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Ghost

Ghost in Terraria

Enemy Banner: Ghost Banner

During the most harrowing times, these apparitions float aimlessly through the depths to steal the life from those they envy.

Bestiary entry and numbers read from Terraria 1.4.5.8 itself.

Stats

ClassicExpertMaster
Life50100150
Contact damage153045
Defense444
Knockback resistance50%55%60%
Coin value90 copper2 silver 25 copper2 silver 25 copper

Where and when it spawns

Biomes
Graveyard

Drops

Ghost drops nothing in the game's drop rules.

Ethereal stalking through subterranean graveyards

Spawning when gravestones cluster into a Graveyard mini-biome or when tombstones are broken underground, the Ghost drifts toward players regardless of terrain obstacles. Solid granite, dungeon brick, and dirt walls offer no resistance as it floats along a direct diagonal path. In Classic mode, it pursues its target with 50 life and 4 defense, striking for 15 base contact damage before dissipating under focused weapon fire.

Phasing trajectories and tombstone triggers

Mining tombstones during early exploration or traversing a foggy cemetery without adequate lighting makes surprise ambushes frequent. Because the entity ignores knockback to a significant degree, sweeping swords or piercing magic spells work best to intercept its straight-line charges through cavern walls. In Expert mode its endurance increases to 100 life and 30 damage, making ranged weapons with high projectile velocity the safest counter.

Trivia

  • Ghosts ignore all solid tiles, floating directly through blocks toward the player.
  • Destroying placed tombstones underground carries a chance to spawn a Ghost immediately.

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