Nymph



The Nymph is a rare enemy that spawns in the Cavern layer of any biome. When encountered, she appears as the Lost Girl, who seems to be a helpless NPC in need of rescue. When a player gets close or attacks the Lost Girl, she transforms and attacks as the Nymph, a dangerous enemy that deals high damage (for a pre-Hardmode enemy).

The Lost Girl will only transform into a Nymph if one of the following apply:
 * The Lost Girl has been hurt.
 * The distance between the player and the Lost Girl is less than 200 pixels, and she has a direct line of sight to the player.
 * The Lost Girl is moving (falling, knockback).

The Lost Girl is immune to the Confused debuff, but the transformed Nymph is not.

Tips

 * While she moves fast and hits hard, she cannot attack from a distance, nor can she jump very high. Stay out of reach and use a ranged weapon to dispatch her safely.
 * The Nymph moves quite fast, and therefore, Harpoon, flail, boomerang, Terragrim /  Arkhalis or  can be effective, as they can all easily stunlock her. Even with her high health, the Harpoon can kill a Nymph in moments with no risk to the wielder, due to its extremely high rate of fire, so long as it is used at short range.
 * A Hunter Potion, Lifeform Analyzer, or both can be useful for finding Lost Girls.
 * In and Master Mode, the Lost Girl has respectively twice and thrice the health of a normal friendly NPC. This makes her suspicious even for a first-time encounter.
 * If the player has a Magic Lantern light pet, the Lost Girl will sparkle, suggesting to the player that she is treasure (which is false). This can be used to locate nymphs within a short radius, if the player does not yet have a Lifeform Analyzer.
 * To increase the chances of finding her (especially useful in Hardmode), the player can use Water Candle s and Battle Potion s to increase the enemy spawn rate and hence that of the Lost Girl.
 * The Nymph also has a higher chance to spawn in The Jungle Temple and Underground Glowing Mushroom.

Trivia

 * Although the Nymph is much stronger in nearly all ways than the Lost Girl, the Lost Girl has more defense.
 * In Greek and Latin mythology, a is a lesser female deity who served the god of nature, Pan.
 * The Lost Girl sprite appears naked, likely to make her seem more vulnerable and in need of saving.
 * The left half of the Nymph Banner depicts the Lost Girl, while the right half is the actual Nymph enemy.
 * The Nymph's hands appear to be stained with blood.
 * The achievement for killing the Nymph appears to show her in the Lost Girl form.
 * With a drop chance of 0.5%, the Nymph Banner is one of the rarest items in the game.
 * According to a post by Redigit in the Terraria Discord, the Nymph is the great grandma of the Guide.
 * The beginning of the bestiary entry for the lost girl may be a reference to the show "Naked and Afraid".