Cave Bat

Cave Bat

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Bat AI
Damage	13/26›92›116/39›138›174
Max Life	16/32›140›176/48›210›264
Defense	2/2›8›10
KB Resist	20%/28%/36%
Banner	Cave Bat Banner

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Feral Bite
Debuff tooltip	Increased damage, Decreased life regen, Causes status effects
Chance	10%
Duration	30 - 90 seconds

Drops

Coins	90Pre-Hardmode: 225Hardmode: 720Post-Plantera: 9

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Chain Knife
  0.4%
• Depth Meter
  1%
  0.5% 1%
• Bat Bat
  0.4%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 49

The Cave Bat is a common type of Bat found only in the Cavern layer. They are fairly small, and can be difficult to hit with certain weapons. One is to proceed with caution when entering caves early on, as the Cave Bat can pose a moderate threat when one is not prepared to deal with them. If a world is in Expert Mode, they can inflict the Feral Bite Debuff as well as dealing more damage, making them much more dangerous than those on a classic world. Like most other bats, they cannot enter water.

Notes

• Once a world enters Hardmode, Cave Bats will be mostly overrun by Giant Bats, making them a bit less common than they were pre-Hardmode.
• Cave Bats, as well as Jungle Bats, Hellbats, and Spore Bats have an unused frame in the animation that seems to depict a Cave Bat hanging upside down. This may mean that bats were originally planned to be able to hang on ceilings but was later decided against.
• If a Cave Bat flies against a wall, it bounces off and tries to fly in the direction of the player once again. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes it drops a depth meter.

Tips

• Players can easily farm for the Cave Bat's item drops if they have a Bat Statue. The bats spawned won't drop any coins, but they will still drop items if summoned with the statue, as long as they are not killed by lava or traps.

Trivia

The Bestiary entry for the Cave Bat: "They are small, hard to see, and swiftly flap about in unpredictable ways. They often carry diseases, such as rabies."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.3: Now drops the Bat Bat.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Now has a chance of inflicting Feral Bite upon hitting a player in Expert Mode.
  • Now drops the Cave Bat Banner instead.
  • Increased drop chance of the Depth Meter.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop the Bat Banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Now has a chance of dropping Depth Meter and Chain Knife.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Health reduced from 25 to 16; damage reduced from 15 to 13.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • May no longer enter water and doesn't make a splash sound when hitting water.
  • Now have a specific death sound effect.
  • Health reduced from 45 to 25; damage reduced from 25 to 15.

• Desktop 1.0.4: 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.