Angler Fish

Angler FishHardmode exclusive

When out of water

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Aquatic
Environment	Cavern Jungle Underground Jungle
AI Type	Swimming AI
Damage	80/160/240
Max Life	90/180/270
Defense	22
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Banner	Angler Fish Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Bleeding
Debuff tooltip	Cannot regenerate life
Chance	12.5%
Duration	45 seconds1 minute 30 seconds1 minute 52 seconds

Drops

Coins	5 SC12 SC50 CC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Robot Hat
  0.4%
• Adhesive Bandage
  1%2%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 102
• Internal Buff ID: 30

Not to be confused with the Angler NPC.

The Angler Fish is a Hardmode enemy which spawns in the Cavern layer and in the Jungle. It swims faster than Piranhas when chasing the player, and can inflict the Bleeding debuff for 45 / 90 / 112.5 seconds. It has a small glowing bulb sprouting from its head that emits a small amount of light.

Trivia

• In reality, the anglerfish lives deep under the sea, and like their game counterpart, the females do have a small glowing bulb they use to attract prey.

• The Bestiary entry for the Angler Fish: "Some angler fish are content to lie in wait for their prey, but these are perfectly happy to aggressively chase down an underwater meal."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Now has a chance to drop Adhesive Bandage.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.