Can you summon Empress of Light during the day?

The Empress of Light can be summoned at any time of day using captured Prismatic Lacewings, but the Prismatic Lacewing itself can only spawn at night. To summon the Empress of Light, players must first obtain a Prismatic Lacewing, which can be found in the Hallow between dusk (7:30 PM) and midnight (12:00 AM) after Plantera has been defeated.

FAQs about Empress of Light

General Information

1. What is the Empress of Light?: The Empress of Light is a Hardmode, post-Plantera boss that can be summoned by killing a Prismatic Lacewing.
2. Where can the Empress of Light be summoned?: The Empress of Light can be summoned in the Hallow by killing a Prismatic Lacewing, but the Prismatic Lacewing can be killed at any time in any biome to summon the boss.
3. What is the best time to fight the Empress of Light?: The Empress of Light is generally fought at night, as she becomes enraged with greatly increased damage during the day.

Summoning and Spawning

4. How do you spawn the Empress of Light?: The Empress of Light is spawned by killing a Prismatic Lacewing, a rare critter that spawns in the Hallow on the surface between dusk (7:30 PM) and midnight (12:00 AM) once Plantera has been defeated.
5. Can you fight the Empress of Light outside of the Hallow?: The Prismatic Lacewing can be killed at any time in any biome to summon the boss, however outside of the Hallow biome, the Prismatic Lacewing will disappear almost immediately.

Drops and Rewards

6. What drops from the Empress of Light?: The Empress of Light drops the Terraprisma, a powerful summon weapon, but only when all damage dealt to the Empress occurs during the day.
7. Is the Terraprisma the best summon?: The Terraprisma is the best summon weapon in Terraria in terms of DPS, but it has a short range and does not move through blocks.

Fighting the Empress of Light

8. Is the Empress of Light harder than Plantera?: The Empress of Light is significantly more difficult than most Hardmode bosses and will typically require post-Golem gear.
9. What is the best weapon to defeat the Empress of Light?: Summoning Weapons are great against the Empress of Light, with the Xeno Staff being the best option due to its high DPS and accuracy.
10. What armor is best for Empress of Light Day?: Hallowed armor provides very solid stats and its Holy Protection set bonus makes it a solid choice for all classes when fighting the Empress of Light during the day.

Additional Tips and Information

11. Can you get Terraprisma at night?: Terraprisma is only dropped from the Empress of Light when all damage dealt to the Empress occurs during the day.
12. Is Megashark good for Moon Lord?: The Megashark is incredibly useful when fighting Hardmode bosses like the Twins and Skeletron Prime, and can be used to defeat the Moon Lord.
13. Should I fight Empress of Light before Moon Lord?: If you can beat Moon Lord, he’ll always drop a powerful item, which could be useful in defeating the Empress of Light later on.
14. How do you get Prismatic Lacewing?: The Prismatic Lacewing is a rare flying critter that spawns in the surface Hallow after Plantera has been defeated, between dusk (7:30 PM) and midnight (12:00 AM).
15. Can you get ruthless on Terraprisma?: The best modifier for the Terraprisma is Ruthless, as it provides the highest damage output, while the Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion.