NPC

Cochineal Beetle

Cochineal Beetle is a Terraria NPC. It spawns in this biome: Caverns. It drops Red Husk.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

Found in deep, dark caverns, these large beetles are sought out for the deep, blood-red secretions stored in their scaly exoskeleton.

	Classic	Expert	Master	Legendary (For the Worthy)
Life	40	80	120	160
Attack	20	40	60	106
Defense	10	10	10	10
Knockback Taken	100% (High)	90% (High)	80% (High)	80% (High)
Coins	60	1 50	1 50	2 10

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).

World	Life	Attack	Defense	Knockback Taken	Coins
Expert, In Hardmode	176	72	20	90% (High)	2 40
Master, In Hardmode	264	108	20	80% (High)	2 40
Legendary, In Hardmode	352	192	20	80% (High)	3 36
Expert, After Plantera	176	72	20	90% (High)	2 40
Master, After Plantera	264	108	20	80% (High)	2 40
Legendary, After Plantera	352	192	20	80% (High)	3 36

	Classic	Expert	Master	Legendary
Touch damage	20	40	60	106

Item	Quantity	Chance	Kills for 50%	Kills for 90%	Conditions
Red Husk	1	100%

Item	Quantity	Chance	Kills for 50%	Kills for 90%	Conditions
Red Husk	1	100%

Item	Quantity	Chance	Kills for 50%	Kills for 90%	Conditions
Red Husk	1	100%

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