Ghouls

Ghouls are Hardmode Underground Desert and Desert enemies. They follow the Fighter AI (behaving similar to Zombies). Ordinary Ghouls spawn inside the normal Desert, the Tainted Ghoul inside a Crimson desert, the Vile Ghoul inside a Corrupted desert and the Dream Ghoul inside a Hallowed Desert. The Purity Variant poses no big threat, but the three other alternatives with their various debuffs make them dangerous opponents if overlooked.

Trivia

 * While ghouls are a common enemy in many games, it is fitting that the Terraria version appears in desert biomes. The ghoul's origin can be traced back to Arabic stories of monsters that feed on the flesh of desert travelers, and desecrating the tombs of the buried.

History
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