Goblin Archer

NPC

Goblin Archer

  • Enemy

Goblin Archer is a Terraria NPC. It shows up during this event: Goblin Invasion. It drops 2 items: Spiky Ball and Harpoon.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

Lending ranged support to the Goblin Army, archers keep a distance and pick off distracted and overwhelmed foes.

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life80160240320
Attack204060106
Defense6666
Knockback Taken70% (Med)63% (Med)56% (Med)56% (Med)
Coins2557

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 Hardmode17636663% (Med)4
Master, In Hardmode26454656% (Med)4
Legendary, In Hardmode35296656% (Med)560
Expert, After Plantera352721263% (Med)8
Master, After Plantera5281081256% (Med)8
Legendary, After Plantera7041921256% (Med)1120

Attacks

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary
Touch damage204060106

Projectiles

ProjectileClassic (range)Expert (range)Master (range)Legendary (range)Inflicts
Wooden ArrowWooden Arrow22 (18 to 24)44 (36 to 48)66 (54 to 72)66 (54 to 72)

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Spiky Ball1 to 5199/400 (49.8%)24Rolled only when the roll for Harpoon (1 in 200) fails
Harpoon11/200 (0.5%)139460

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Spiky Ball1 to 5199/400 (49.8%)24Rolled only when the roll for Harpoon (1 in 200) fails
Harpoon11/200 (0.5%)139460

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Spiky Ball1 to 5199/400 (49.8%)24Rolled only when the roll for Harpoon (1 in 200) fails
Harpoon11/200 (0.5%)139460

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

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