Bone Serpent

Bone Serpent

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Burrowing EnemyUndead Enemy
Environment	The Underworld
AI Type	Worm AI
Max Life	300/600/900
KB Resist	100%
Banner	Bone Serpent Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	1230

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Hotdog
  3.33%
• Bone Serpent Kite(on Windy Days)
  6.67%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Digging

Bone Serpents are burrowing worm-like enemies that spawn in the Underworld. They consist of 14–20 segments in total.

Segments

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

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

NPC ID	Type		Damage	Defense
39		Bone Serpent Head	36/72/108	12
40		Bone Serpent Body	20/40/60	18
41		Bone Serpent Tail	16/32/48	18

Notes

• Bone Serpents are not restricted to the Underworld, and can follow the player out.

Tips

• As with most worms, weapons that can hit multiple segments at once are effective. Some effective weapons are the Vilethorn, flails, and the Crimson Rod.

Trivia

• Bone Serpents are one of the few pre-Hardmode enemies that do not get stronger upon reaching Hardmode in an Expert or Master world.
• Sometimes a Bone Serpent can be seen leaping in the lava in the background as ambience.

• The Bestiary entry for the Bone Serpent: "Mighty serpentine dragons once ruled hell, but long ago shed their obsidian scales. A skeletal husk is all that remains."

Gallery

• 

  Gif of an ambient Bone Serpent.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Head/Body/Tail Damage increased from 30/15/10 to 36/20/16, and Head/Body Defense increased from 10/12 to 12/18, with Tail unchanged.
  • Health increased from 250 to 300, and movement speed also increased.
  • Now has further stat bonuses specifically on the FTW and the Everything Seed.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Bone Serpent Kite drop chance increased from 4*1/25 (4%) to 6.67*1/15 (6.67%).

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Can now drop the Hotdog and the Bone Serpent Kite.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop its own respective banner.

• Desktop 1.1: All segments now share a life counter, instead of individual life counters for all segments. Previously Head, Body and Tail had 120, 150 and 200 health, respectively.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • No longer drops Sunfury and Flamelash, which are found in Shadow Chests instead.
  • Now has a new death sound.
  • Bone Serpents' hit-boxes have been recalibrated.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.