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.

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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