Nymph



The Nymph is a rare enemy that spawns in the Cavern layer of any biome. When encountered, she appears as the Lost Girl, who seems to be a helpless NPC in need of rescue. When a player gets close or attacks the Lost Girl, she transforms and attacks as the Nymph, a dangerous enemy that deals high damage (for a pre-Hardmode enemy).

The Lost Girl will only transform into a Nymph if one of the following apply:
 * The Lost Girl has been hurt.
 * The distance between the player and the Lost Girl is less than 200 pixels, and she has a direct line of sight to the player.
 * The Lost Girl is moving (falling, knockback).

The Lost Girl is immune to the Confused debuff, but the transformed Nymph is not.

Tips

 * While she moves fast and hits hard, she cannot attack from a distance, nor can she jump very high. Stay out of reach and use a ranged weapon to dispatch her safely.
 * The Nymph moves quite fast, and therefore, Harpoon, flail, boomerang, Terragrim /  Arkhalis or  can be effective, as they can all easily stunlock her. Even with her high health, the Harpoon can kill a Nymph in moments with no risk to the wielder, due to its extremely high rate of fire, so long as it is used at short range.
 * A Hunter Potion, Lifeform Analyzer, or both can be useful for finding Lost Girls. The Hunter Potion will also reveal the Lost Girl to be an enemy as it highlights her red, not green.
 * In and, the Lost Girl has respectively twice and thrice the health of a normal friendly NPC. This makes her suspicious even for a first-time encounter.
 * If the player has a Magic Lantern light pet, the Lost Girl will sparkle, suggesting to the player that she is treasure (which is false). This can be used to locate Nymphs within a short radius, if the player does not yet have a Lifeform Analyzer.
 * As with all rarer enemies, Water Candles and Battle Potions are useful for increasing the chance of encountering a Lost Girl.
 * The Nymph also has a higher chance to spawn in the Jungle Temple and Underground Glowing Mushroom biome.

Trivia

 * Although the Nymph is much stronger in nearly all ways than the Lost Girl, the Lost Girl has more defense.
 * In Greek and Latin mythology, a is a lesser female deity who served the god of nature, Pan.
 * The Lost Girl sprite appears naked, likely to make her seem more vulnerable and in need of saving.
 * The left half of the Nymph Banner depicts the Lost Girl, while the right half is the actual Nymph enemy.
 * The Nymph's hands appear to be stained with blood.
 * The achievement for killing the Nymph appears to show her in the Lost Girl form.
 * With a drop chance of 0.5%, the Nymph Banner is one of the rarest items in the game.
 * According to a post by Redigit in the Terraria Discord, the Nymph is the great grandma of the Guide.
 * The beginning of the bestiary entry for the lost girl may be a reference to the show "Naked and Afraid".