Salamander

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

Salamander

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	18/36›32›64/54›48›96
Max Life	65/130›142›286/195›213›429
Defense	10/10›10›20
KB Resist	55%/60%/64%
Banner	Salamander Banner

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	66% (spit attack)
Duration	2–44-8 seconds

Drops

Coins	120Pre-Hardmode: 3Hardmode: 240Post-Plantera: 480

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Depth Meter
  1.25%
• Compass
  1.23%
• Rally
  3.9%
• Potato Chips
  1.33%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 498-506

Salamanders are enemies found in the Cavern layer. They spit projectiles that inflict the Poisoned debuff.

Salamanders, Crawdads, and Giant Shellies are tied into the same mechanic: any given world will only have two of the three enemy types. As such, a world with both Crawdads and Giant Shellies will not have Salamanders. In  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, this is taken into account by the Bestiary progression logic, and the missing enemy will register as unlocked when the other two exclusive creatures are unlocked.

Trivia

• Like their aforementioned analogs (Giant Shellies and Crawdads), Salamanders have multiple color variants that all share identical statistics.
• The salamander is actually a real-world amphibian organism.
• Despite Salamanders having different colors, the Salamander Banner is always the same color.

The Bestiary entry for the Salamanders: "An unusual amphibious bipedal lizard which inhabits the dark caverns. When threatened, it spews a highly corrosive acid everywhere."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Can now drop the Potato Chips.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.