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
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
Servant of Ocram(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
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.
- 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) - 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)
)
- Blood Zombie(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Drippler(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)
- Blood Eel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hemogoblin Shark(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dreadnautilus(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
- Nailhead(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Psycho(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Reaper
- Swamp Thing
- The Possessed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vampire
- Mothron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
(
- Baby(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
Terrestrial
- 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
Aquatic
- 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)
Aerial
- 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) 
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)
