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Snatcher

Snatcher in Terraria

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A sharp-toothed plant with a taste for human flesh. It has the ability to hide inside the mud and reach over great distances.

Bestiary entry and numbers read from Terraria 1.4.5.8 itself.

Stats

ClassicExpertMaster
Life60120180
Contact damage255075
Defense101010
Knockback resistance100%100%100%
Coin value90 copper2 silver 25 copper2 silver 25 copper

Where and when it spawns

Biomes
The Jungle

Drops

ItemChanceAmountModesCondition
Coffee3.33% (1 in 30)1All modes

Chances are for one kill, before Luck, Rate of fire or banners change anything. The Modes column says in which difficulties the game lists the drop.

Carnivorous predatory flora of the surface jungle

Anchored to mud and grass blocks in the surface and shallow Underground Jungle, the Snatcher ambushes unwary travelers. Possessing 60 health and 10 defense, this botanical menace extends its neck rapidly toward moving targets, delivering 25 contact damage in Classic, 50 in Expert, and 75 in Master mode upon snapping shut.

Controlling extension range and harvesting restorative coffee

Unlike the cavern-dwelling Man Eater, the pre-Hardmode Snatcher cannot pass its head through solid blocks, allowing players to build protective stone walls and attack safely from behind barriers. Keeping outside its stem reach makes dispatching it simple with ranged arrows. Defeating a Snatcher carries a 3.33% chance to drop Coffee, granting the Well Fed nourishment buff.

Trivia

  • The Snatcher's stem connects directly to a specific block, limiting its reach to a fixed radius.
  • Its head is blocked by solid tiles, unlike its Hardmode cousin the Man Eater.

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