Moss Hornet





Type | |
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Environment | |
AI Type | Flying AI |
Banner | ![]() |
Immune to | ![]() ![]() |
Debuff | ![]() |
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Debuff tooltip | Slowly losing life |
Chance | 33%100% |
Duration | 10 seconds2–10 or 20 seconds2.5–12.5 or 25 seconds |
- Item (Quantity)Rate
- 16.67% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Tattered Bee Wing
((Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Only after one mechanical boss has been defeated
(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) At any time)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 1% / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 0.67%- 1%1.99%
- Stinger
Hurt | |
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Killed | |
Stinger |
- Internal Buff ID: 20
- Internal Projectile ID: 55
The Moss Hornet is a Hardmode flying enemy similar to the pre-Hardmode Hornet, being encountered in the Underground Jungle biome and requiring blocks of Jungle Grass in order to spawn. Compared to the more random flying patterns of pre-Hardmode Hornets, Moss Hornets act more aggressively, hovering closer to the player's position and shooting their stingers in rapid bursts. The stingers have a 1/3 (33.33%) chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff to the player for 10 seconds. In Expert Mode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), the chance is 1/3 (33.33%) for 20 seconds and 2/3 (66.67%) for 2–10 seconds. They cannot be destroyed with weapons and travel at about the same speed as the darts from a Dart Trap.
Moss Hornets have a (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 1/100 (1%) / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 1/150 (0.67%) chance to drop the Tattered Bee Wing. On the Desktop version,
Console version, and
Mobile version, the Tattered Bee Wing will only drop once any mechanical boss has been defeated in the current world.
Variants
All variants of Moss Hornets have identical drops.



3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera
NPC ID | Type | Health | Damage | Defense | KB Resist | Coins | |
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-18 | ![]() |
Tiny Moss Hornet | 176/352/528 | 56/112/168 (contact) 4896 (Stinger) |
17 | 40%/46%/52% | 4 SC80 CC12 SC |
-19 | ![]() |
Little Moss Hornet | 198/396/594 | 63/126/189 (contact) 54108 (Stinger) |
19 | 45%/51%/56% | 5 SC40 CC13 SC50 CC |
176 | ![]() |
Moss Hornet | 220/440/660 | 70/140/210 (contact) 60120 (Stinger) |
22 | 50%/55%/60% | 6 SC15 SC |
-20 | ![]() |
Big Moss Hornet | 242 | 77 (contact) 66132 (Stinger) |
24 | 55% | 6 SC60 CC |
-21 | ![]() |
Giant Moss Hornet | 264/528/792 | 84/168/252 (contact) 72144 (Stinger) |
26 | 60%/64%/68% | 7 SC20 CC18 SC |
Notes
- (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) In For the worthy and Get fixed boi worlds, Moss Hornets fire stingers roughly twice as quickly and release a burst of stingers in random directions upon death.
- (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Moss Hornets contribute towards the total for dropping the Hornet Banner and do not have their own banner.
Trivia
- (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Even though the Moss Hornet seems to have a stinger on its sprite, they do not drop Stingers.
- The
Bestiary entry for the Moss Hornet: "The empowered flora of the Jungle has merged with these species of Hornet, strengthening their exoskeletons and stingers."
See also
Bee – a similar, but much less dangerous enemy
Bee Mount(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) – a rideable bee mount
Hornet minion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) – a hornet minion which fights enemies
Baby Hornet – a hornet pet (which will not fight)
Tiphia(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) – a tiphia pet (which will do 1 damage to enemies every ~0.3 seconds, but not chase them)
Hornet – a pre-Hardmode version of the Moss Hornet
Alien Hornet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) – a Vortex Pillar Hornet type enemy
History
- Desktop 1.4.4.9: Sprites updated.
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Now has a chance to drop Stingers.
- Tattered Bee Wing drop rate increased from 1/150 to 1/100.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Can now drop its own respective banner.
- Now only drops the Tattered Bee Wing after the player has defeated at least one mechanical boss.
- Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.
- Desktop 1.2.0.3: Now has a chance to drop the Bezoar and the Hornet Banner.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.