Gastropod

Gastropod is a hardmode enemy that appears in The Hallow at night. This yellow, snail-like enemy flies about while hidden inside its pink shell resembling a balloon or Chinese lantern, only emerging to shoot pink lasers at the player. The lasers fired by the Gastropod travel very quickly and can be difficult to dodge as Gastropods can target the player from a good distance off-screen. Striking the Gastropod while it is preparing its laser will interrupt the attack and prevent it from firing. Gastropods' range makes them difficult to run past and ignore without taking a fair amount of damage while doing so. Gastropods are one of the few enemies that are immune to the confusing effect of the Dao of Pow.

Due to the high amount of life and defense, high tier weapons are advised to defeat them.

Rare chance to spawn outside The Hallow on hardmode.

Trivia

 * In real life, gastropods are a class of mollusk that includes snails and slugs. The word "gastropod" is derived from ancient Greek meaning "stomach-foot," which these animals are so named because they appear to crawl on their stomachs.


 * Because of the round shape of their shell and the fact that they drop Gel, many players believe Gastropods to be part of the Slime family.


 * Despite firing "lasers", which in the real world travel at 299,792,458 meters per second (670,616,629 miles per hour/the speed of light), the lasers fired from a Gastropod in Terraria can, like most "laser" weapons in science fiction, thankfully be dodged.