starbound
I'm playing the last unstable version (not nightly).
I've managed to obtain all artefacts and opened the gate in the Ark Ruins and teleported to the Ruin (planet) where the final boss should be.
But how do I find him? I've tried to dig to the bottom of the planet and found nothing but a bottomless pit. I've walked the full circle on the surface and again found nothing.
I guess he is buried somewhere underground, but the planet is huge! Are there any tricks to find him quickly?
Go to Steam\SteamApps\common\Starbound\player. There you find your character and world files. At a first glance, there is no way to tell which one is which though, since it uses some sort of hasing to create filenames. So you should look at the file creation date and also make a backup before deleting it.
Alternativly, you can open the file with notepad and have a peek inside. Your name is there on the top after the "ACK" Symbol:
My character name is Gordon, so I know this is the right file.
Weapons are all up to preference.
I've found that swing speed doesn't matter much as timing your attacks is more helpful than just spamming attacks.As for the spear vs. warhammer, the warhammer would be easier to hit with since it does an overhead swing, whereas the spear does a forward thrust.
Another thing to look at when comparing weapons is armor penetration, as that seems to be more important than straight damage.
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The final boss is in the unstable branch right now, and presumably has been since they pushed 1.0 to unstable last week.
The bottomless pit you speak of isn't actually bottomless. I was confused myself, since the advice SAIL gives gave me the impression I wasn't supposed to go down any farther.
Get down the pit (descending platforms or dumping a few thousand blocks of collapsing material like sand or slime can help), and then walk left or right continuously. You'll find the boss fairly quickly since it's a smaller planet.