Originally posted by Tharkkun:

Just craft the swamp leather helm that has poison resist and pop a poison resist potion. You can practically stand there and just melee him.

Its not me being unable to beat bonemass thats the issue I just dont want to have to deal with aerial raids yet. I have T3 iron gear and T4 iron weapons so the actual boss fight will likely be pretty easy.

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

@OP also forgot to mention silver is only found above the obsidian line in the mountains so small mountains rarely have any. (That's not really a spoiler its just a save yourself some frustration warning.)

Ah yes thank you this is helpful. The mountain I was going to search has obsidian but its only big enough for 2 ice caverns so I'm not sure if any silver will be there. Maybe at the very peak it might be worth a check.