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How creative can you get with your first free checklist?Create a free accountQueen BeeBy Stephen, AniofAstora, tamago_sensei, +9.4k moreUpdated: Dec 1, 2021 7:21pm UTC

Queen Bee is a summonable boss in the Pre-Hardmode world state in Terraria. This wiki page gives an overview of the boss, how she can be summoned, her moveset, and some tips on how to beat her based on your preferred fighting style.

Queen Bee Terraria.jpg

To summon, you must be in either the Jungle or Underground Jungle biomes.

Jungle Biome: You must have the Abeemination boss summoning item in your inventory. To create the Abeemination item, combine 5 Honey Blocks, 5 Hives, 1 Stinger, and 1 Bottled Honey directly from the crafting menu. Once you've got that, equip it and click the attack/interact button to summon her.
Underground Jungle Biome: Within the larger Underground Jungle biome, you will find smaller Beehive mini-biomes. Each Beehive contains at least one Larva (the small, semitransparent orange husk with a baby bee inside, pictured below); break this to summon Queen Bee.

Beehive Biome Terraria C.png

Queen Bee Stats

Difficulty Level	HP	Damage	Defense
Classic	3400	30 (melee)22 (ranged)	8
Expert	4760	54 (melee)44 (ranged)	28 (max HP)8 (low HP)
Master	6069	81 (melee)66 (ranged)	28 (max HP)8 (low HP)

Queen Bee's Attacks

Queen Bee employs three main attacks during the fight. To make the fight a little easier on yourself, don't try to teleport away to avoid the battle; she won't despawn, and will not only follow you to your new location, but will become enraged, causing her to attack far more aggressively.

Charging: Queen Bee backs away, and then strafes rapidly past you on a horizontal axis. She will usually do this around 3-5 times before switching to her ranged attack.

Strafe Attack Queen Bee.PNG

Ranged: Queen Bee positions herself above you and shoots stingers at you from a distance. If hit, the stingers will do minimal initial damage, but will inflict a slow Poison HP drain.

Ranged Attack Queen Bee Terraria.PNG

Summoning: Throughout the fight, regardless of whether she's doing her charging or ranged attack, she will summon small bees to her (the ones that are released when you smash hive blocks). The number of bees summoned generally will not exceed 18.

Summons Attack Queen Bee.PNG

Tips and Strategies for Beating Queen Bee

Below are some general tips for how to handle the fight based on your preferred weapon type/de facto class. Regardless of your build, the Honey pools at the bottom of the Hive can be both a boon and an inconvenience; they slowly restore health, while at the same time severely restricting your movement.

While her summoned Bees do relatively small amounts of damage, they do inflict knockback, which can land the player in one of the aforementioned pools. Using the Grappling Hook can anchor you to the floor to avoid this; equipping the Cobalt or Obsidian shield will also work to negate knockback.

Platforms Terraria QB.PNG

Prior to breaking the Larva to summon her (or using the Abeemination in the Jungle above), we recommend clearing out the nearby enemies and building several levels of platforms in your chosen arena. This will allow you to better avoid her strafing attack, and can also offer coverage from her stingers.

Melee: Your best chance to attack her is when she is doing her strafing attacks or her swooping attack during her stinger volleys. As she flies past you, jumping up or dropping down to get out of the way while still staying in weapon range is a handy way to whittle away her life while avoiding damage.

Ranged: When she does her strafing attack, wait to jump platforms until the last minute, as you will have a straight shot that will afford you the opportunity to get several shots in. During her stinger attack, she will be hovering above you in a figure-8 pattern, which may make targeting difficult. Provided you have the health pool for it and don't mind a longer fight, hiding out during this phase and waiting for her charge attacks again may be your best bet.

Ranged QB.PNG

Magic: The strategy for Magic users varies depending on the staff or magic item you have equipped. Prior to starting the fight, make sure you have mana regeneration potions at your disposal, and, if possible, equip an item with either homing or ricochet capabilities (the Book of Skulls for the former and the Water Bolt for the latter are two good options).

Summoning: As the Queen Bee drops some great early-game gear for a Summoner build, this is a trickier option for this fight since you may not have access to strong summons options just yet. To mitigate this issue, we strongly recommend combining this strategy with one of the others listed above. For example, using the Finch Staff to summon a finch to take care of the Queen Bee's bees while you switch to a melee weapon to focus on her. If you have access to stronger options, the best strategy is to simply stay moving and let your sentries or summoned creature do the work.

Queen Bee's Drops

The table below outlines the possible drops you will receive once you beat Queen Bee. Note that she will drop a total of 15 items, the majority of which will be comprised of crafting components, with only one guaranteed weapon and one guaranteed clothing item drop.

Hive Wand.PNG

Note that, in the table below, only one red item and only one blue item will drop after you defeat Queen Bee; however, you will receive at least 13 items from the orange category, albeit with some duplicates.

Name	Item Type	Drop Chance
Bee Keeper	Weapon	33%
Bee Gun	Weapon	33%
The Bee's Knees	Weapon	33%
Bee Hat	Vanity Clothing	22%
Bee Shirt	Vanity Clothing	22%
Bee Pants	Vanity Clothing	22%
Hive Wand	Wand	33%
Queen Bee Trophy	Decorative Furniture	10%
Queen Bee Mask	Vanity Clothing	15%
Honeyed Goggles	Summoning Clothing	5%
Nectar	Summoning Item	7%
Honeycomb	Accessory	33%
Beenade	Explosive	75%
Bee Wax	Crafting Material	100%
Bottled Honey	Health Restoration Consumable	100%