Army Ants are enemies that can be found in the Underground Jungle biome. They crawl towards the player to deal contact damage and can inflict the Poisoned or On Fire! debuffs. They have a chance to drop the Hive Mind.
Variants[ | ]
Army Ant
Statistics
Type | Enemy |
---|---|
Environment | Underground Jungle |
AI Type | Fighter AI |
Damage | 20 / 40 |
Max Life | 100 / 200 |
Defense | 5 |
KB Resist | 55% / 60% |
Inflicts debuff | Poisoned 33% chance |
Debuff duration | 10 seconds / 20 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | Slowly losing life |
Army AntFire Ant
Statistics
Type | Enemy |
---|---|
Environment | Underground Jungle |
AI Type | Fighter AI |
Damage | 35 / 70% |
Max Life | 140 / 280 |
Defense | 5 |
KB Resist | 55% / 60 |
Inflicts debuff | On Fire! 33% chance |
Debuff duration | 7 seconds / 14 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | Slowly losing life |
Notes[ | ]
- Fire Ants spawn more commonly the closer you are to The Underworld, though they will not spawn in The Underworld itself.
- Both variants of Army Ants will still spawn in Hardmode, but at a reduced rate.
History[ | ]
- 1.6.1.0:
- Army Ant:
- Nerfed life from 120 / 240 to 100 / 200.
- Fire Ant:
- Nerfed life from 145 / 290 to 140 / 280.
- Army Ant:
- 1.2.0.0: Introduced.