Nailhead

NPC

Nailhead

  • Enemy

Nailhead is a Terraria NPC. It shows up during this event: Eclipse. It drops 2 items: Nail Gun and Nail.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

An intelligent being who seeks out souls to steal, utilizing nails from his own body both as a weapon and as defensive measures.

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life4,0008,00012,00016,000
Attack100200300533
Defense34343434
Knockback Taken10% (Low)9% (Low)8% (Low)8% (Low)
Coins30757515

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.

Attacks

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary
Touch damage100200300533

Projectiles

ProjectileClassic (range)Expert (range)Master (range)Legendary (range)Inflicts
NailNail30 (24 to 34)100 (84 to 112)150 (126 to 168)150 (126 to 168)

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Nail100 to 2001/25 (4%)1757After Plantera is defeated
Rolled only when Nail Gun drops (1 in 25)
Nail Gun11/25 (4%)1757After Plantera is defeated

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Nail100 to 20049/625 (7.84%)929After Plantera is defeated
Rolled only when Nail Gun drops (49 in 625)
Nail Gun149/625 (7.84%)929After Plantera is defeated

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Nail100 to 20049/625 (7.84%)929After Plantera is defeated
Rolled only when Nail Gun drops (49 in 625)
Nail Gun149/625 (7.84%)929After Plantera is defeated

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

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