Eidolist
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The Eidolist is a Hardmode enemy that spawns in the 3rd and 4th layers of the Abyss after the Wall of Flesh or Calamitas Clone[1] has been defeated. The Primordial Wyrm also summons them during its first four phases.
It hovers in the air motionlessly and does not attack the player until damaged. Once provoked, it will attempt to fly towards the player, passing through tiles and teleporting periodically. It will also release Lightning Orbs and
Ice Mist that emits
ice shards. Both attacks are very similar to those of the Lunatic Cultist.
The lightning orb inflicts the Electrified debuff, and the ice mist and spikes inflict the Frozen and Chilled debuffs.
Notes
- Eidolists do not deal contact damage which opens them up for more aggressive players who struggle to close distance without suffering heavy hits of damage.
- For this reason, true melee weapons are extremely effective against this enemy.
- Only one Eidolist can be alive at once.
Trivia
- The
Bestiary entry for the Eidolist: "Once members of the dragon cult, they now beg the favor of a new master. They are able to live in the abyss indefinitely thanks to their wyrm-like form, allowing them to serve a new purpose."
- Judging by their appearance and behavior, they seem to be a Cultist partially transformed into an Eidolon Wyrm.
- The Eidolist still resembles an old sprite of the Eidolon Wyrm, which was heavily based off of the Ghost Leviathan from the aquatic exploration game, Subnautica.
History
These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.
- 2.0.3.002:
- Can now spawn after defeating Calamitas Clone.
- Changed the words "Dragon Cult" in its bestiary entry to be lower case.
- 2.0.2.001: Greatly increased spawn rate in the Abyss, and can now also spawn in layer 4.
- 1.5.0.002: Can no longer spawn in the Dungeon.
- 1.5.0.001: Resprited gores.
- 1.4.5.004: No longer gains a health boost in Death Mode.
- 1.4.5.001: Only one can spawn at a time.
- 1.4.3.001: Now drops Lunar Cultist Hood and Lunar Cultist Robe at a 10% chance instead of 100%.
- 1.4.2.108:
- Now has a unique death sound and no longer automatically aggros a player while a boss is alive.
- Now forcibly classified as organic for the purposes of finite use weaponry.
- 1.4.2.105: Fixed an oversight where they dropped Ectoplasm before defeating Plantera.
- 1.4.2.101: Can no longer spawn in layer 4 of the Abyss.
- 1.4.1.003: Decreased minimum coin drop amount from 2
to 1
.
- 1.3.4.101: Can now drop Lumenyl and Ectoplasm after defeating Calamitas.
- 1.3.4.001: Buffed health from 5000 / 10,000
/ 16,000
to 10,000 / 20,000
/ 26,000
.
- 1.3.3.011:
- No longer deals contact damage.
- No longer drops Eidolon Tablet if the Lunar Events are currently active.
- Lightning Orbs no longer deal damage.
- 1.3.3.001:
- Can now spawn at the beginning of Hardmode instead of after defeating Plantera.
- Can now drop Eidolon Tablet.
- Decreased aggression.
- 1.3.2.001: Introduced.
Footnotes
- ↑ Although Calamitas Clone is normally only fightable after Wall of Flesh, if Calamitas Clone is somehow defeated in a Pre-Hardmode world, such as in special seeds like get fixed boi or by bringing an Eye of Desolation to another world, Eidolists will begin spawning.