Hornet

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
Damage	20
Max Life	75
Defense	20
Coins	40
Stinger

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Flying AI
Banner	Hornet Banner
Immune to
Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	33%100%
Duration	102–10 or 20 seconds
Hurt
Killed
Stinger

Not to be confused with the Moss Hornet, a similar Hardmode enemy.

Hornets are flying enemies found in the Underground Jungle. They follow the Flying AI, floating just out of reach and then charging the player, while also firing stinger projectiles (at an increased rate in Expert Mode).

These stingers have a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff on the player for 10 seconds. In Expert mode, the chance is 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) for 20 seconds and 66.67*2/3 (66.67%) for 2–10 seconds. The stingers cannot be destroyed with weapons and travel at about the same speed as the darts from a Dart Trap.

Variants[]

All variants of Hornets have identical drops. The Moss Hornet is not a variant of the pre-Hardmode Hornet.

Classic

Expert

Master

2 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode
3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera

NPC ID		Health	Damage	Defense	KB Resist	Coins
42	Hornet	48/96›104›210/144›156›315	26/52›46›92/78›69›138	12/12›12›24	50%/55%/60%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-16	Little Stinger	40/81›88›178/122›132›267	22/44›39›78/66›58›117	10/10›10›20	43%/48%/54%	170Pre-Hardmode: 425Hardmode: 340Post-Plantera: 680
-17	Big Stinger	57/115›124›252/172›187›378	31/62›55›110/93›82›165	14/14›14›28	60%/64%/68%	240Pre-Hardmode: 6Hardmode: 480Post-Plantera: 960
231	Fatty Hornet	50/100›110›220/150›165›330	22/44›38›78/66›57›117	16/16›16›32	70%/73%/76%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-56	Little Fatty Hornet	42/85›93›187/127›140›280	18/37›32›66/56›48›99	13/13›13›27	66%/69%/72%	170Pre-Hardmode: 425Hardmode: 340Post-Plantera: 680
-57	Big Fatty Hornet	62/125›137›275/187›206›412	27/55›47›97/82›71›146	20/20›20›40	78%/80%/82%	250Pre-Hardmode: 625Hardmode: 5Post-Plantera: 10
232	Honey Hornet	42/84›92›184/126›138›276	28/56›50›100/84›75›150	12/12›12›24	40%/46%/52%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-58	Little Honey Hornet	33/67›73›147/100›110›220	22/44›40›80/67›60›120	9/9›9›19	28%/35%/42%	160Pre-Hardmode: 4Hardmode: 320Post-Plantera: 640
-59	Big Honey Hornet	48/96›105›211/144›158›317	32/64›57›114/96›86›172	13/13›13›27	49%/54%/59%	229Pre-Hardmode: 575Hardmode: 459Post-Plantera: 919
233	Leafy Hornet	38/76›82/114›123	30/60›54/90›81	14	55%/60%/64%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4
-60	Little Leafy Hornet	34/69›75/104›113	27/55›49/82›74	12	51%/56%/61%	184Pre-Hardmode: 460Hardmode: 368
-61	Big Leafy Hornet	41/83›90/125›135	33/66›59/99›89	15	60%/64%/68%	220Pre-Hardmode: 550Hardmode: 440
234	Spikey Hornet	42/84›92›184/126›138›276	32/64›56›114/96›84›171	6/6›6›12	45%/51%/56%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-62	Little Spikey Hornet	32/65›71›143/98›107›215	24/49›43›88/74›65›133	4/4›4›9	33%/40%/46%	156Pre-Hardmode: 390Hardmode: 312Post-Plantera: 624
-63	Big Spikey Hornet	48/97›106›213/146›160›320	37/74›64›132/111›97›198	6/6›6›13	54%/58%/63%	231Pre-Hardmode: 580Hardmode: 463Post-Plantera: 927
235	Stingy Hornet	38/76›82›166/114›123›249	34/68›60›122/102›90›183	4/4›4›8	40%/46%/52%	2Pre-Hardmode: 5Hardmode: 4Post-Plantera: 8
-64	Little Stingy Hornet	33/66›71›144/99›107›216	29/59›52›106/88›78›159	3/3›3›6	32%/39%/46%	174Pre-Hardmode: 435Hardmode: 348Post-Plantera: 696
-65	Big Stingy Hornet	45/91›99›200/137›148›301	41/82›72›147/123›108›221	4/4›4›9	53%/57%/62%	242Pre-Hardmode: 65Hardmode: 484Post-Plantera: 968

Trivia[]

Though the Dragon Hornet appears to have only one stinger like the Hornet, it can drop up to three.
In reality, a hornet is a type of wasp.
- Despite real hornets not being able to shoot their stingers, they can sting multiple times and can potentially be fatal, especially to those who are allergic.
The Hornet's gore sprites use a beta design of it from a prototype build of Terraria.

The Bestiary entry for the Hornet: "Aggressive flying insects which swarm the jungle depths. Their venomous barbs discharge over great distances at high velocity."

History[]

PC version

Desktop 1.4.4.9: Sprites updated.

Desktop 1.3.5: Sprites updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Hornets will no longer shoot at you while Stealthed.

Desktop 1.2.3: Will no longer drop the Ancient Cobalt Helmet and the Ancient Cobalt Leggings together.

Desktop 1.2: Health and damage reduced by 4% and 24% respectively.
- Now have a chance to drop Ancient Cobalt armor when killed.

Desktop 1.1: Melee damage reduced from 45/38/32 to 40/34/28 respectively.

Desktop 1.0.6:
- Poisonous stinger projectile added.
- Hornets are now correctly unable to enter water.

Desktop 1.0.5:
- Should not enter water from now on.
- Doesn't make a splash sound when hitting water.
- Variants Big Stinger and Little Stinger introduced.
- Hornets no longer drop Jungle armor, which is instead crafted by the player.

Desktop 1.0.4: Hornets no longer appear as if they are about to flip over while flying.

Desktop-Release: Introduced.

Console version

Console 1.0.933.1: Removed Dragon Hornet. ()

Console 1.0.750.0: Removed Dragon Hornet. ()

Console 1.02: Dragon Hornet drops added.

Console-Release: Introduced along with Dragon Hornet variant.

Nintendo Switch version

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile 1.3.0.7: Removed Dragon Hornet.

Mobile 1.1.5536: Dragon Hornet now drops Stingers.

Mobile-Release: Introduced along with Dragon Hornet variant.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced along with Dragon Hornet variant.

Hornet

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Variants[]

Trivia[]

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