Antlion Swarmer

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Desert Sandstorm
AI Type	Flying Fish AI
Banner	Antlion Swarmer Banner
Hurt	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Hit_32.wav
Killed	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Killed_35.wav
Idle	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_44.wavhttps://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_45.wavhttps://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_46.wav

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

The Antlion Swarmer is a flying enemy found in the Underground Desert biomes. It is a large dragonfly-like creature that looks similar to the Antlion and Antlion Charger. It should be treated with caution by newer players because of its health and knockback resistance.

Variants

Classic

Expert

Master

2 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode
3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera

NPC ID	Type		Health	Damage	Defense	KB Resist	Coins
581		Antlion Swarmer	60/120›132/180›198	29/58›52/87›78	8	50%/55%/60%	90Pre-Hardmode: 225Hardmode: 180
509		Giant Antlion Swarmer	90/180›198/270›297	34/68›60/102›90	12	70%/73%/76%	195Pre-Hardmode: 487Hardmode: 390

Tips

Antlion Swarmers can spawn on the surface wherever naturally-generated desert walls are present. Destroying them will stop their spawning.

Trivia

Antlion Swarmers are actually based on adult antlions, with the Swarmers' elongated wings and body structure almost identical to the real creature.
When flying around, they seem to emit a slight pulsating/after-image effect (akin to Shadow armor), but only when they reach max speed.
Strangely, the Antlion Swarmer's attack decreases in Expert Hardmode, rather than increasing.

The Bestiary entry for the Antlion Swarmer: "Antlion Swarmers patrol their nests with a watchful eye. Should anyone threaten their eggs, they will defend them fiercely."

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.4: Decreased the Giant Antlion Swarmer's base defense from 18 to 12.

Desktop 1.4.1: Decreased the Giant Antlion Swarmer's base number of dropped coins from 1775 to 195.

Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Added a smaller variant, named Antlion Swarmer.
- Original Antlion Swarmer renamed to "Giant Antlion Swarmer".
- Can now drop the Banana Split and Mandible Blade.