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	71417.5 seconds

Debuff	Slow
Debuff tooltip	Movement speed is reduced
Chance	12.5%
Duration	153037.5 seconds

Drops

Coins	350875

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Pixie Dust (1-3)
  100%
• Fast Clock
  1%2%
• Megaphone
  1%2%
• Blessed Apple
  0.5%0.67%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 75

Not to be confused with Fairies, or Pixie Dust

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.^[1] 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), one can convert an area of jungle (or any surface area really) by replacing mud with dirt and planting hallow seeds bought from the Dryad. Or 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[]

 PC 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.

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