Granite Golem

  

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Granite Golem

Shield state

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Granite Cave
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	30/60›54/90›81
Max Life	110/220›242/330›363
Defense	18
KB Resist	65%/69%/72%
Banner	Granite Golem Banner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Immune to

Drops

Coins	5 SCPre-Hardmode: 12 SC50 CCHardmode: 10 SC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Spaghetti(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  2%
• Granite Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (5–10)
  100%
• Night Vision Helmet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  3.3%
• Geode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  5%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 482

The Granite Golem is a pre-Hardmode enemy that spawns in Granite Caves. Every five seconds, it will shield itself from all attacks for two seconds^[1], making it completely invulnerable. It can still deal damage to players during this invulnerable state should they walk into it.

Like the Granite Elemental, it will always drop a small amount of Granite Blocks. It can also rarely drop the Night Vision Helmet.

Notes

• The Granite Golem enters its invulnerable state every five seconds; hitting it reduces the current cooldown period by 0.25 seconds. It can only enter the invulnerable state if it is standing on any kind of surface.^[1]

Tips

• The player will know they are near a Granite Cave if they are able to hear the grunts the Granite Golem occasionally emits.
• Granite Golems can be summoned by activating a Granite Golem Statue with Wire. This can be a very useful way of farming them for Geodes, which drop gems, and the Night Vision Helmet, which sells for 1 GC each.

Trivia

• Until 1.3.5, enemies had an unused internal name. The Granite Golem's name was Grolem^[2], a portmanteau of granite and golem, in similar style to the Granite Elemental's Grelimental.
• In Jewish folklore, a golem (/ˈɡoʊləm/, GOH-ləm; Hebrew: גולם‎) is an animated anthropomorphic being that is created entirely from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing.

• The Bestiary entry for the Granite Golem: "Strong are the magicked spirits which inhabit the granite masses deep below, this type in particular taking on a humanoid shape."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now has a 5% chance of dropping the Geode, and a 2% chance of dropping the Spaghetti food item.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Changed inconsistent banner name from "Grolem Banner" to "Granite Golem Banner".

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• 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.

References