Black Slime

Black Slime

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Slime
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Slime AI
Damage	15/30›54›80/45›81›120
Max Life	45/90›198›296/135›297›444
Defense	4/4›8›12
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Banner	Black Slime Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Darkness
Debuff tooltip	Decreased light vision
Chance	25%
Duration	15 seconds30 seconds

Drops

Coins	20Pre-Hardmode: 50Hardmode: 80Post-Plantera: 120

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Gel (2–5)
  100%
• Slime Staff
  0.01%0.014%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: -6

Black Slimes are a variety of slime that only spawn in the Cavern layer. When a Black Slime attacks, it has a chance to inflict the Darkness debuff, which decreases the radius that light sources will illuminate, making it more difficult to see.

Like most other slimes, the Black Slime will be passive towards any player with the Royal Gel accessory equipped.

On  PC,  Console,  Mobile,  Old Chinese, 3DS,  tModLoader, and  tModLoader Legacy, they can rarely be found carrying bonus drops, which the player receives upon the slime's death.

Notes

• Similar to Mother and Baby Slimes, the Black Slime blends slightly with the background of the Cavern layer, making it difficult to detect. As such, it can often catch players off-guard.

Achievement

Gelatin World Tour • “Defeat every type of slime there is!”

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.

Category: Challenger

Slimer • “You have killed every type of slime!”

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.

Tips

• A Hunter Potion can be used to detect Black Slimes, as the slime will turn red in the dark.
• Using a Night Owl Potion can counter the Darkness debuff Black Slimes inflict.

Trivia

• It is the only slime that does not drop its own color of Gel.
• Despite Black Slimes inflicting the Darkness debuff, they do not drop the Blindfold.

The Bestiary entry for the Black Slime: "A simple, gelatinous creature that swallows anything and everything whole! It takes a long time to digest anything."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Now has a chance to spawn in Hardmode, for the sake of Bestiary completion.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Now carries bonus drops.
  • Now drops its own respective banner.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Now inflicts the Darkness debuff.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Now floats in liquids and does not make a splash sound when hitting water.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.