Chaos Elemental

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Chaos ElementalHardmode exclusive
Chaos Elemental.gif
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
Statistics
Type
Enemy
Environment
Underground Hallow
AI TypeFighter AI
Damage40/80/120
Max Life370/740/1110
Defense30
KB Resist60%/64%/68%
BannerChaos Elemental BannerChaos Elemental Banner
Immune toPoisoned
Drops
Coins6 SC15 SC
Sounds
Hurt
Killed
Teleport
This article is about the enemy in the Underground Hallow. For other uses, see Elemental.

The Chaos Elemental is a Hardmode enemy that spawns on Pearlstone, Pearlsand and Pink Ice Blocks in the Cavern layer. It runs around and teleports quickly, attempting to damage the player by making contact. It will teleport anywhere in a random position within 20 tiles from its target, but at least 4 tiles away, and only into a space that is at least 4 tiles tall and 3 tiles wide. It will not teleport into lava, though it can easily fall into it after teleporting.

Like many Underground Hallow enemies, Chaos Elementals have a glowing pink after-image.

Notes

  • Chaos Elementals may spawn even if the player is not specifically in the Underground Hallow. They only require a block of Pearlstone, Pearlsand, or Pink Ice to spawn on.[1]

This content is transcluded from NPC spawning/special rules.

  • The Chaos Elemental has special spawning restrictions. It can only spawn if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
    • No town NPCs are present nearby.
    • The player is not standing in front of a safe background wall.
    • In the last 5 seconds, the player has either used an item or has moved.[2]
All of these restrictions are suspended when the player is within range of a Shadow Candle.
  • Dealing damage to a Chaos Elemental prevents it from teleporting for a short period of time. Only damage directly inflicted by the player or their minions and sentries counts for this, damage from traps or lava will not stop the enemy from teleporting.
  • In Celebrationmk10 and Get fixed boi worlds, the drop rate of the Rod of Discord is increased to 1/100 (1%) regardless of difficulty.

Tips

Other methods like Conveyor Belts, hovering in midair on a flying mount, or moving through a hoik do not count as movement.
  • As Enchanted Swords will also spawn under the same conditions as Chaos Elemental and can travel through solid blocks, the player should have some method for dealing with them while farming.

Trivia

  • Elementals are magical entities who embody or personify a force of nature. Historically, elementals personify one of the four classical elements: earth, water, air, or fire (sometimes plants, and later included aether). In the fantasy role-playing game Dungeon & Dragons, elementals which are fusions and other unconventional elementals have been introduced.
  • The BestiaryBestiary entry for the Chaos Elemental: "Once living beings infused by the blessing, they erratically make chase with an uncontrollable surge of luminous power."

History

  • Desktop 1.2.3: No longer spawns in the Underground Hallow if the world is not in Hardmode.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method SpawnNPC() in Terraria.NPC.cs.
  2. ↑ Internally, the game checks if the player has moved at a speed of at least 0.1875 tiles/second (approximately 0.26 mph) in horizontal and vertical directions, which is practically any movement at all. Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, property IsStandingStillForSpecialEffects in Terraria.Player.cs and field AFKTimeNeededForNoWorms in Terraria.NPC.cs.
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