Ghost

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Undead Enemy
Environment	Graveyard
AI Type	Hovering AI
Damage	15/30›54›80/45›81›120
Max Life	50/100›220›330/150›330›495
Defense	4/4›8›12
KB Resist	50%/55%/60%
Banner	Ghost Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	90Pre-Hardmode: 225Hardmode: 360Post-Plantera: 540

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 316

The Ghost is a pre-Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Cavern and Underground layers during the Halloween seasonal event.

On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, Ghosts will spawn in the Graveyard mini-biome, regardless of time. They also have a chance to spawn when breaking Tombstones.

Ghosts behave like Wraiths, hovering above the ground and passing through solid tiles to reach the player. In order for Ghosts to travel up to players, they must have a solid block to pass through, or else they will stay hovering just above the ground.

Notes[]

• When a Tombstone is broken, there is a 50*1/2 (50%) chance it will cause a Ghost to spawn if there are already less than 2 Ghosts active in the world, and any of the following conditions are met:^[1]
  • It is nighttime.
  • The player is in a Graveyard biome.
  • The Tombstone was placed below the surface layer.

Tips[]

• Ghosts can be attacked through walls with melee weapons that cannot usually hit through walls – this makes spears and whips especially effective. Both are still great for dealing with large hordes of Ghosts, because they can hit many of them at once.
• In Journey Mode, even when the enemy spawn rate is set to 0× the normal rate, mining up Tombstones may still cause Ghosts to spawn.
• In multiplayer when another player dies, a ghost can spawn near a living player.

Trivia[]

• Ghosts are the only pre-hardmode enemies who have that death sound.

The Bestiary entry for the Ghost: "During the most harrowing times, these apparitions float aimlessly through the depths to steal the life from those they envy."

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Knockback resistance increased from 40% to 50%.
  • Damage decreased from 18 to 15.
  • Defense decreased from 8 to 4.
  • Health decreased from 70 to 50.

• Desktop 1.4.0.2: Ghosts are more likely to despawn, and the conditions which allow them to spawn has been reduced as well as the maximum number of them.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now appears in the Graveyard mini-biome and spawns when Tombstones are destroyed.

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

• Desktop 1.2.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Can now drop its own respective banner. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Can now drop its own respective banner. ()

• 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.

References[]