Lava Slime

Type	Slime
Environment	The Underworld
AI Type	Slime AI
Damage	15/30›54/45›81
Max Life	50/100›220/150›330
Defense	10/10›20
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Banner	Lava Slime Banner
Immune to
Coins	120Pre-Hardmode: 3Hardmode: 480
Hurt	https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/File:NPC_Hit_1.wav
Killed	https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/File:NPC_Killed_1.wav

The Lava Slime is a slime exclusive to The Underworld. It gives off an orange glow with fire particles.

Lava Slimes take no damage from lava and float on it like regular Slimes do on water, except they rebound very high into the air when they come up, instead of gently bouncing up and down like normal slimes do in water. Lava Slimes also have increased mobility compared to any other normal slime. Unlike other slimes, the Lava Slime does not drop gel upon death but they still drop coins. In Expert Mode they spawn lava upon being killed.

Like most other slimes, the Lava Slime will be passive towards any player with the Royal Gel accessory equipped.

Notes[]

The lava created in Expert mode may become a problem to players using bridges or structures without holes for liquids to flow through. Tunneling one block wide holes prevents a buildup on bridges or any other structures. It also destroys the coins dropped from the Lava Slime unless a player is close enough that the coins start moving towards them to be picked up as soon as the slime dies, as items in the process of being picked up ignore the lava.
The Lava Slime can jump about 2 times higher than regular above ground Slimes.

Achievements[]

Gelatin World Tour • “Defeat every type of slime there is!”

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.

Slimer • “You have killed every type of slime!”

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.

Trivia[]

The Bestiary entry for the Lava Slime: "Due to the heat of the underworld, these slimes have taken on the properties of lava. Slaying them is difficult and dangerous."