Goblin Thief

NPC

Goblin Thief

  • Enemy

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

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

Quick strike units of the Goblin Army, these pesky foes specialize in nimble movement and close-quarters combat.

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

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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