NPC
Dark Caster
- Enemy
- The Dungeon
Dark Caster is a Terraria NPC. It spawns in this biome: 
The Dungeon. It drops 7 items: 
Bone, 
Golden Key, 
Tally Counter and 4 more.
Bestiary entry
Rarity:
Doomed to watch over the Dungeon, these mages teleport to confuse their prey, before striking them down with a blast of water.
- Lives in: The Dungeon
- Its banner:
Dark Caster Banner - Spawned by:
Skeletron (In a world made with the For the Worthy seed) - Immune to:
Bleeding, 
Confused, Hemorrhage, 
Poisoned
Stats by game mode
| Classic | Expert | Master | Legendary (For the Worthy) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 |
| Attack | 20 | 40 | 60 | 106 |
| Defense | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Knockback Taken | 60% (Med) | 54% (Med) | 48% (Med) | 48% (Med) |
| Coins |  1 40 | 350 | 350 | 490 |
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).
Attacks
| Classic | Expert | Master | Legendary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touch damage | 20 | 40 | 60 | 106 |
- Spawns:
Water Sphere
Drops
Classic
| Item | Quantity | Chance | Kills for 50% | Kills for 90% | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone | 1 to 3 | 197,208/203,125 (97.1%) | 1 | 1 | Rolled 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 Key | 1 | 24,651/1,625,000 (1.52%) | 46 | 151 | Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails |
| Tally Counter | 1 | 249/25,000 (1%) | 70 | 231 | Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails |
 Dark Forebodings | 1 | 1/150 (0.67%) | 104 | 345 | |
 Bone Wand | 1 | 1/250 (0.4%) | 173 | 575 | |
 Clothier Voodoo Doll | 1 | 1/300 (0.33%) | 208 | 690 | |
 Ancient Necro Helmet | 1 | 1/450 (0.22%) | 312 | 1,036 |
Expert
| Item | Quantity | Chance | Kills for 50% | Kills for 90% | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone | 2 to 6 | 100% | |||
| Golden Key | 1 | 24,651/1,625,000 (1.52%) | 46 | 151 | Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails |
| Tally Counter | 1 | 249/25,000 (1%) | 70 | 231 | Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails |
| Dark Forebodings | 1 | 1/150 (0.67%) | 104 | 345 | |
| Bone Wand | 1 | 1/250 (0.4%) | 173 | 575 | |
| Clothier Voodoo Doll | 1 | 1/300 (0.33%) | 208 | 690 | |
| Ancient Necro Helmet | 1 | 1/450 (0.22%) | 312 | 1,036 |
Master
| Item | Quantity | Chance | Kills for 50% | Kills for 90% | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone | 2 to 6 | 100% | |||
| Golden Key | 1 | 24,651/1,625,000 (1.52%) | 46 | 151 | Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails. Rolled only when the roll for Tally Counter (1 in 100) fails |
| Tally Counter | 1 | 249/25,000 (1%) | 70 | 231 | Rolled only when the roll for Bone Wand (1 in 250) fails |
| Dark Forebodings | 1 | 1/150 (0.67%) | 104 | 345 | |
| Bone Wand | 1 | 1/250 (0.4%) | 173 | 575 | |
| Clothier Voodoo Doll | 1 | 1/300 (0.33%) | 208 | 690 | |
| Ancient Necro Helmet | 1 | 1/450 (0.22%) | 312 | 1,036 |
Chance is per kill. Kills for 50% / 90% is how many kills give that chance of at least one drop.
