Mirage

Mirage is an early hardmode boss, which is intended to be fought along with the Mechanical Bosses, although it is possible to summon her right at the start of hardmode.

While Mirage is alive, her own theme, "Mirage" will play.

Spawn
The Mirage does not spawn on her own, and requires the player to summon it with a Strange Communicator, which spawns in the Desert during hardmode. After the first defeat of the boss, Magician will be able to move in, from whom you can buy Amber Mirror, which is Mirage's summoning item.



Behavior
Mirage teleports around the players unleashing various magical attacks.

Attacks

 * Shoots an arrow diagonally, and, with a little delay, a bunch of arrows from a side of the screen flies in the same direction.
 * Charges an attack, which after releasing unleashes tons of fire projectiles.
 * Does a horizontal dash towards the player with a little delay, leaving a fire trail behind herself.
 * Appears with a magical mirrors circling around her, which shoot projectiles at the same time in different directions. Mirrors release several projectiles during the last shot.
 * When she drops down to one thousand HP, she drinks tea to heal herself for 25% of her max HP.

Aftermath

 * After Mirage is defeated, she will take off her hat and bow like a theater actor and confetti will appear as she disappears.
 * Defeating the Mirage for the first time will allow the Magician to arrive if provided suitable housing.

Quotes
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Before initiating the battle

 * "Just looking for an old friend... And you're looking for a fight, aren't you? If so, let me show you a few tricks."
 * "Lost something too? Interesting. What if we're looking for the same thing?"
 * "Lost? Frightened? Confused? Good, good. Mwa-ha-ha..."

When being found in the Underground Tundra

 * "Oh, Oscar, my poor Oscar.. Trouble follows him wherever he goes... Whatever happened to him... Had he lost himself? But he never intended all this madness... I can't believe it... And I won't. He made me who I am, and now it's my turn to help him. I better stay here for a while. If this world is the reason of his metamorphosis, maybe the cure is here somewhere too!" (when interacting with Mirage for the first time)
 * "We've seen better days..."
 * "Oh, Oscar... He promised me that someday we'll spend our vacation in another dimension.. I thought he was joking, but now we actually stuck in another dimension... Who'd have though?"
 * "Oh, Oscar... He always had trouble keeping his frizzy hair out of his face, it drove him crazy!"
 * "He doesn't remember me at all, but he's alive at least.. Maybe a little rotten, frozen through, half-dead, inadequate... But, no matter what, I'll always be here for him."