Talk:Mimics

Drops
I don't know why, but I seem to get a disproportionately high amount of titan gloves from mimics. I've gotten 5 gloves, 2 compasses, 1 dual hook, and 1 stone from these guys. Has the drop rate shown on the page been proven from code? 216.232.137.221 23:53, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yesh. Recalibrate your random generator.
 * Believe it or not, your results aren't all that significant, statistically. Once you have 50 or so drops, it becomes a little more meaningful. -- TechpriestMagos 22:43, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Dungeons
I'm almost certain I've had a mimic spawn in a dungeon, despite the listed Anomaly... not positive though, this was some time ago, before I got Skyrim on christmas eve. --74.102.196.95 06:39, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I encountered a mimic in a dungeon prior to hardmode. I have never activated hard mode on any world, I am a relatively new player. It killed me very quickly.--Fyurae 21:08, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * This might be due to the common wires and switches in dungeons, along with a mimic statue.

Biome Conversion
Will a chest mimic turn into a gold chest mimic when it enters the caverns layer, and vice-versa? It would make sense if that happened. I don't know why but it just would. User:Terrariatrooper9 (talk) 20:08, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * No. They spawn as one variant and will stay it until they die. -TheFrostSpark (talk) 19:16, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Ice Mimic image
We need an ice mimic image still :)

More rare on mobile?
I like how they go OM NOM NOM I WILL EAT YOU!!!! I was playing iOS and one was in the dungeon, and it scared me so bad XD. It killed me and I lost 20 gold coins. Are they rare spawn on mobile? I'm on a quest to kill one and none will spawn. I want dem drops yo! They are fairly rare, but you can use a chest statue to spawn them or use a long flat area. 108.251.21.68 16:52, 27 October 2019 (UTC)IDk

Mimics not droping items
I've killed 100 + mimics never got a cross necklace or a titan glove I don't know if it's a bug or an intended feature. Ps I am on mobile iOS 90.176.184.27 10:27, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

More common in Underground Jungle?
When I explore the underground jungle, mimics seem to spawn more often than in any other underground biome. Has anyone else noticed this?
 * thats probably because all enemy spawns are increased in the jungle (enemies spawn 150% faster & more can be at the screen at a certain time) so you would feel like they spawn more Cr4zyw4rrior (talk) 15:50, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Jungle mimic
Since it doesn't spawn naturally, shouldn't it say unspawnable or something like that in the description of the enemy?
 * (currently unspawnable) appears just below its name in the infobox, and the paragraph above also notes that it doesn't spawn through any normal means. Seems quite clear to me. Gearzein (talk) 21:23, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I guess it's clear, but since it doesn't spawn in the underground jungle, is that really its environment? Since it doesn't really matter and it was probably meant to spawn there, I guess it can just be left the way it is.

Banner
Does the mimic banner buff apply for Hallowed/Crimson/Corruption chests also? --Veragoot (talk) 14:56, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Desktop Icon
Because of how item link template works, having a PC only template on the page, even if it's in a section, it will show up with a PC icon on all pages where it is item linked. Please fix — 14:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright, it's taken care of, for this page at least. As long as the proper categories are applied to the page, that shouldn't happen (which they weren't, in this case). Thanks for pointing it out. – KM100 (talk) 20:16, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Chest Outlines
I have observed that the yellow chest outline mentioned at the end of Identification happens on the Old-gen console version, not just mobile. Can someone add this to the wiki? I've tried, but the template keeps bugging with the 'Mobile version' template. My guess is I'm not doing it right? Diamondcat6746 (talk) 23:24, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I added old-gen console version to the line. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 04:26, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Ice mimic inconsistency
The notes section states that the ice mimic has 50 defence, but the ice mimics stats above it says it has the normal mimic defense of 30. Which one is it? Thedream64 (talk) 14:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * 30. I checked the source code to verify. Thank you for pointing this out. I removed the incorrect note. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 02:29, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

AI type
I noticed that the basic four mimics actually have a sped up activated slime AI. I figured I'd ask instead of changing it. Uygfjmhgvh (talk) 05:48, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * This information arise directly from the game files. Even if they act like slimes they are following their own AI. -- Dinoxel   talk  05:58, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks for the info. Uygfjmhgvh (talk) 12:40, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Rail Strategy against Biome Mimics
So, on the Console Version of 1.3, your local Wooden Minecart has maximum speed of 51 mph. It's the same speed biome mimics flying to the player. So, my strategy is: Build a long platform (You can put it only to the half) with no holes (if you only built to half of the map, you can extend it by making holes (Imagine this is the platform: __________) and you can do this: _ _ _ _ _, so you can get a half of the placed platforms) and put rails on it. Make that "arena" not too high but not too low. Then, make a diamond strategy: Almost at the end of the tracks put a hammered bumper-elevator to the up. Then, place some rails on the second floor and hammer it so it has no end and you will fall back to the main floor. Do this on both ends of the main track.

THE NEXT THING REQUIRES PREPARATION
You must be in singleplayer to fight it. Go to one of the ends of your track and turn on auto pausing. You must have a key of night/light in your pockets and of course, a chest at the center of your track. You must have a melee/magic weapon that can do a range attack or a summoning/ranged weapon as well. At the center of the track, 2-blocks above the rails there will be a double platform for a chest. Startup your wooden minecart, go on maximum speed, pause sometimes to open the chest perfectly, put the key of light/night in it and defeat them! Okokup (talk) 09:42, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Pre-hardmode Mimic?
While I was digging a hellevator, the lifeform analyzer, i.e., REK3000 I had said Mimic for e little while. Being in pre-hardmode, I got really scared out as I would definitely get killed by it. But then I remembered that mimics are supposed to be only in hardmode. So, I went exploring. Nearby, I found an abandoned cabin, and while there was no mimic, there was a chest statue, but it was not wired to anything. So, do chest statues somehow bug out the lifeform analyzer in some way? Or was it just a small glitch? Sorry, I don't have any video proof, btw. ````

Bestiary template usage
How come this page is the only page using Bestiary? — Godslayerchickennugget (talk | contribs) 13:29, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * We are still working on 1) the template itself, and 2) the style guide policy about where and when we use it. Mostly happening in Discord, so apologies if it's hard to follow what's going on. -- Breathlessblizzard (talk) 13:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)