Rainbow SlimeHardmode exclusive
Drops
- Item (Quantity)Rate
100%
100%
The Rainbow Slime is a rare Hardmode slime that spawns in The Hallow ((Old-gen console and 3DS versions) on non-Hallowed blocks) while it is raining. It constantly changes color, as do the Rainbow Bricks it drops.
Like most other slimes, the Rainbow Slime will be passive towards any player with the Royal Gel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) accessory equipped.
It is one of the few entities that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) or its upgrades.
Notes
- Rainbow Slimes can also spawn on Hallowed blocks that are submerged in water.
Achievements

Gelatin World Tour •
“Defeat every type of slime there is!”Defeat at least one of every type of
slime.
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Slimer •
“You have killed every type of slime!”Defeat at least one of every type of
slime.
(Old-gen console version)
Tips
- (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) One way to encounter Rainbow Slimes in the Hallowed forest biome is to set up a Water Candle inside the edge of the Hallow and wait at this location until it rains, allowing enemies to spawn off screen on non-Hallowed blocks. Alternatively, Hallowed blocks can be covered with snow or bricks of some kind to allow Rainbow Slimes to spawn, though this will prevent other Hallow enemies from spawning.
- Another way is to place about 200 blocks of Pearlstone, Pearlsand, or Pink Ice above the surface and wait for the rain with the Water Candle and Battle Potion ready. To avoid Forest transformation to Hallow, proper spacing is required.
- Rainbow Slimes are also able to spawn on platforms. Setting up a large number of platforms may thus increase the likelihood of discovering one. The platforms must be somewhere off-screen, as enemies normally cannot spawn on the same screen as the player.
Trivia
- The Rainbow Slime is the largest non-boss slime and deals the most damage out of all slimes, surpassing King Slime and Queen Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).
- If the player shoots a Rainbow Slime with a Heart Arrow(3DS version), it will fade to a gray color, but will return after the effect is over.
- The
Bestiary entry for the Rainbow Slime: "These blessing-infused gelatin menaces glow vibrantly in a rainbow of hues. As a result, they require a constant liquid intake."
History
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Can now drop the Blessed Apple.
- Can now drop its own respective banner.
King
Queen(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- 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) - Alien Skater(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Dinosaur
- Baby Eater
- Baby Face Monster(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Grinch
- Baby Hornet
- Baby Imp(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Ogre(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Penguin
- Baby Red Panda(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Skeletron Head
- Baby Snowman
- Baby Truffle
- Baby Werewolf(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Black Cat
- Bunny(Desktop and Mobile versions)
- Cursed Sapling
- Destroyer-Lite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dynamite Kitten(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Eater of Worms(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Estee(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Everscream Sapling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Eyeball Spring
- Fennec Fox(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Flying Piggy Bank(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Glittery Butterfly(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hoardragon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Honey Bee(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ice Queen(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Itsy Betsy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Lil' Harpy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Lizard
- Mini Minotaur
- Mini Prime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Moonling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Parrot
- Phantasmal Dragon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Plantera Seedling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Plantero(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Puppy(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Propeller Gato(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Rez and Spaz(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sapling
- Shadow Mimic(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Shark Pup(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Skeletron Jr.(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Slime Prince(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Slime Princess(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Spider
- Spider Brain(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Squashling
- Sugar Glider(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Suspicious Eye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Tiki Spirit
- Turtle
- Tiny Fishron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Void Portal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Volt Bunny(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Zephyr Fish
- Bat(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
- Guinea Pig(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
- Slime(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
- Tiphia(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
- Werewolf(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
- Zombie(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
- Android
- Cupid(3DS version)
- Elfa(3DS version)
- Leprechaun o'Fyffe
- Abigail(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Finch(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Baby Slime
- Deadly Sphere(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Desert Tiger(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Enchanted Dagger(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hornet(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Imp(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Pirate(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Pygmy
- Raven
- Sanguine Bat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sharknado
- Spider(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Stardust Cell(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Stardust Dragon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Terraprisma(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Twins(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- UFO(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vampire Frog(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ballista(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Explosive Trap(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Flameburst Tower(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Forbidden Sign(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Frost Hydra
- Lightning Aura(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Lunar Portal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Queen Spider(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Rainbow Crystal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Stardust Guardian(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Basilisk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bee(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Book(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bunny(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Cute Fishron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dark Horse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Flamingo(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Goat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Golf Cart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Lava Shark(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Majestic Horse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Painted Horse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Pigron(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Pirate Ship(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Pogo Stick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Rudolph
- Santank(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Scutlix(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Slime(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Turtle(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Tree(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- UFO(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Unicorn(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Winged Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Witch's Broom(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)