Lava Slime

Lava Slime

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

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

Drops

Coins	120Pre-Hardmode: 3Hardmode: 480

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 59

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.
• Lava Slimes are the weakest enemies spawning in hell, dealing a measly amount of damage per hit. As a result, it may be ample to simply ignore them on Expert or Master Mode, as a means of avoiding the possible damage caused by the lava they spawn on death.

Achievements

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

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.

Category: Challenger

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."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Can now drop its own respective banner.
  • Lava-spawning behavior reintroduced, but only in Expert Mode.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Lava Slimes no longer spawn lava upon death, instead of dropping coins.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.