Terraria – How to solo the Frost Moon event

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Prior to the 1.3 update, I had never been able to make it to wave 15 of either the Pumpkin Moon or the Frost Moon. Now that 1.3 has arrived, and after obtaining the new Solar Eruption weapon, I was able to beat the Pumpkin Moon event fairly easily. However, the Frost Moon is still proving too challenging.

What strategies can I employ to reach wave 15 of the Frost Moon event? I'm playing as a melee character with the following gear:

I also have a set of Vampire Knives (which I occasionally use to leech life), and The Eye of Cthulhu yoyo, which does impressive damage when paired with the Yoyo Bag. Are their particular items I'm missing out on? What general strategies can I use to improve my chances at this event?

Update: I should probably point out that the Ice Queen seems to be the problem with this event. She generally stays away from the player, making it much harder (as a melee class, at least) to hit her. Killing the Ice Queen as quickly as possible seems to me to be the key to advancing to wave 15. How can she be killed quickly and effectively?

Best Answer

I finally managed to reach wave 15 (and only just!), but it took a bunch of end-game gear for me to do it. Here's the specific end-game stuff I used:

  • Meowmere: I got this the third time I successfully fought the Moon Lord. The damage this sword does is well worth the (oh-so-difficult) grinding to get it.
  • Solar Eruption: A great all-around weapon, and terrific for thinning mobs.
  • Stardust Dragon Staff: This was the game changer for me personally (it makes a real difference when fighting the Moon Lord as well). The nearly constant damage this thing does, especially when multiple segments are in use, is a big help. Its enemy tracking helps thin the herds when I focus on the Ice Queen, and it can track the Ice Queen when I'm not able to.
  • Same accessories as before
  • Same armor as before

As I mentioned in my question, the lynch-pin for this fight is the Ice Queen. At only 150 points, you have to take her down pretty quickly to advance in the later rounds. It seems imperative to blast through the first few rounds of the event as quickly as possible. I believe I reached wave 8 or 9 in just two in-game hours (two minutes real time), and spent the rest of the 7 or so minutes clawing my way through the final waves. I'm sure there are better strategies than this (I'd be interested to try a pure-summoner build using a maxed-out Stardust Dragon), but this is what worked for me.

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