Demon

Demon

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 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	The Underworld
AI Type	Bat AI
Damage	32/64›56/96›84 (melee) 4284126 (ranged attack)
Max Life	120/240›264/360›396
Defense	8
KB Resist	20%/28%/36%
Banner	Demon Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Darkness
Debuff tooltip	Decreased light vision
Chance	33%
Duration	153035 seconds

Drops

Coins	3Pre-Hardmode: 750Hardmode: 6

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Demon Scythe
  2.86%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 62
• Internal Buff ID: 22

 Old-gen console and 3DS
Exclusive Variant

Arch Demon

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
AI Type	Bat AI
Damage	41 (melee) 31 (ranged attack)
Max Life	500
Defense	8
Banner	Arch Demon Banner

Drops

Coins	68

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Demon Scythe
  2%
• Crystal Shard (4-9 )
  100%
• Crystal Storm
  0.2%

• Internal NPC ID: 1019

Not to be confused with the Hardmode enemy, the Red Devil.

The Demon (and the Arch Demon on  Old-gen console and 3DS) is an enemy found in The Underworld. It attacks by summoning volleys of four spinning purple blades that accelerate towards the player, which are similar those fired by the Demon Scythe spell that it has a chance to drop. These blades have a chance to inflict Darkness and are stopped by any block, but cannot be destroyed with weapons.

Like other Underworld enemies, Demons are immune to lava. A rarer variation of the Demon is the Voodoo Demon.

Notes

• The Arch Demon can drop Crystal Shards even before Hardmode. However, it is impossible to craft anything with them (with the exception of the Phasesaber) before obtaining a Hardmode Anvil.

Tips

• The Crystal Storm is an extremely effective weapon in pre-Hardmode, and even well into Hardmode. Obtaining it early from Arch Demons may be worth the lengthy farming.

Trivia

• In the real world, demons are supernatural beings prevalent historically in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies and television series.
• Despite inflicting the Darkness debuff, Demons do not drop the Blindfold.

• The Bestiary entry for the Demon: "Demons are the infantry of the underworld. Unlike their lesser brothers, they cast shadow magic rather than hell magic."

• "Lesser brothers" likely refers to the Fire Imp enemy.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added new sounds.

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

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Damage reduced from 50 to 32.
  • Now repeatedly swoops at the player and flies away, rather than remaining close by, and does not fire while blocked.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1:
  • Added new sounds from Desktop 1.3.0.1.
  • Removed the Arch Demon. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0:
  • Added new sounds from Desktop 1.3.0.1.
  • Removed the Arch Demon. ()

• Console 1.02:
  • Both Demons can now drop their own respective banners.
  • Arch Demon's sprite updated. Old sprite was:

• Console-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6 along with Arch Demon.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Removed the Arch Demon.
  • Added new sounds.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced Arch Demon.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.0.3 along with Arch Demon.