Antlion

NPC

Antlion

  • Enemy
  • Desert
  • Underground Desert

Antlion is a Terraria NPC. It spawns in 2 biomes: Desert and Underground Desert. It drops 2 items: Antlion Mandible and Banana Split.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

When antlions are nesting, they hide in the surface. To defend their eggs, they projectile vomit hard globs of sand at trespassers.

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life4590135180
Attack10203053
Defense6666
Knockback Taken0% (None)0% (None)0% (None)0% (None)
Coins60150150210

The last column is Master mode in a For the Worthy world.

Numbers are for one player, before Hardmode.

Coins: each kill rolls from 80% to 175% of this value. Rarer extra rolls can add more.

In a Hardmode world

In Expert and Master, Hardmode scales up weak enemies: those whose attack plus defense plus a quarter of life is under 80 (100 after Plantera).

WorldLifeAttackDefenseKnockback TakenCoins
Expert, In Hardmode19836120% (None)240
Master, In Hardmode29754120% (None)240
Legendary, In Hardmode39696120% (None)336
Expert, After Plantera29654180% (None)360
Master, After Plantera44481180% (None)360
Legendary, After Plantera592144180% (None)54

Attacks

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary
Touch damage10203053

Projectiles

ProjectileClassic (range)Expert (range)Master (range)Legendary (range)Inflicts
Sand BallSand Ball20 (16 to 22)40 (32 to 44)60 (48 to 66)60 (48 to 66)

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Antlion Mandible1 to 21/3 (33.3%)26
Banana Split11/50 (2%)35114Not from enemies spawned by a statue

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Antlion Mandible1 to 21/3 (33.3%)26
Banana Split11/50 (2%)35114Not from enemies spawned by a statue

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Antlion Mandible1 to 21/3 (33.3%)26
Banana Split11/50 (2%)35114Not from enemies spawned by a statue

Chance is per kill. Kills for 50% / 90% is how many kills give that chance of at least one drop.

Also see