Hornet

Hornet

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Flying AI
Banner	Hornet Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	33%100%
Duration	102–10 or 20 seconds

Drops

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Stinger
  66%100%
• Bezoar
  1%2%
• Ancient Cobalt Helmet
  0.33%
• Ancient Cobalt Breastplate
  0.33%
• Ancient Cobalt Leggings
  0.33%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Stinger

 Old-gen console and 3DS
Exclusive Variant

Dragon Hornet

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
Damage	20
Max Life	75
Defense	20

Drops

Coins	40

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Stinger (1-3)
  50%
• Beeswax
  10%

Sounds

Stinger

• Internal NPC ID: 1011

Not to be confused with the Moss Hornet, a similar Hardmode enemy.

Hornets are flying enemies found in the Underground Jungle. They follow the Flying AI, floating just out of reach and then charging the player, while also firing stinger projectiles (at an increased rate in Expert Mode).

These stingers have a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff on the player for 10 seconds. In Expert mode, the chance is 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) for 20 seconds and 66.67*2/3 (66.67%) for 2–10 seconds. The stingers cannot be destroyed with weapons and travel at about the same speed as the darts from a Dart Trap.

Variants

All variants of Hornets have identical drops. The Moss Hornet is not a variant of the pre-Hardmode Hornet.

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

2 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode
3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera

NPC ID	Type		Health	Damage	Defense	KB Resist	Coins
42		Hornet	48/96›104›210/144›156›315	26/52›46›92/78›69›138	12/12›12›24	50%/55%/60%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-16		Little Stinger	40/81›88›178/122›132›267	22/44›39›78/66›58›117	10/10›10›20	43%/48%/54%	170Pre-Hardmode: 425Hardmode: 340Post-Plantera: 680
-17		Big Stinger	57/115›124›252/172›187›378	31/62›55›110/93›82›165	14/14›14›28	60%/64%/68%	240Pre-Hardmode: 6Hardmode: 480Post-Plantera: 960
231		Fatty Hornet	50/100›110›220/150›165›330	22/44›38›78/66›57›117	16/16›16›32	70%/73%/76%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-56		Little Fatty Hornet	42/85›93›187/127›140›280	18/37›32›66/56›48›99	13/13›13›27	66%/69%/72%	170Pre-Hardmode: 425Hardmode: 340Post-Plantera: 680
-57		Big Fatty Hornet	62/125›137›275/187›206›412	27/55›47›97/82›71›146	20/20›20›40	78%/80%/82%	250Pre-Hardmode: 625Hardmode: 5Post-Plantera: 10
232		Honey Hornet	42/84›92›184/126›138›276	28/56›50›100/84›75›150	12/12›12›24	40%/46%/52%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-58		Little Honey Hornet	33/67›73›147/100›110›220	22/44›40›80/67›60›120	9/9›9›19	28%/35%/42%	160Pre-Hardmode: 4Hardmode: 320Post-Plantera: 640
-59		Big Honey Hornet	48/96›105›211/144›158›317	32/64›57›114/96›86›172	13/13›13›27	49%/54%/59%	229Pre-Hardmode: 575Hardmode: 459Post-Plantera: 919
233		Leafy Hornet	38/76›82/114›123	30/60›54/90›81	14	55%/60%/64%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4
-60		Little Leafy Hornet	34/69›75/104›113	27/55›49/82›74	12	51%/56%/61%	184Pre-Hardmode: 460Hardmode: 368
-61		Big Leafy Hornet	41/83›90/125›135	33/66›59/99›89	15	60%/64%/68%	220Pre-Hardmode: 550Hardmode: 440
234		Spikey Hornet	42/84›92›184/126›138›276	32/64›56›114/96›84›171	6/6›6›12	45%/51%/56%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-62		Little Spikey Hornet	32/65›71›143/98›107›215	24/49›43›88/74›65›133	4/4›4›9	33%/40%/46%	156Pre-Hardmode: 390Hardmode: 312Post-Plantera: 624
-63		Big Spikey Hornet	48/97›106›213/146›160›320	37/74›64›132/111›97›198	6/6›6›13	54%/58%/63%	231Pre-Hardmode: 580Hardmode: 463Post-Plantera: 927
235		Stingy Hornet	38/76›82›166/114›123›249	34/68›60›122/102›90›183	4/4›4›8	40%/46%/52%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-64		Little Stingy Hornet	33/66›71›144/99›107›216	29/59›52›106/88›78›159	3/3›3›6	32%/39%/46%	174Pre-Hardmode: 435Hardmode: 348Post-Plantera: 696
-65		Big Stingy Hornet	45/91›99›200/137›148›301	41/82›72›147/123›108›221	4/4›4›9	53%/57%/62%	242Pre-Hardmode: 65Hardmode: 484Post-Plantera: 968

Trivia

• Though the Dragon Hornet appears to have only one stinger like the Hornet, it can drop up to three.
• In reality, a hornet is a type of wasp.
  • Despite real hornets not being able to shoot their stingers, they can sting multiple times and can potentially be fatal, especially to those who are allergic.
• The Hornet's gore sprites use a beta design of it from a prototype build of Terraria.

The Bestiary entry for the Hornet: "Aggressive flying insects which swarm the jungle depths. Their venomous barbs discharge over great distances at high velocity."

See also

• Bee – a similar, but much less dangerous enemy
• Bee Mount – a rideable bee mount
• Hornet minion – a hornet minion which fights enemies
• Baby Hornet – a hornet pet (which will not fight)
• Tiphia – a tiphia pet sharing almost the exact same appearance (which will do 1 damage to enemies every ~0.3 seconds, but not chase them)
• Moss Hornet – a Hardmode Hornet type enemy
• Alien Hornet – a Vortex Pillar Hornet type enemy

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4.9: Sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Hornets will no longer shoot at you while Stealthed.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Will no longer drop the Ancient Cobalt Helmet and the Ancient Cobalt Leggings together.

• Desktop 1.2: Health and damage reduced by 4% and 24% respectively.
  • Now have a chance to drop Ancient Cobalt armor when killed.

• Desktop 1.1: Melee damage reduced from 45/38/32 to 40/34/28 respectively.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Poisonous stinger projectile added.
  • Hornets are now correctly unable to enter water.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Should not enter water from now on.
  • Doesn't make a splash sound when hitting water.
  • Variants Big Stinger and Little Stinger introduced.
  • Hornets no longer drop Jungle armor, which is instead crafted by the player.

• Desktop 1.0.4: Hornets no longer appear as if they are about to flip over while flying.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Removed Dragon Hornet. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Removed Dragon Hornet. ()

• Console 1.02: Dragon Hornet drops added.

• Console-Release: Introduced along with Dragon Hornet variant.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Removed Dragon Hornet.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Dragon Hornet now drops Stingers.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced along with Dragon Hornet variant.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced along with Dragon Hornet variant.