Necromancer

NPC

Necromancer

  • Enemy
  • The Dungeon

Necromancer is a Terraria NPC. It spawns in this biome: The Dungeon. It drops Shadowbeam Staff.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

In life, these sorcerers bore the Necromantic Sign of their order, and they shall continue to do so forever... even in death.

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life3006009001,200
Attack50100150266
Defense18181818
Knockback Taken55% (Med)49.5% (Med)44% (Med)44% (Med)
Coins15375037505250

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.

2 variants

Classic

VariantLifeAttackDefenseKnockback TakenCoins
Variant 1 Size 100%300501855% (Med)15
Variant 2 Size 100%450352450% (Med)15

Expert

VariantLifeAttackDefenseKnockback TakenCoins
Variant 1 Size 100%6001001849.5% (Med)3750
Variant 2 Size 100%900702445% (Med)3750

Master

VariantLifeAttackDefenseKnockback TakenCoins
Variant 1 Size 100%9001501844% (Med)3750
Variant 2 Size 100%1,3501052440% (Med)3750

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Shadowbeam Staff11/20 (5%)1445

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Shadowbeam Staff139/400 (9.75%)723

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Shadowbeam Staff139/400 (9.75%)723

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

Also see