Eater of Souls

The Eater of Souls is a hostile monster that flies in an arc-like pattern, similar to Demon Eyes, and will bounce off of any solid objects that it touches in the direction that is closest to the player (which is an effective way of killing them). To avoid taking damage from these enemies, it is easiest to jump over them and keep running, or use a weapon that does 20 damage or more.

Since an Eater of Souls can output a lot of damage to a player with poor defense, and the fact that these monsters tend to spawn in groups, it is encouraged that newer players avoid The Corruption until they obtain a more powerful weapon at least.

On death, an Eater of Souls has a chance to drop Rotten Chunks which, when combined with Vile Powder at a Demon Altar creates Worm Bait to summon the Eater of Worlds, which is a Corruption-themed boss monster.

The Eater of Worlds is a tunnelling boss monster with many individual body components which each resemble an Eater of Souls. The similarity in names suggests that this was a deliberate decision.

CAUTION: These creatures often spawn near ebonstone, so use responsibly when building.