Vile Ghoul

NPC

Vile Ghoul

  • Enemy
  • Corrupt Cave Desert

Vile Ghoul is a Terraria NPC. It spawns in this biome: Corrupt Cave Desert. It drops 4 items: Cursed Flame, Ancient Cloth, Dark Shard and 1 more.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

Ghouls twisted by the Corruption ooze a nasty green bile that ignites on contact with skin, scorching their prey with cursed flames.

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life2505007501,000
Attack60120180320
Defense30303030
Knockback Taken50% (Med)45% (Med)40% (Med)40% (Med)
Coins650162516252275

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 damage60120180320

Debuffs it inflicts

BuffOnChanceDurationConditions
Cursed InfernoPlayers100%4 s

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Cursed Flame1 to 31/3 (33.3%)26
Ancient Cloth11/10 (10%)722
Dark Shard11/15 (6.67%)1134
Eater Of Life11/200 (0.5%)139460

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Cursed Flame1 to 31/3 (33.3%)26
Ancient Cloth11/10 (10%)722
Dark Shard11/15 (6.67%)1134
Eater Of Life11/150 (0.67%)104345

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Cursed Flame1 to 31/3 (33.3%)26
Ancient Cloth11/10 (10%)722
Dark Shard11/15 (6.67%)1134
Eater Of Life11/150 (0.67%)104345

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

Also see