Blood Squid

  

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Blood SquidHardmode exclusive

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Blood Moon
AI Type	Flying AI
Damage	60/120/180 (contact) 70140210 (Blood Shot)
Max Life	750/1500/2250
Defense	16
KB Resist	100%
Banner	Blood Squid Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Immune to

Drops

Coins	5 SC12 SC50 CC

Projectile created

Projectile created

Projectile created

• Blood Shot
  

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Blood Shot

• Internal NPC ID: 619
• Internal Projectile ID: 811

The Blood Squid is a flying Hardmode enemy summoned by the Dreadnautilus during a Blood Moon. It resembles a regular Squid, but is larger, redder-colored, and has multiple eyes on its body, similar to the Drippler. The Dreadnautilus always summons Blood Squids in groups of three.

The Blood Squid attempts to close in on the player before firing a single red Blood Shot projectile at the player, similar to the Dreadnautilus's own Blood Shots, but with higher damage. Like the Dreadnautilus, it recoils after each shot.

Notes

• If the Blood Squid is within 25 tiles of the player and has clear line of sight, it will fire Blood Shots once every 2 seconds.^[1]
  • Hitting the Blood Squid will reduce its attack cooldown by 0.17 seconds, allowing it to attack faster.
  • If the Blood Squid does not have a line of sight to the player or if the player is not close enough when its attack cooldown ends, then the cooldown will be reset to 1.17 seconds.
  • The Blood Shots can be aimed at any point within a 12.5×12.5-tile square centered on the player, meaning they are fairly inaccurate and could miss even if the player is standing still.
• The Blood Shots fired by Blood Squids cannot go through blocks, unlike the ones fired by the Dreadnautilus.^[2]
• Blood Squids will quickly fly upwards and despawn if it becomes daytime.

Trivia

• Despite being a squid, water will still slow down its movement.
• The Blood Squid's anatomy resembles that of a vampire squid, small deep-sea cephalopods native to temperate and tropical oceans at extreme, lightless depths.
• The Blood Squid has its own banner, unlike most other summoned enemies like Shadowflame Apparitions, Baby Slimes, Slimelings, and Chattering Teeth Bombs.

• The Bestiary entry for the Blood Squid: "Summoned in small groups by the Nautilus to aid their master in battle. Thick are the streams of blood squirted from their bodies."

• This entry refers to the Dreadnautilus as just the Nautilus.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Health reduced from 1000 to 750.
  • Projectile damage reduced from 100 to 70.
  • Projectiles are more lit up/visible at night.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.

References