Bonus points if mage. Is it even possible to beat the game mage without any mana crystals?

by Seanhon

15 Comments

  1. I don’t know about mage only playthroughs, but I am well known for NOT being good at playing mage. And yet in every single save I’ll still collect fallen stars and max out my mana

  2. two YouTubers did a collab-ish pair of videos about beating vanilla and Calamity and 1 and 0 mana respectively (as mages)

  3. It’s possible to beat the game with no mana at all, so it is also ppssible to beat it with no mana crystal

  4. I know that Throarbin beat a mage-only run with only 1 max mana (not 1 mana star, 1 max mana)

  5. i’m summoner main but earlygame ranged. So yes.
    (Mana is only used for stuff like ice wands)

  6. padizzledonk on

    I have never done a mage playthrough and rarely use magic items but i dont think ive ever done a run in 10y that i didn’t max out my mana lol

    Its so easy to do

  7. Melee, Ranged, and summon weapons consume no mana, so it is perfectly doable.

    Since you start with 20 mana (and some srmors and accesories give extta) as long as you stock up on mana potions, you should be perfectly capable of playing a mage without crafting mana crystals, even if constantly dealing with the debuff for using mana potions.

    Hell, you probably could do it without mana potions too if built properly.