Undead Miner

Undead Miner

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Undead Enemy
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	22/44›38›78/66›57›117
Max Life	70/140›154›308/210›231›462
Defense	9/9›9›18
KB Resist	50%/55%/60%
Banner	Undead Miner Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Immune to

Drops

Coins	2 SC50 CCPre-Hardmode: 6 SC25 CCHardmode: 5 SCPost-Plantera: 10 SC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Steak(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  10%
• Bone Pickaxe
  5% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  2% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Mining Helmet
  5% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• One of the following four items will always be dropped
• Hook
  4%
• Mining Shirt
  12% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  2.4% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Mining Pants
  12% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  2.4% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Bomb (1–3)
  72% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  91.2% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 44

 Old-gen console and 3DS
Exclusive Variant

Vampire Miner

Statistics

Type	Undead Enemy
Damage	30
Max Life	90
Defense	9
Banner	Vampire Miner Banner(Old-gen console version)

Drops

Coins	90 CC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Bomb (1–3)
  91.2%
• Hook
  4%
• Mining Shirt
  2.4%
• Mining Pants
  2.4%
• Vial of Blood(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
  10%

• Internal NPC ID: 1003

"Vampire Miner" redirects here. For the Solar Eclipse enemy, see Vampire.

The Undead Miner (and Vampire Miner(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)) is a pre-Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Cavern layer and follows the Fighter AI. Undead Miners wear a Mining Helmet, which provides a small amount of light around them. This light makes them much easier to find and can sometimes reveal sealed caves, much like blooming Blinkroot. Undead Miners can open doors. On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, they can only do so during Blood Moons or in Graveyards.

Killing them is the only way to obtain the Bone Pickaxe, Mining Shirt, and the Mining Pants. The Mining Helmet can be obtained from Undead Miners, but can also be bought from the Merchant for (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 4 GC / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 8 GC.

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

Notes

• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) The Vampire Miner does not take extra damage from the Stake Launcher, unlike the Vampire from the Solar Eclipse, even though they are both vampires.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Vampire Miners do not wear the Mining Helmet and do not drop it. However, they still give off light like the Undead Miner.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Undead Miner: "There's evidence of spelunkers having explored the caverns in the past... as well as evidence of them having died doing so."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Bone Pickaxe drop chance increased from 1/50 (2%) to 1/20 (5%).
  • Mining Shirt and Pants drop chances each increased from 3/125 (2.4%) to 3/25 (12%).
  • Bomb drop chance decreased from 114/125 (91.2%) to 18/25 (72%).

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Can now be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer.
  • Now has a chance to drop Steak.
  • Now can only open doors or Tall Gates during Blood Moon, or rarely in Graveyard.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Undead Miners now have a chance to drop Mining Helmets.
  • Can now drop its own respective banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Now has a chance to drop a Bone Pickaxe.

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Now drops the Mining Shirt and Mining Pants.
  • Bomb drop chance decreased from 24/25 (96%) to 114/125 (91.2%).
  • No longer immune to On Fire! debuff.

• Desktop 1.0.4:
  • Name changed from Dead Miner to Undead Miner.
  • Health increased from 60 to 70, defense increased from 8 to 9, damage increased from 20 to 22.

• Desktop 1.0.3: Introduced as Dead Miner.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Removed Vampire Miner. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Removed Vampire Miner. ()

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Removed Vampire Miner.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.