Goblin Warlock
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Environment | |
AI Type | Fighter AI |
Damage | 80/160/240 |
Max Life | 2000/3400/5100 |
Defense | 26 |
KB Resist | 85%/87%/88% |
Banner | Goblin Warlock Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |
Immune to |
Coins | 50 SC1 GC25 SC |
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- Item (Quantity)Rate
- Shadowflame Hex Doll(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)16.7%33.3%
- Shadowflame Knife(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)16.7%33.3%
- Shadowflame Bow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)16.7%33.3%
Hurt | |
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Killed | |
Attack | |
Idle |
- Internal NPC ID: 471
The Goblin Warlock is a Hardmode enemy that can spawn when a Goblin Invasion occurs during Hardmode. She summons Shadowflame Apparitions to attack the player. She can be considered a mini-boss, since she drops significant weapon upgrades at the beginning of Hardmode and involves a lengthy fight with multiple attack patterns. She has a chance to drop weapons which are themed after Shadowflame, all of which accordingly inflict the Shadowflame debuff.
Because of her high stats and relatively high difficulty compared to other goblins, she will present a challenge for new players.
She is one of the few entities that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer or its upgrades. The Goblin Warlock requires 25 kills to be awarded completion of her Bestiary entry and corresponding banner, as opposed to the usual 50 kills.
Notes
- In order to summon Shadowflame Apparitions, she seems to need to be close to the player. Otherwise, she will jump and levitate above the player, dashing to a position immediately to the right or left of them while firing a barrage of 3-4 Chaos Balls at them before slowly lowering back onto the ground.
- She will try to close in on the player by jumping and dashing toward the player, also dealing contact damage. While dashing, she can pass through blocks.
- She can jump/fly fairly high into the air (almost as high as a player with wings) but can be avoided by standing on a somewhat high platform and attacking her with ranged weapons.
- Knockback can stop the Goblin Warlock from flying to the player, which can be used with the aforementioned tactic to constantly attack the warlock without her being able to get close.
Tips
- She can be easily defeated with a ranged weapon (a rapid-fire ranged weapon may be recommended, as they have enough knockback to freeze her in place), a long platform suspended in the air, and Hermes Boots (or a Unicorn Mount/Minecart Track). Simply run away from the warlock continuously – if she is constantly moving she will not summon the Shadowflame Apparitions.
Trivia
- The Goblin Warlock is explicitly confirmed to be female through her Bestiary entry, even though the term warlock is typically used to describe a male practitioner of witchcraft.
- Although the Goblin Warlock drops various Shadowflame weapons, she will never use any of them in battle. Even the Shadowflame Hex Doll, which is clearly part of her sprite, is never used.
- The Goblin Warlock is the only Hardmode-exclusive Goblin.
- If one slows down the death sound of the Goblin Warlock by about 50%, then they will be left with an audio that sounds like she screams "Help!".
- The Bestiary entry for the Goblin Warlock: "Gifted in the darkest of magics, she conjures unfathomable shadowflame ghasts through a powerful hex."
History
- Desktop 1.4.4.6: Renamed from "Goblin Summoner" to "Goblin Warlock".
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Sprite updated. Old sprite:
- Can now be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()
- Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.