Eater of Worlds

Eater of WorldsTerror of the Corruption

Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	Corruption
Life	12,000 (effective total): 4,000 (total per phase) [x3]
KB resist	100%

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The Eater of Worlds is a Pre-Hardmode boss fought in the Corruption.

Spawn

The Eater of Worlds is summoned by using Worm Food while inside the Corruption, or by destroying 3 Shadow Orbs present in the chasms of the Corruption.

Behavior

Phase 1Phase 2Phase 3

Eater of WorldsPhase One

Statistics

Life	4,000 / 4,000 (total)
KB resist	100%

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All of the Eater of Worlds' segments share a singular health pool. It performs attacks from the following attack pool at random:

Slither (Default Movement Set)

• The Eater of Worlds moves towards the player at moderate speed.
• When the Eater comes within 25 tiles of the player, it accelerates and straightens out for a moment. It resumes chasing when it exits this range.

Cursed Bomb Burst

• The Eater of Worlds becomes 1.15x faster and periodically spits out Cursed Flame Bombs.
• Each Cursed Flame Bomb explodes into 5 Cursed Bullets after 2.5 seconds.
• This attack lasts for 9 seconds.
• The Eater always begins each phase with this attack.

Vilethorn Charge

• The Eater of Worlds becomes very slow and attempts to circle the player. Vilethorn sprouts appear evenly spaced along solid tiles at the player's level, which project telegraph lines above them at slightly randomized angles and heights. The sprouts rapidly grow Corrupt Thorn pillars which match the lines' dimensions after 1 second. The pillars disappear after 5 seconds.
• During this attack, the Eater periodically spits out 4 Cursed Bullets in random directions. It will also occasionally roar and speed up for a moment.
• This attack lasts for 9 seconds.

Shadow Orb

• The Eater of Worlds becomes 1.15x faster and summons a Shadow Orb.
  • This does nothing.

Eater of WorldsPhase Two

Statistics

Life	4,000 / 4,000 (total)
KB resist	100%

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The first time the Eater of Worlds is brought to zero health, it splits into two smaller worms, each half the length of the original. Both worms share a singular health pool and perform the same attacks in sync. The Eater of Worlds also gains the ability to summon Shade Nimbuses in Phase 2.

The boss performs attacks from the following attack pool at random:

Rain Hover

• Each Eater of Worlds hovers loosely above the player, its head spawning Shade Nimbuses at a rate of roughly two per second. Shade Nimbuses constantly rain harmful shadow drops downward while alive.
• This attack ends after 8 seconds.

Slither (Default Movement Set)

• Each Eater of Worlds moves towards the player at moderate speed.
• When an Eater comes within 25 tiles of the player, it accelerates and straightens out for a moment. It resumes chasing when it exits this range.
• The Eaters' heads attempt to distance themselves from each other.

Cursed Bomb Burst

• Each Eater of Worlds periodically spits out Cursed Flame Bombs.
• Each Cursed Flame Bomb explodes into 5 Cursed Bullets after 2.5 seconds.
• This attack lasts for 9 seconds.
• The boss always begins its second phase with this attack.

Vilethorn Charge

• Each Eater of Worlds becomes very slow and attempts to circle the player. Vilethorn sprouts appear evenly spaced along solid tiles at the player's level, which project telegraph lines above them at slightly randomized angles and heights. The sprouts rapidly grow Corrupt Thorn pillars which match the lines' dimensions after 1 second. The pillars disappear after 5 seconds.
• During this attack, the Eaters periodically spit out 4 Cursed Bullets in random directions. They will also occasionally roar and speed up for a moment.
• This attack lasts for 9 seconds.

Shadow Orb

• Each Eater of Worlds becomes 1.15x faster and summons a Shadow Orb.
  • This does nothing.

Eater of WorldsPhase Three

Statistics

Life	4,000 / 4,000 (total)
KB resist	100%

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The second time the Eater of Worlds is brought to zero health, it splits again into four smaller worms, each half the length of the original. All four worms share a singular health pool and perform the same attacks in sync. The boss also gains the ability to perform a synchronized slam into the ground in Phase 3.

The boss performs attacks from the following attack pool at random:

Downward Slam

• All Eaters of Worlds fly directly upward for 1.25 seconds before plummeting downwards into the ground, producing a damaging shockwave that rapidly spreads outward.

Rain Hover

• Each Eater of Worlds hovers loosely above the player, its head spawning Shade Nimbuses at a rate of roughly two per second. Shade Nimbuses constantly rain harmful shadow drops downward while alive.
• This attack ends after 8 seconds.

Slither (Default Movement Set)

• Each Eater of Worlds moves towards the player at moderate speed.
• When an Eater comes within 25 tiles of the player, it accelerates and straightens out for a moment. It resumes chasing when it exits this range.
• The Eaters' heads attempt to distance themselves from each other.

Cursed Bomb Burst

• Each Eater of Worlds periodically spits out Cursed Flame Bombs.
• Each Cursed Flame Bomb explodes into 4 Cursed Bullets after 2.5 seconds.
• This attack lasts for 9 seconds.
• The boss always begins its second phase with this attack.

Vilethorn Charge

• Each Eater of Worlds becomes very slow and attempts to circle the player. Vilethorn sprouts appear evenly spaced along solid tiles at the player's level, which project telegraph lines above them at slightly randomized angles and heights. The sprouts rapidly grow Corrupt Thorn pillars which match the lines' dimensions after 1 second. The pillars disappear after 5 seconds.
• During this attack, the Eaters periodically spit out 4 Cursed Bullets in random directions. They will also occasionally roar and speed up for a moment.
• This attack lasts for 9 seconds.

Shadow Orb

• Each Eater of Worlds becomes 1.15x faster and summons a Shadow Orb.
  • This does nothing.

The Eater of Worlds can only split twice, and dies when its health is brought to zero for the third time.

Aftermath

• The Merchant will begin selling Healing Potions and Mana Potions.

Tips

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Eater of Worlds: "Conceived from the bottomless malice of the Corruption, this might abyssal worm tunnels wildly to devour all in its path."

• The Eater of Worlds's theme is Maw of the Corruption, which was composed by the artist PinpinNeon.