Pixie

PixieHardmode exclusive

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	The Hallow
AI Type	Hovering AI
Damage	55/110/165
Max Life	150/300/450
Defense	20
KB Resist	40%/46%/52%
Banner	Pixie Banner

Inflicts debuffs

Inflicts debuffs

Inflicts debuffs

Debuff	Silenced
Debuff tooltip	Cannot use items that require mana
Chance	10%
Duration	7 seconds14 seconds17.5 seconds

Debuff	Slow
Debuff tooltip	Movement speed is reduced
Chance	12.5%
Duration	15 seconds30 seconds37.5 seconds

Drops

Coins	350875

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Pixie Dust (1–3)
  100%
• Fast Clock
  1%2%
• Megaphone
  1%2%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 75
• Internal Buff ID: 35, 32

Wyvern and Pixie displayed on the Official Terraria Forums (Hallowed style)

The Pixie is a Hardmode enemy that spawns frequently in The Hallow at the surface layer. Pixies hover a limited height over ground, emitting a fair amount of flickering light, and can inflict the Slow or Silenced debuffs. They always drop Pixie Dust, a common Hardmode crafting material.

Notes

• Although Pixies appear to "fly", they are only capable of hovering about four tiles above the ground at most, limiting them to a similar horizontal "jumping" range as a Zombie. However, Pixies can also "climb" vertical walls in order to reach the player, limiting the effectiveness of pit traps.
• Pixies' movement patterns complicate farming, as they float above shallow pools of lava and their bobbing movement makes it difficult to hit them with stationary traps. Minions with close-range attacks, such as Spiders, Ravens and Deadly Spheres, can mitigate this difficulty.
• Pixies can drop the Megaphone and Fast Clock at the same time. When one of them is dropped (a 1*1/100 (1%) / 2*1/50 (2%) chance), there is a 1*1/100 (1%) (2*1/50 (2%)) chance to drop the other one as well. Therefore, the chance to drop both is 0.01*1/10000 (0.01%) (0.04*1/2500 (0.04%)).

Trivia

• The Fairy Bell summons a Fairy which looks similar to a Pixie, and serves as a light source to players.
• The Pixie's design is a nod to a fairy design from the fantasy action-adventure video game franchise The Legend of Zelda, in which some fairies are spheres of colored light with wings.
• In some older versions, Pixie sound effects, along with a few others, would become distorted under certain conditions.^Verify
• The sound the Pixie makes can sometimes still be heard a few seconds after it is killed.
• If the surface of the Hallow does not spawn in a world (such as if the Jungle already occupies that space), it may be necessary to farm Pixie drops in another world.

• The Bestiary entry for the Pixie: "A larger, more luminous form of fairy. Pixies provide the Hallow with more blessed light and aid in the cleansing of the land."

See also

• Blue Fairy
• Green Fairy
• Pink Fairy
• Empress of Light

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: No longer has a chance to drop the Blessed Apple.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Dark Mummy and Pixie usually no longer drop both Status Protection accessories at the same time, 99% of the time.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Now has a chance to drop its respective Banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Now has a chance to drop the Fast Clock and the Megaphone.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced. (But hard to find in Corruption worlds)^Verify

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.