Desert Spirit

  

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Desert SpiritHardmode exclusive

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Desert + Underground Corruption Underground Desert + Underground Crimson
AI Type	Caster AI
Damage	40/80/120 (contact) 6088132 (Desert Spirit's Curse)
Max Life	220/440/660
Defense	20
KB Resist	100%
Banner	Desert Spirit Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Immune to

Drops

Coins	12 SC30 SC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Only one of the following 2 items can drop at a time
• Desert Spirit Lamp(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  2.5%
• Djinn's Curse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  3.25%

Projectile created

Projectile created

Projectile created

• Desert Spirit's Curse
  

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Desert Spirit's Curse
Teleport

• Internal NPC ID: 533
• Internal Projectile ID: 596

The Desert Spirit is a Hardmode enemy that can be found in Corrupted or Crimson Underground Desert biomes. The Desert Spirit has an attack pattern that is unique compared to most enemies. Upon appearing near a player, it will cast a single Desert Spirit's Curse, a colored projectile that attempts to home in on the nearest player, phasing through blocks and slowly gaining speed. After a certain amount of time, it will duplicate and explode. The projectiles themselves do not deal any damage, but their explosions do. Similar to other casters, the Desert Spirit will finally teleport to a different location and repeat the process.

Trivia

• Desert Spirits are references to jinns (anglicized as "genies"), mythical invisible spiritual creatures commonly associated with ancient and modern Arab Islamic mythology.
• The Desert Spirit's association with the Desert Spirit Lamp is a reference to the original tale of Aladdin from the Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights, where the titular protagonist summons a wish-granting genie by rubbing an oil lamp, who is bound to do the bidding of whoever is in possession of it.

• The Bestiary entry for the Desert Spirit: "Ancient magicks corrupted the minds of the once friendly desert djinns, releasing them full of hostility from their lamps."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: The damage of its Desert Spirit's Curse is reduced from 80/120/180 to 60/88/132.

• Desktop 1.3.3: Can now drop the Djinn's Curse and Desert Spirit Lamp.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Can now drop the Djinn's Curse and Desert Spirit Lamp.

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.