Flying enemies

Flying enemies are enemies that can move freely in both x and y axis while in air. Some of them can be difficult to fight, especially in pre-Hardmode, before the player can obtain wings. These enemies can be more easily fought with ranged weapons like guns and bows.

Pre-Hardmode Flying Enemies

• Antlion Swarmer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Arch Demon(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Bee
• Cave Bat
• Creeper
• Crimera
• Cursed Skull
• Demon
• Demon Eye
• Dragon Skull(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Drippler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dungeon Guardian
• Eater of Souls
• Etherian Wyvern(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Flying Fish
• Flying Snake
• Ghost (enemy)
• Granite Elemental(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Harpy
• Hellbat
• Hornet
• Ice Bat
• Jungle Bat
• Meteor Head
• Mushi Ladybug
• Raven
• Servant of Cthulhu
• Spore Bat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Voodoo Demon
• Vulture
• Wandering Eye Fish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Hardmode Flying Enemies

• Ancient Vision(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Angry Nimbus
• Arch Wyvern(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Baby Mothron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Blood Eel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Blood Squid(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Brain Suckler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Corite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Corruptor
• Crawltipede(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Crimson Axe
• Cursed Hammer
• Dungeon Spirit
• Elf Copter
• Enchanted Sword (NPC)
• Etherian Lightning Bug(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Floaty Gross
• Flocko
• Flow Invader(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Gastropod
• Giant Bat
• Giant Cursed Skull
• Giant Flying Fox
• Heavenly Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ice Elemental
• Ichor Sticker
• Illuminant Bat
• Kobold Glider(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Lava Bat
• Martian Drone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Martian Probe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Moss Hornet
• Moth
• Mothron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Mythical Wyvern
• Nebula Floater(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Parrot
• Phantasm Dragon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pigron
• Pirate's Curse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pixie
• Poltergeist
• Probe
• Reaper
• Red Devil
• Shadow Hammer(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Shadowflame Apparition(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Slimer
• Spectral Gastropod(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Vampire
• Wandering Eye
• Wraith
• Wyvern

Tips

• Weapons that inflict damaging debuffs (like On Fire!) are useful against these enemies, as they will take damage slowly even if they fly away.