Meteor Head

The Meteor Head is a flying enemy that spawns in Meteorite crash sites. They often spawn in small groups around the Meteorite ore. They will continue to spawn as long as over 50 blocks of the meteorite ore are still there.

Mining the ore can be quite difficult as these enemies tend to attack relentlessly, giving you no time to mine. Furthermore, they are able to pass through blocks, making dealing with them that much more difficult. The best possible way to do this, however, is to use a pickaxe for mining and fighting at the same time (make sure the Meteor Heads are all on one side, face them, then start mining - they also get hit by your pickaxe, resulting in rather undisturbed meteorite, this can be done by choosing which side they are coming from, then jumping over the ones coming the other way. Another way is to play multiplayer mode and mine the meteorite ore while another player(s) attack the meteor heads with a powerful weapon.

Some weapons (most notably flails ,braker and boomerangs, although in testing Phaseblades will also inflict substantial knockback, and unique swords such as Muramasa and Fiery Greatsword also work well) can send Meteor Heads flying quite a distance, thus giving you some time to mine the ore. The Thorn Chakrum is also extremely effective against deterring them.

Meteor Heads are similar to Burrowing Monsters in that they can move through any block, unhindered by water, lava, or hellstone.

History & Trivia

 * In the alpha version, Meteor Heads dropped Meteorite Ore.