Cursed Skull

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Undead EnemyFlying Enemy
Environment	Dungeon
AI Type	Cursed Skull AI
Damage	35/70›62/105›93
Max Life	40/80›88/120›132
Defense	6
KB Resist	80%/82%/84%
Banner	Cursed Skull Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Cursed
Debuff tooltip	Cannot use any items
Chance	33%
Duration	4 seconds8 seconds10 seconds

Drops

Coins	150Pre-Hardmode: 375Hardmode: 3

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Golden Key
  1.53%
• Bone (1–32–6)
  98.07%100%
• Nazar
  1%2%
• Bone Wand
  0.4%
• Tally Counter
  1%
• Cream Soda
  1.43%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 34

 Old-gen console and 3DS
Exclusive Variant

Dragon Skull

Statistics

Type	Undead EnemyFlying Enemy
Damage	20
Max Life	75
Defense	8

Drops

Coins	1

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Golden Key
  1.5%
• Bone (1–3)
  98.5%
• Nazar
  1%

• Internal NPC ID: 1012

The Cursed Skull (and the Dragon Skull on  Old-gen console,  Windows Phone, and 3DS) is a flying enemy found only in the Dungeon. It is similar to the Meteor Head, with high damage, slow speed, and the ability to travel through tiles. It floats slowly towards the player, occasionally stopping to float in a circle around them for a while, before suddenly lunging forward to attack, similar to the Eye of Cthulhu. When striking a player, the Cursed Skull has a decent chance to apply the Cursed debuff. This renders the player unable to use items, including Weapons, Potions, and Grappling Hooks, making it very difficult to avoid further damage.

They are much more likely to appear in Dungeon areas where there are Brick Walls.

Tips[]

• Cursed Skulls can be attacked through walls with melee weapons. Weapons with long range like Spears work well. This may, however, result in drops being trapped inside of the wall beyond the player's reach.
• Cursed Skulls and Dragon Skulls can, rather rarely, drop more than 3/6 Bones when defeated.
• Cursed Skulls are effective enemies to farm for the Nazar, since they spawn more often than the few other enemies that also drop it. This should preferably be done in Pre-Hardmode, since it is more difficult to obtain in Hardmode.

Trivia[]

• After Plantera is defeated, a similar enemy will spawn, the Giant Cursed Skull.
• This enemy is likely a reference to the Bubble enemy from the Legend of Zelda series, who inflicts the same debuff.
• They are one of several enemies to be turned into toys.

The Bestiary entry for the Cursed Skull: "Exposed to dark rituals, this skull has begun floating around on its own, chasing the living. Its touch leaves its victims defenseless."

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now drops the Cream Soda.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

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

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Can now drop the Nazar.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Can now apply the Cursed debuff.
  • No longer immune to knockback.
  • Now drop either 1-3 Bones or, more rarely, a Golden Key.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Sprite updated. Old sprite was .
  • Flaming animation removed.
  • No longer makes a splash sound when hitting water.
  • Can now pass through walls.
  • Life increased from 30 to 40
  • Damage increased from 25 to 35.
  • Defense decreased from 30 to 6.
  • Name changed from Burning Skull to Cursed Skull.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Removed Dragon Skull. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Removed Dragon Skull. ()

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Removed Dragon Skull.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.