Talk:Mimic/@comment-50.34.40.216-20111209233015

I blew up a large (about 3 fullscreen widths, 2 fullscreen height) rectangular area in the underground hallow with dynamite and set up a lava trap in the middle and sit there and spawn/kill stuff for a really, really long time and don't see any mimics at all. I know mimics are rare to spawn, but so are the enchanted swords and I see plenty of those. However, I usually find a few mimics if I go adventuring underground in areas I haven't explored yet. This makes me wonder 1) if mimics just don't like to spawn in underground hallow or 2) maybe their spawn rate is affected by the environment in other ways, such as if their are chests or pots nearby because you haven't explored that area yet. Regardless, I haven't had any luck farming them.