Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman is a Hardmode, post-Plantera enemy that starts to spawn beginning with wave 9 of the Pumpkin Moon event.

The Headless Horseman is an exceptionally dangerous enemy due to his fast speed, high damage, and immunity to knockback. The Horseman's only attack is to charge forward and do a low, but quick jump to reach the player.

Killing a Headless Horseman during the Pumpkin Moon event will add 25 points.

Tips

 * Due to his size, he cannot fit through 4 tile gaps or lower and can be taken out easily with ranged attacks.
 * Due to his immunity to knockback, it is ill-advised to attack him with close-range weapons since he can easily overwhelm the player. Hitting it with rapid fire weapons can still slow it down, however.
 * Similar to most of the Pumpkin Moon enemies, making an arena where you have plenty of space to fly around in can make him easier to take down. It is also possible to place some Wood Platforms high above the ground to fire down on him without fear of him reaching you, but a sufficiently long platform may allow more to spawn on it instead.
 * His immunity to knockback can be used against it with weapons that do continuous damage, such as the Inferno Fork.
 * As he uses the same AI as the Unicorn enemy, it can be useful to practice avoiding the attacks of multiple Unicorns beforehand.

Trivia

 * The originates from "", a short story written in 1820 by American author, in which the Headless Horseman was prominently featured.