Ancient Specter

Ancient SpecterHardmode exclusive

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Spirit
Damage	40 / 80 / 120 (Contact) 30 / 45 / 60 (Soul Scythe)
Max Life	400 / 800 / 1200
Defense	19
KB Resist	15% / 23.5% / 32%
Immune to
Banner	Ancient Spectre Banner Banner

Drops

Coins	4  60

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Ethereal Ember
  33.33%
• Obolos
  0.33%

Projectile created

Soul Scythe

The Ancient Specter is a Hardmode enemy that spawns in the 3rd layer of the Underground Spirit biome. It flies towards the player in attempt to deal contact damage and can fly through tiles while doing so. Every few seconds, it fires a spinning soul scythe at the player that accelerates as it travels and dissipates on tile contact.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Ancient Specter: "Found only in the deepest depths of Spirit-touched Caverns, these malevolent wraiths hold one simple goal: Purloin the souls of living things."

History

• 1.5.0.32:
  • Now has a 1/300 (0.33%) chance to drop Obolos.
  • Now has a consistent and slower fire rate.
  • Increased maximum health from 300 / 600 / 900 to 400 / 800 / 1200.
  • Reduced soul scythe damage and speed slightly.
  • Removed weird "explosion" functionally.

• 1.4.4.1: Now drops its own respective banner.

• 1.4.3: No longer drops Spirit Sickle.

• 1.4.1.2: Now drops Ethereal Ember.

• 1.4.0.0: Now spawns in the 3rd layer of the Underground Spirit biome.

• 1.2.2.24: Now drops Spirit Crystals.

• 1.0.0.0: Introduced.