CorruptorHardmode exclusive
The Corruptor is a Hardmode enemy that spawns within The Corruption and resembles a larger version of the Eater of Souls. It intermittently fires Vile Spit projectiles that inflict the Weak debuff.
Notes
- Vile Spit projectiles are similar to Burning Spheres, Chaos Balls, and Water Spheres in that they are destroyed with any weapon in a single hit. However, unlike the others, Vile Spit cannot pass through blocks, and it deals much more damage on contact.
Tips
- Corruptors can be fairly powerful when just starting Hardmode, so they should not be underestimated.
- When building/farming in or around the Hardmode Corruption, it can be helpful to use a summon weapon with knockback to hold them in place. The Spider Staff works well.
- If the player own the Slimy Saddle or the Gelatinous Pillion dropped by the King Slime and Queen Slime respectively, they can bounce on the Vile Spit projectiles, allowing them to be functionally immune to attacks from below while mounted. It should be noted that, while more difficult to obtain than the Slimy Saddle, the Gelatinous Pillion is much better than the Slimy Saddle when combatting Corruptors as the vertical mobility from the wings vastly increases the chance of this function seeing use.
Trivia
- Corruptors leave behind an afterimage as they move, much like a set of Necro armor or The Twins boss.
- The Vile Spit projectile was once able to spread Corruption, giving the Corruptor its name. However, this feature was removed in the 1.2 update.
- Despite its name, the melee weapon Scourge of the Corruptor is not dropped by the Corruptor, nor does it deal any extra damage to the Corruptor.
- On the Nintendo 3DS
version, the afterimage-effect from Corruptors is left in front of them rather than behind.
- The
Bestiary entry for the Corruptor: "Like a cancer, the putrid creatures born from the Corruption mutate and grow into bigger, more deadly forms which discharge acids."
See also
History
- Basilisk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Desert Spirit(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dune Splicer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ghoul(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dreamer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vile(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Tainted(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Lamia(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Mummy
- Sand Poacher(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Windy Day
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Blood Eel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Blood Zombie(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Clown
- Corrupt Bunny
- Vicious(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Corrupt Goldfish
- Vicious(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Corrupt Penguin
- Vicious(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dreadnautilus(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Drippler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hemogoblin Shark(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- The Bride(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- The Groom
- Wandering Eye Fish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Zombie Merman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Sandstorm
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Butcher(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Creature from the Deep(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Deadly Sphere(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dr. Man Fly(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fritz(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Eyezor
- Frankenstein
- Mothron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Nailhead(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Psycho(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Reaper
- Swamp Thing
- The Possessed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vampire
- Buggy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bunny
- Gem(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Frog
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Mystic(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Grasshopper
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Grubby(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Maggot(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Mouse
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Penguin
- Rat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Scorpion
- Sea Turtle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sluggy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Snail
- Squirrel
- Red(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gem(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Stinkbug(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Turtle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Jungle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Water Strider(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Worm
- Dolphin(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Goldfish
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Pupfish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Seahorse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sea Turtle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bird
- Cockatiels(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Duck
- Dragonflies(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Faeling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fairies(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Firefly
- Grebe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ladybug(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gold(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Macaws(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Owl(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Seagull(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Toucan(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Town pets
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)