Shadow Ghoul

Shadow GhoulHardmode exclusive

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Spirit Desert
Damage	55 / 110 / 165
Max Life	220 / 440 / 660
Defense	38
KB Resist	16% / 24.4% / 32.8%
Inflicts Debuff	Cursed
Debuff duration	2.5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Cannot use any items
Banner	Shadow Ghoul Banner

Drops

Coins	3  60

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Ancient Rune
  33.33%
• Soul Dagger
  4%
• Obolos
  0.33%

The Shadow Ghoul is a Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Spirit Desert. It walks towards the player and jumps when near them in attempt to deal contact damage. It has a small chance to inflict the Cursed debuff.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Shadow Ghoul: "Ghouls reanimated by the Spirit now leak ectoplasm from every crevice. Their bites have a chance of confusing their foes by briefly showing them glimpses of their former lives."

• It is a Spirit biome counterpart to the Ghoul and its variants.

History

• 1.5.0.32: Now has a 1/300 (0.33%) chance to drop Obolos.

• 1.5.0.14: Now has a 1/25 (4%) chance to drop the Soul Dagger.

• 1.4.4.1: Now drops its own respective banner.

• 1.0.0.0: Introduced.