Alien Larva

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

Alien LarvaHardmode exclusive

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Lunar Events
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	50/100/150
Max Life	200/400/600
Defense	6
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Banner	Alien Larva Banner
Immune to

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 428

The Alien Larva is a Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist enemy which appears around the Vortex Pillar during the Lunar Events. They move fairly slow along the ground. A number of these spawn on the death of an Alien Queen. If unattended, they will grow into Alien Hornets, which in turn become Alien Queens later on.

Trivia

The Bestiary entry for the Alien Larva: "The larval stage of the alien hornets. They may seem weak and harmless, but if ignored they will evolve into powerful beings."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Now included in the Alien Queen family "cap". For context: the game has a cap on how many Alien Hornets and Alien Queens could be in play, to prevent evolving Queens from becoming too numerous. However, Larvae were not part of that cap, and so could spawn and evolve up into Hornets/Queens normally, eventually creating overwhelming numbers. After this change, Alien Larvae simply won't spawn on Queen death once this internal limit is reached.

• 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.