What @Noodle wrote.

@Chaoslink: No one is trying to stop you from doing what you're doing.

But I absolutely see no point in directing a new player with very little knowledge of the game to do stuff the hard way. They then think this is the intended way and give up on the game, because it becomes tedious very fast.

I am also a pretty slow player. I've now played the game for almost 900 hours and I only have one character that killed all bosses, a second that is on the hunt for Moder (difficult on a seed that comprises mostly islands), and third that just entered their first crypt (character to play together with my wife).

The fourth is on a "no bosses, no portals" run, just to see how far I can get. THAT is the character that can do experimental things, like the ones you described.

For a new player on their first playthrough, I simply would not recommend it.

Edit: And again, no. I've never seen any exposed silver nodes the way you describe. I'm pretty sure that this is due to a special seed that actually allows for this stuff. I don't think this is intentional.

Edit2: I'm also not interested in a e-peen contest. Fine that you were even quicker than me. I probably could've done the same with end game equipment. But what's the point?

My point is to show that with proper preparation you can beat this boss the INTENDED way without much hassle. Your point was obviously to show off.