Zombie Merman

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Zombie Merman

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Undead Enemy
Environment	Blood Moon
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	40/80/120
Max Life	400/800/1200
Defense	20
KB Resist	100%
Banner	Zombie Merman Banner

Drops

Coins	1025

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Chum Bucket (4–6)
  50%
• Vampire Frog Staff
  12.5%
• Chum Caster
  12.5%
• Blood Rain Bow
  12.5%
• Money Trough
  6.67%
• Bloody Tear
  4%
  0.5%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 586

The Zombie Merman is a pre-Hardmode enemy that can be spawned by fishing in a Blood Moon. When the bobber dips and the player attempts to reel in a fish, a Zombie Merman or a Wandering Eye Fish has a chance to spawn within a few tiles of the bobber in place of a fish.

It is one of the few entities that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer or its upgrades.

Notes

• The Zombie Merman, like other zombies during a Blood Moon, can break open doors.
• The Sonar Potion will detect if a Blood Moon enemy is about to be hooked.
• Using the Chum Caster will greatly increase the chances of hooking Blood Moon enemies.

Tips

• The Zombie Merman has high health and defense, moves very quickly, and does not take knockback, making it a challenging enemy for underpowered characters.
• It is very agile while in water, making it hard to deal with. Players can build a layer of platforms above their fishing spot to prevent the Zombie Merman from entering the water in the first place.
• The Zombie Merman is a great way of progressing in the early game as it can drop useful items.

Trivia

• The Zombie Merman Banner is the last item in alphabetical order out of all the items in Terraria.
• It resembles both the Icy Merman and the Merfolk form that the player can achieve by equipping the Neptune's Shell (or its derivative accessories) in water.

• The Bestiary entry for the Zombie Merman: "Mermen may be rare and exotic demi-humans, but they can still die... and still come back from that a changed merman."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Drop chances for Vampire Frog Staff, Blood Rain Bow, and Chum Caster increased from 4.17*1/24 (4.17%) to 12.5*1/8 (12.5%), and are no longer mutually exclusive.
  • Drop chance of Bloody Tear increased from 0.5*1/200 (0.5%) to 4*1/25 (4%).

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.