Fire Imp

Fire Imp

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	The Underworld
AI Type	Caster AI
Damage	30/60›54/90›81
Max Life	70/140›154/210›231
Defense	16
KB Resist	50%/55%/60%
Banner	Fire Imp Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	350Pre-Hardmode: 875Hardmode: 7

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Plumber's Hat
  0.4%
• Obsidian Rose
  5%
• Shiren Hat
  0.4%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Attack
Teleport

• Internal NPC ID: 24

The Fire Imp is an uncommon caster enemy found only in the The Underworld. It fires Burning Spheres, which travel through blocks and have a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to inflict the On Fire! debuff. The Burning Spheres can easily be destroyed by hitting them with any weapon, minion, or damage-dealing tool or pet.

Like all casters, the Fire Imp will follow the pattern of firing three times, pausing for several seconds, and teleporting to another location on the screen.

Notes

• Fire Imps require a target space of at least four vertical air spaces and three horizontal air spaces to teleport into a location. Despite this, they only need three vertical air spaces and two horizontal ones to spawn.
• Fire Imps spawn more frequently as long as there are less than four other enemies on the screen.

Tips

• The Fire Imp can be stunlocked with many different minions, as their repeated attacks prevent it from firing.
• When farming for the Obsidian Rose, it can be useful to place a Water Candle and drinking a Battle Potion to boost the Fire Imps spawn rate.

Trivia

• The Fire Imps dropping the Plumber's Hat may be a reference to Mario's ability to shoot fireballs when getting a Fire Flower power-up, similar to the Burning Spheres that Fire Imps shoot. This is further supported by the Obsidian Rose that they drop, which references the Fire Flower power-up.
• Fire Imps could originally drop a Green Cap in the  Mobile version. Since an unknown update, this is no longer the case.
• The Slice of Hell Cake's description implies that their teleportation ability is not innate and must be learned.

The Bestiary entry for the Fire Imp: "A lesser demon imbued with hell magic. Capable of teleporting and hurling phantom fireballs towards their foes."

See also

• Imp Staff, which summons a Flying Imp minion resembling the Fire Imp
• Slice of Hell Cake, which summons a Baby Imp pet resembling the Fire Imp

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Now has a chance to drop its respective banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Fire Imps now have a chance to drop an Obsidian Rose.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Health decreased from 80 to 70.
  • Defense decreased from 20 to 16.
  • Their Burning Spheres can now inflict the On Fire! debuff.
  • Fire Imps no longer drop the Flower of Fire, which is instead found in Shadow Chests.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • A longer delay was added between the 3-shot volley and the next teleport.
  • Fire Imps are no longer damaged by lava.

• Desktop 1.0.4: Can now drop the Plumber's Hat.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.