Cursed Skull

NPC

Cursed Skull

  • Enemy
  • The Dungeon

Cursed Skull is a Terraria NPC. It spawns in this biome: The Dungeon. It drops 6 items: Bone, Nazar, Golden Key and 3 more.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

Exposed to dark rituals, this skull has begun floating around on its own, chasing the living. Its touch leaves its victims defenseless.

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life4080120160
Attack3570105186
Defense6666
Knockback Taken20% (Low)18% (Low)16% (Low)16% (Low)
Coins150375375525

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 Hardmode8862618% (Low)3
Master, In Hardmode13293616% (Low)3
Legendary, In Hardmode176165616% (Low)420
Expert, After Plantera8862618% (Low)3
Master, After Plantera13293616% (Low)3
Legendary, After Plantera176165616% (Low)420

Attacks

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary
Touch damage3570105186

Debuffs it inflicts

BuffOnChanceDurationConditions
CursedPlayers1/3 (33.3%)4 s

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Bone1 to 3197,208/203,125 (97.1%)11Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Golden Key (1 in 65) fails
Golden Key124,651/1,625,000 (1.52%)46151Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails
Cream Soda11/70 (1.43%)49161Not from enemies spawned by a statue
Nazar11/100 (1%)69230
Tally Counter1249/25,000 (1%)70231Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails
Bone Wand11/250 (0.4%)173575

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Bone2 to 6100%
Nazar1199/10,000 (1.99%)35115
Golden Key124,651/1,625,000 (1.52%)46151Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails
Cream Soda11/70 (1.43%)49161Not from enemies spawned by a statue
Tally Counter1249/25,000 (1%)70231Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails
Bone Wand11/250 (0.4%)173575

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Bone2 to 6100%
Nazar1199/10,000 (1.99%)35115
Golden Key124,651/1,625,000 (1.52%)46151Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails
Cream Soda11/70 (1.43%)49161Not from enemies spawned by a statue
Tally Counter1249/25,000 (1%)70231Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails
Bone Wand11/250 (0.4%)173575

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

Also see