Sea Snail

Sea Snail

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Aquatic
Environment	Ocean
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	20/40›72/60›108
Max Life	40/80›176/120›264
Defense	10/10›20
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Banner	Sea Snail Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Immune to

Drops

Coins	60 CCPre-Hardmode: 1 SC50 CCHardmode: 2 SC40 CC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Purple Mucus(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  100%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 220

The Sea Snail is a rare pre-Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Ocean. The Sea Snail's spawn rate is the lowest of all enemies in the Ocean, one-third that of Squids. It slowly crawls along the seafloor while attempting to deal contact damage. When killed, it drops Purple Mucus, which is used solely to craft Purple Dye at a Dye Vat.

It is one of the few entities that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) or its upgrades.

Trivia

• It closely resembles the Syrinx aruanus (commonly known as Australian trumpet or false trumpet), the largest extant snail (shelled gastropod) species in the world, and the largest (heaviest) gastropod in the world.
• The Murex sea snail was used to create purple dye, a dye that was so rare that its value was its own weight in gold. This is also why most country flags do not contain purple.

• The Bestiary entry for the Sea Snail: "This unusually large snail makes its home deep in the ocean. Its mucus can be manufactured into a purple dye."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Fixed a typo in the Bestiary description ("mucous" to "mucus").

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Can now be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Can now drop its own respective banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.