhere, is he?

[DarkXero]

Reported here:

Fixed here:

 

[TheGreatMav]

Thanks, @DarkXero . Any way to mark this for deleting, then? Or should I leave it?

[DarkXero]

Nah, it's cool.

Unless people want to contribute something else then the thread will sink to page 2.

[Rellimarual]

Meh, I don't really see how this was less legit than, say, using gunpowder or poisoning Bearger with redcaps. The great thing about Don't Starve (single player) is how it gives you non-combat options for defeating enemies, like kiting them to treeguards and tentacles. There's no reason why the difficulty of combat should be a "legit" difficulty while the difficulty of guile and collecting a ton of resources to use creatively is somehow not.

[FreyaMaluk]

10 hours ago, TheGreatMav said:

Just found this today. Not my video, so I have no idea of mods or configurations being used. But I had to post this, both as a homage to @BluesyBuesy for his fantastic solo kill of the old 150k toadstool in under 5 minutes, as well as a cautionary tale about how nerfing difficult bosses can ruin gameplay.

Toadstool was supposed to be a high-end, difficult boss. Is this what we want, in the end? #maketoadstoolimpossibleagain

 

EDIT: to anyone that is wondering if the beemines were legitimately crafted: I don't know. But judging by the video, this could be done with one beemine. Could probably take a few hours, but toadstool isn't going anywhere, is he?

Already patched

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• Fixed Toadstool’s targeting behaviour toward small creatures like Bees.
• Increased Toadstool’s health to 52500.
• Minor retuning for some of Toadstool’s ability cooldowns.
• Spore Clouds near Toadstool will disperse upon death to prevent loot drops from rotting

 

[TheGreatMav]

On 10/4/2016 at 8:40 AM, Rellimarual said:

Meh, I don't really see how this was less legit than, say, using gunpowder or poisoning Bearger with redcaps. The great thing about Don't Starve (single player) is how it gives you non-combat options for defeating enemies, like kiting them to treeguards and tentacles. There's no reason why the difficulty of combat should be a "legit" difficulty while the difficulty of guile and collecting a ton of resources to use creatively is somehow not.

I never said it was less legit than Gunpowder. Actually, that was exactly my point: when you can craft one beemine and ("legitimately") kill a supposedly high-end boss with almost zero effort, something's off. But it was patched, so all good.