Devourer

Type	Burrowing Enemy
Environment	The Corruption Underground Corruption
AI Type	Worm AI
Max Life	100/200›220/300›330
Banner	Devourer Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Immune to
Coins	1 SC40 CCPre-Hardmode: 3 SC50 CCHardmode: 2 SC80 CC
Hurt	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Hit_1.wav
Killed	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Killed_1.wav
Digging	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Roar_1.wav

Not to be confused with its Hardmode counterpart, the World Feeder.

The Devourer is a pre-Hardmode worm enemy that spawns in the Corruption, though it is less common than the abundant Eaters of Souls. Like other worms, it attacks by burrowing through blocks to reach the player.

The Devourer requires 25 kills to be awarded completion of its Bestiary entry and corresponding banner, as opposed to the usual 50 kills.^[1]

Segments

The Devourer consists of 10–14 segments in total.

Classic

Expert

Master

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

NPC ID		Damage	Defense
7	Devourer Head	31/62›54/93›81	2
8	Devourer Body	16/32›28›56/48›42›84	6/6›6›12
9	Devourer Tail	13/26›22›46/39›33›69	10/10›10›20

Notes

Devourers will not spawn if the player is standing in front of safe walls.
Only hitting the head of a Devourer will display their kill count on the Tally Counter(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), although killing them will always add to it.
- Additionally, the Devourer Banner will only affect damage taken and dealt by the Devourer's head.
Devourers are much less common than the secondary enemies spawned in The Crimson.

Tips

Effective weapons for fighting Devourers include spears, long-range weapons like the Wooden Boomerang, and flails like the Ball O' Hurt.
A distinctive burrowing sound can be heard when a Devourer is approaching. Devourers will also cause small dirt particles to spring up where the worm is located.

Trivia

The Bestiary entry for the Devourer: "Worm-like monstrosities are the Corruption's most favored creatures, tunneling underneath unsuspecting victims."

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.4: Monster Meat drop rate reduced from 1/1000 (0.1%) to 1/1500 (0.07%). In Constant worlds, changed from 1/200 (0.5%) to 1/500 (0.2%).

Desktop 1.4.3: Now drops the Tentacle Spike and the Monster Meat.

Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: 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 40, 60, and 100 health, respectively.