History:The Perforators

Main article: The Perforators

• 2.0.3.005: Now drops Flesh of Infidelity instead of Blood Clot Staff.

• 2.0.3.002: Changed the word "Gods" in the Perforator Hive's bestiary entry to be lower case.

• 2.0.3.001: All Perforator worms are no longer trackable by the vanilla boss health bar.

• 2.0.2.002:
  • Changed Boss Checklist Mod despawn message from "The parasitic hive began searching for a new host." to "The Perforators search for more hosts to gorge themselves on."
  • The Perforator Hive and all Perforators now properly display vanilla debuff colors and Hunter Potion effects.

• 2.0.1.001:
  • The Hive's Blood Geysers now last 10 seconds instead of 7, but have a maximum vertical speed of 12.
  • Now drop 10-15 Crimtane Bars, Vertebrae, and Crimson Seeds instead of 12-15 of each, and now drops 25-30 Blood Samples instead of 35-45.
  • Treasure Bag now drops 30-40 Blood Samples instead of 45-60 , and now drops 25-30 Ichor instead of 15-30 .

• 2.0.0.003: Fixed it and Hive Mind not being next to each on the Boss Checklist Mod.

• 2.0.0.001:
  • The Perforator Hive now gains 30% damage reduction while a Perforator is alive instead of becoming invulnerable.
  • The Perforator Hive now drops its loot when defeated even if all Perforators are not yet defeated.

• 1.5.1.003:
  • Now drops 15 .
  • Buffed Perforator Hive health from 4500 / 7200 / 8640 to 5000 / 8000 / 9600 .
  • Perforator Hive is no longer invulnerable while the Large Perforator is alive.
  • Perforator Worms now spawn at 75%, 50%, and 25% health respectively instead of 70%, 40%, and 10% on all world difficulties.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Perforator Hive to stick on top of the player and spaz out.

• 1.5.1.001:
  • Buffed The Perforator Hive health from 3750 / 6000 / 8640 to 4500 / 7200 / 8640 .
  • Smoothen The Perforator Hive's movement, overall making it slower.
  • Nerfed Small Perforator health from 1250 / 2125 / 2550 to 1000 / 2000 / 2400 .
  • Changed Medium Perforator health from 160 / 224 / 252 (1920 / 3584 / 4536 / 5040 total) to 150 / 300 / 360 (1800 / 4200 / 5400 / 5760 total).
  • Nerfed Medium Perforator segment count from 12 / 16 / 18 / 20 to 12 / 14 / 15 / 16 .
  • Buffed Medium Perforator fall speed but nerfed player tracking speed.
  • Nerfed Large Perforator health from 2500 / 5000 / 5400 to 2250 / 4500 / 5400 .
  • Nerfed Large Perforator fall speed after the lunge attack by 50%.
  • Nerfed all Perforators size modifiers in Death Mode from 125% to 120%.
  • The Hive and all worms are now vulnerable to cold, sickness, and heat debuffs.
  • All Perforators no longer drop Blood Samples, Crimtane Bars, or Vertebrae.
  • Blood Sample sprayed drops are now in stacks of 5.
  • Increased Blood Sample drop from The Perforator Hive from 25-30 / 30-40 to 35-45 / 45-60 .
  • Increased Crimtane Bar drop from The Perforator Hive from 2-5 / 9-14 to 12-15 / 15-20 .
  • Increased Vertebrae drop from The Perforator Hive from 3-9 / 10-20 to 12-15 / 15-20 .
  • Now drop 10-15 Crimson Seeds.
  • Now drop Bloody Worm Tooth regardless of world difficulty.

• 1.5.0.002: Significantly decreased how often The Perforator worms burrow and lunge at the player on all world difficulties.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Nerfed Boss Rush health from 2,700,000 / 4,320,000 to 270,000 / 432,000 .
  • No longer immune to any debuffs except Confused and Pearl Aura.
  • The Perforator Hive now occasionally charges up and launches several Ichor blobs towards the player when below 70% health. Ichor blobs will linger on tiles for 10 seconds. This attack can not be performed if any Perforator worms are alive.
  • All projectiles spawned by the Perforator Hive can now pass through tiles so long as they are above the player.
  • The Perforator Hive will now deal no contact damage for the first 3 seconds after spawning in.
  • The Perforator Worm AI now uses custom AI instead of Worm AI.
  • The Perforator worms no longer drop Hearts in Revengeance or Malice Mode.
  • The Perforator Hive now inflicts Burning Blood for 3 seconds.
  • The Perforator Worms can no longer inflict Bleeding.
  • Increased Blood Sample drop amount in Normal Mode from 7-14 to 25-30.
  • Ichor drops are now compacted into stacks of 2.

• 1.4.5.004:
  • The Perforator Hive now fires its projectiles less often while a Perforator worm is alive.
  • Now enrage outside of the Crimson.
  • Now less aggressive in the Underground Crimson.
  • The Perforator worms now move slower but gain speed as their health decreases.
  • Nerfed the medium Perforator worm's total health from 2000 / 3906 / 4912 / 5526 to 1600 / 3122 / 4016 / 4518 . Nerfed individual segment health from 200 / 279 / 307 to 160 / 223 / 251 .
  • The large Perforator worm now lunges at the player less often in all world difficulties.

• 1.4.5.003:
  • Buffed Perforator Hive contact damage from 30 / 48 / 60 / 69 to 30 / 54 / 63 / 72 .
  • Buffed Small Perforator head damage from 30 / 60 / 72 / 79 to 30 / 60 / 72 / 80 .
  • Buffed Small Perforator body damage from 18 / 28 / 32 to 18 / 36 / 42 / 46 .
  • Buffed Small Perforator tail damage from 10 / 16 / 18 to 10 / 20 / 26 / 30 .
  • Buffed Medium Perforator head damage from 35 / 70 / 84 / 92 to 35 / 70 / 84 / 92 .
  • Buffed Medium Perforator body damage from 21 / 33 / 37 to 21 / 42 / 50 / 54 .
  • Buffed Medium Perforator tail damage from 14 / 22 / 25 to 14 / 28 / 34 / 38 .
  • Buffed Large Perforator head damage from 45 / 90 / 108 / 118 to 45 / 90 / 108 / 118 .
  • Buffed Large Perforator body damage from 24 / 38 / 43 to 24 / 48 / 54 / 60 .
  • Buffed Large Perforator tail damage from 18 / 28 / 32 to 18 / 36 / 42 / 46 .
  • The Perforator Hive's projectiles now rain in a consistent spread instead of at random.
  • All Perforator Worms no longer fire Blood clots, and all Perforator Worms now have increased size and body segments based on world difficulty.
    • Significantly reduced the speed of the Small Perforator in all difficulties, buffed health from 1250 / 1749 / 2099 to 1250 / 2125 / 2550 .
    • Medium Perforator can now split similarly to Eater of Worlds, changed health from 2000 / 2799 / 3079 total to 200 / 279 / 307 per segment.
    • Large Perforator can now burrow and lunge towards the player, buffed health from 2500 / 3499 / 3779 to 2500 / 5000 / 5400 .

• 1.4.4.001: Perforator Hive and all three Perforators now have glowmasks.

• 1.4.3.002:
  • Each worm now has a separate health bar from the Hive.
  • Now immune to Glacial State, Temporal Sadness, Time Distortion, Tesla Freeze, Eutrophication, Pearl Aura, Webbed, and Slow.
  • Fixed some velocity issues on the Revengeance Mode Perforator Hive.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • Nerfed The Perforator Hive's contact damage from 30 / 48 / 60 / 69 to 30 / 48 / 60 / 67 .
  • Nerfed Large Perforator's head damage from 45 / 90 / 112 / 129 to 45 / 90 / 108 / 118 .
  • Nerfed Large Perforator's body damage from 24 / 38 / 43 to 24 / 38 .
  • Nerfed Large Perforator's tail damage from 18 / 28 / 32 to 18 / 28 .
  • Nerfed Medium Perforator's head damage from 35 / 70 / 87 / 100 to 35 / 70 / 84 / 92 .
  • Nerfed Medium Perforator's body damage from 21 / 33 / 37 to 21 / 33 .
  • Nerfed Medium Perforator's tail damage from 14 / 22 / 25 to 14 / 22 .
  • Nerfed Small Perforator's head damage from 30 / 60 / 75 / 86 to 30 / 60 / 72 / 79 .
  • Nerfed Small Perforator's body damage from 18 / 28 / 32 to 18 / 28 .
  • Nerfed Small Perforator's tail damage from 10 / 16 / 18 to 10 / 16 .
  • Nerfed blood geyser and ichor shot damage from 36 / 56 / 70 / 80 to 36 / 56 / 70 / 78 .
  • The Perforator Hive now has a greater acceleration but lower maximum speed.
  • In Revengeance Mode, The Perforator Hive has an even greater acceleration but even lower maximum speed as The Perforators are spawned, which is even more effective while any is alive.
  • All Perforators are now immune to Webbed.
  • Death Mode now causes all Perforators to move at highest speed immediately, instead of gradually speeding up as health lowers.
  • Decreased projectile firing rate in Death Mode.

• 1.4.2.106:
  • Nerfed the Hive's contact damage from 35 / 56 to 30 / 48 , and buffed defense from 0 to 4.
  • Small Perforator changes:
    • Nerfed head's damage from 69 to 60 .
    • Nerfed body's damage from 20 / 28 to 18 / 28 , and defense from 8 to 4.
    • Buffed tail's damage from 14 to 16 , and nerfed defense from 18 to 8.
    • Buffed blood clot damage from 22 / 36 to 30 / 48 .
  • Medium Perforator changes:
    • Nerfed head's damage from 80 to 70 , and buffed defense from 0 to 2.
    • Nerfed body's damage from 25 / 35 to 21 / 33 , and defense from 10 to 6.
    • Changed tail's damage from 15 / 21 to 14 / 22 and nerfed defense from 22 to 10.
    • Buffed blood clot damage from 22 / 36 to 30 / 48 .
  • Large Perforator stat changes:
    • Changed head's damage from 40 / 92 to 45 / 90 , and buffed defense from 0 to 4.
    • Nerfed body's damage from 30 / 42 to 24 / 38 , and defense from 12 to 8.
    • Nerfed tail's damage from 20 to 18, and defense from 25 to 12.
    • Buffed blood clot damage from 22 / 36 to 30 / 48 .

• 1.4.2.105:
  • Increased the Perforator Hive's speed.
  • Blood Geyser projectiles can now pass through tiles after 3 seconds have passed, and no longer pass through tiles at all times in Death Mode.
  • Ichor Shot projectiles now pass through tiles after 3 seconds have passed.

• 1.4.2.102: Decreased the size of The Perforator Hive's burst dusts.

• 1.4.2.101:
  • Buffed The Perforator Hive's health from 2500 / 4000 / 5750 / 8049 to 3750 / 6000 / 8640 / 12,160 , and Boss Rush health from 1,800,000 / 2,880,000 / 3,200,000 to 2,700,000 / 4,320,000 / 4,800,000 .
  • Nerfed the small Perforator's health from 2000 / 2800 to 1250 / 1750 , and Boss Rush health from 600,000 / 840,000 / 1,120,000 to 500,000 / 700,000 / 840,000 .
  • Nerfed the medium Perforator's health from 3000 / 4200 to 2000 / 2800 , and Boss Rush health from 900,000 / 1,260,000 / 1,540,000 to 700,000 / 980,000 / 1,260,000 .
  • Nerfed the large Perforator's health from 3500 / 4900 to 2500 / 3500 , and Boss Rush health from 1,200,000 / 1,680,000 / 2,100,000 to 800,000 / 1,120,000 / 1,400,000 .

• 1.4.2.001:
  • Nerfed the Hive's Boss Rush health from 3,500,000 / 5,600,000 / 6,400,000 to 1,800,000 / 2,880,000 / 3,200,000 .
  • All three Perforators' body and tail segments can no longer be lifestealed off of.
  • The Hive is now immune to Glacial State and Temporal Sadness.

• 1.4.1.003:
  • Increased The Perforator Hive minimum coin drop amount from 5 to 6 .
  • Increased the distance that The Perforator Hive hovers above the player.

• 1.4.1.001:
  • Buffed The Perforator Hive's Boss Rush health from 2,400,000 / 3,840,000 / 4,800,000 to 3,500,000 / 5,600,000 / 6,400,000 .
  • Buffed Boss Rush damage modifier from 4.75x to 5x.
  • The Perforator Hive's Blood Geysers and the Perforators' Blood Clots now inflict Burning Blood for 2 seconds instead of 3.33.
  • The Perforator Hive's Ichor Shots now inflict Ichor for 3 seconds instead of 3.33.
  • The Perforators' heads and tails now inflict Bleeding in all difficulty modes instead of just Expert Mode and higher.
  • Increased Burning Blood duration from the small Perforator's head from 2 seconds to 3.
  • Increased Burning Blood duration from the medium Perforator's head from 3.33 seconds to 4.
  • Increased Burning Blood duration from the large Perforator's head from 4 seconds to 5.
  • Decreased Horror duration from all three Perforators' heads from 5 seconds to 3.
  • The Perforators' body segments can now inflict Burning Blood and Bleeding.
  • The Perforators' tails can now inflict Burning Blood.

• 1.4.0.001:
  • Now have gores.
  • Lowered fire rate of the worm's projectiles.
  • Resprited Medium Perforator's Tail and Perforator Hive's Blood Geyser and Ichor Shots.

• 1.3.4.101:
  • Buffed The Perforator Hive health from 2500 / 4000 / 5000 / 7000 to 2500 / 4000 / 5750 / 8049 .
  • The Perforator Hive no longer has 15% damage reduction.
  • The Perforator Hive now drops 10-21 Ichor in Hardmode in Normal Mode.

• 1.3.4.001:
  • Nerfed The Perforator Hive's health from 2800 / 4480 / 6400 / 15,200 to 2500 / 4000 / 5000 / 7000 .
  • Nerfed the small Perforator's health from 2500 / 3500 to 2000 / 2800 .
  • Nerfed the medium Perforator's health from 3500 / 4900 to 3000 / 4200 .
  • Nerfed the large Perforator's health from 4500 / 6300 to 3500 / 4900 .
  • The Perforator Hive now only becomes invincible when the large Perforator is alive.
  • The Perforator Hive now plays a sound and creates a small, harmless dust burst whenever it shoots a volley of projectiles.
  • Slightly increased the speed of all three Perforators.
  • The Perforator Hive now drops 15-31 Ichor in Hardmode in Expert Mode.

• 1.3.3.001:
  • Decreased small Perforator's segment count from 12 to 8.
  • Decreased medium Perforator's segment count from 22 / 8 to 12 / 7 .
  • Decreased large Perforator's segment count from 32 / 12 to 17 / 9 .
  • The Perforator Hive now has a 50% chance to shoot a volley of ichor shots instead of blood geysers.
  • Tweaked movement of all three Perforators.
  • Resprited it and map icon.

• 1.3.2.001:
  • Nerfed blood geyser damage from 44 / 60 / 63 / 90 to 32 / 48 / 50 / 72 .
  • The small worm can now fire blood geyser projectiles.
  • Now spawns Aerialite Ore when defeated.

• 1.3.1.001: Fixed a bug where the Perforator worms wouldn't spawn above a certain height during the fight.

• 1.3.0.001:
  • Perforator Hive is no longer immune to Frostburn, Cursed Inferno, On Fire!, Poisoned, Brimstone Flames, Holy Flames, Plague, Glacial State, or Temporal Sadness.
  • Adjusted the Y velocity of the Perforator Hive's Blood Geyser projectiles.
  • Blood clot projectiles no longer create dust when destroyed.

• 1.2.4.201: The individual Perforators no longer count as bosses, only the Hive does.

• 1.2.4.101:
  • Buffed the Hive's health in Death Mode from 10,400 to 15,200 .
  • The small Perforator now loses 7 segments in Death Mode.
  • The medium Perforator now loses 14 segments in Death Mode.
  • The large Perforator now loses 20 segments in Death Mode.
  • Now uses Blood Coagulant as its theme.

• 1.2.4.002:
  • Increased the max time it takes for the Perforator Hive to shoot volleys of projectiles.
  • Buffed blood geyser damage from 30 / 48 / 50 / 67 to 44 / 60 / 63 / 84 .
  • Worms now strictly spawn at every 30% of the Hive's health lost.
  • Worms no longer spawn directly from the Hive, and now spawn offscreen.
  • Worms' distance before flying decreased.
  • Fixed a bug where Perforator worms would sometimes attach heads to each other.

• 1.2.3.005: The Perforator Hive now rapidly shoots blood geysers in Death Mode that go through tiles.

• 1.2.3.002:
  • The Perforator Hive now gets 10,400 health in Death Mode.
  • The Perforator Hive's blood geysers no longer collide with tiles in Death Mode.

• 1.2.1.001: Fixed The Perforator Hive being unable to despawn properly.

• 1.2.0.002: Merged its Boss Checklist entry with The Hive Mind's.

• 1.2.0.001:
  • The Perforator Hive now gets 6400 health in Revengeance Mode.
  • The Perforator Hive now has 15% damage reduction.
  • All three Perforator's heads now inflict Horror for 5 seconds in Revengeance Mode.
  • Now has a 2% chance to drop Laudanum or Stress Pills in Revengeance Mode.
  • Fixed all of the Perforators' body and tail segments not counting as bosses.

• 1.1.7.961: Blood Geyser projectiles now produce less dust.

• 1.1.7.901:
  • Nerfed The Perforator Hive's health from 5000 / 6000 to 2800 / 4480 , and contact damage from 55 / 66 to 35 / 56 .
    • Buffed Blood Geyser damage from 44 to 48 .
    • Can now drop Aorta, Blood Bath, Blood Clot Staff, Bloody Rupture, Eviscerator, Sausage Maker, Tooth Balls, and Vein Burster in Normal Mode.
    • Can now only spawn up to 5 Perforator Minis at a time.
    • Increased Blood Sample drop count from 15-24 to 30-40 , Crimtane Bar drop count from 5-6 to 9-14 , and Vertebrae drop count from 7-8 to 10-20 .
    • Increased Tooth Ball drop count from 50-74 to 50-75 .
    • Increased the chances for all weapons to drop.
  • Small Perforator changes:
    • Buffed health from 2750 to 3500
    • Changed head's damage from 53 / 58 to 30 / 68 .
    • Nerfed body's damage from 33 / 36 to 20 / 28 .
    • Nerfed tail's damage from 19 / 20 to 10 / 14 .
    • Nerfed Blood Clot projectile damage from 26 to 22.
    • Lowered segment count from 22 to 12.
    • No longer enrages outside of the Crimson.
  • Medium Perforator changes:
    • Nerfed health from 4500 / 4950 to 3500 / 4900 .
    • Changed head's damage from 65 / 71 to 35 / 80 .
    • Nerfed body's damage from 40 / 44 to 25 / 35 .
    • Nerfed tail's damage from 25 / 27 to 15 / 21 .
    • Nerfed Blood Clot projectile damage from 28 / 40 to 22 / 36 .
    • Lowered segment count from 32 to 22.
    • No longer enrages outside of the Crimson.
  • Large Perforator changes:
    • Nerfed health from 7000 / 7700 to 4500 / 6300 .
    • Changed head's damage from 80 / 88 to 40 / 92 .
    • Nerfed body's damage from 52 / 57 to 30 / 42 .
    • Nerfed tail's damage from 35 / 38 to 20 / 28 .
    • Nerfed Blood Clot projectile damage from 30 / 44 to 22 / 36 .
    • Lowered segment count from 42 to 32.
    • Head now produces less dust when killed.
  • Perforator Mini changes:
    • Buffed health from 100 / 120 to 100 / 140 .
    • Buffed head's damage from 22 to 28 .
    • Buffed body's damage from 12 to 15 .
    • Buffed tail's damage from 5 to 7 .

• 1.1.7.801: Perforator worms no longer drop any coins, only their Hive does.

• 1.1.7.701: The Perforator Hive now becomes invincible instead of despawning if the player leaves The Crimson.

• 1.1.7.61:
  • Nerfed The Perforator Hive's Blood Geyser damage from 46 / 56 to 30 / 44 .
  • Nerfed the small Perforator's head damage from 68 to 58 , body damage from 42 to 36 , tail damage from 24 to 20 , and Blood Clot projectile damage from 40 / 60 to 30 / 44 .
  • Nerfed the medium Perforator's head damage from 84 to 71 , body damage from 52 to 44 , tail damage from 32 to 27 , and Blood Clot projectile damage from 38 / 52 to 28 / 40 .
  • Nerfed the large Perforator's head damage from 104 to 88 , body damage from 67 to 57 , tail damage from 46 to 39 , and Blood Clot projectile damage from 40 / 60 to 30 / 44 .
  • The Perforator Hive now takes up 10 NPC slots instead of 5.
  • All Perforators no longer drop any coins.
  • Individual Perforators can no longer spawn naturally.

• 1.1.7.56:
  • Nerfed The Perforator Hive's health from 6000 / 7200 to 5000 / 6000 , and Blood Geyser damage from 60 / 68 to 46 / 56 .
  • The Perforators and their Hive now despawn if brought out of the Crimson for too long.
  • Blood Clot projectiles from the Perforators and Blood Geyser projectiles from the Hive now use dust type 235 instead of 5.
  • The Perforator Hive now emits light.

• 1.1.7.55: The Perforator Hive is now invulnerable while the large Perforator is alive.

• 1.1.7.5:
  • The Perforator Hive now spawns a Perforator Mini for every 30 hits instead of 15.
  • No longer spawn if the player is near a Celestial Pillar.
  • Resprited the Perforator Hive's map icon.

• 1.1.7.2:
  • Introduced The Perforator Hive.
  • Buffed small Perforator's Blood Clot damage from 36 to 44 .
  • Buffed medium Perforator's Blood Clot damage from 44 to 52 .
  • Buffed large Perforator's Blood Clot damage from 48 to 60 .
  • The fight now begins with The Perforator Hive instead of all three Perforators at once, with the Hive spawning each of the three Perforators at different amounts of health.
  • The large Perforator no longer has scaling defense in Expert Mode based on which of the other Perforators are still alive.
  • The large Perforator no longer drops the Perforator Trophy, Perforator Mask, and Treasure Bag.
  • The Perforators no longer spawn Perforator Minis.
  • Decreased the small Perforator's Blood Sample drop count from 3-5 to 2-5, Vertebrae drop count from 1-4 to 1-3, and increased Crimtane Bar drop count from 1 to 1-2.
  • Decreased the medium Perforator's Blood Sample drop count from 5-10 to 3-7, and Vertebrae drop count from 2-7 to 2-4.
  • Decreased the large Perforator's Blood Sample drop count from 7-14 to 4-8, Vertebrae drop count from 3-9 to 3-5, and Crimtane Bar drop count from 2-5 to 2-4.

• 1.1.7:
  • Buffed small Perforator's head damage from 40 / 52 to 53 / 68 , body damage from 23 / 29 to 33 / 42 , and tail damage from 9 / 11 to 19 / 24 .
  • Buffed medium Perforator's head damage from 55 / 71 to 65 / 84 , body damage from 31 / 40 to 40 / 52 , and tail damage from 11 / 14 to 25 / 32 .
  • Buffed large Perforator's head damage from 65 / 84 to 80 / 104 , body damage from 42 / 54 to 52 / 67 , and tail damage from 15 / 19 to 35 / 45 .
  • All three Perforators now enrage outside of the Crimson.
  • Decreased all three Perforators' spawnrates.

• 1.1.6.15:
  • All body segments now produce less dust when hit.
  • All heads and tails now produce dust when hit.
  • All segments now produce dust when killed.
  • No longer take 50% damage from projectiles that pierce more than three times in Expert Mode.
  • Now drop Healing Potions.
  • Now referred to in their death messages by size.

• 1.1.6.13: Increased speed of all three Perforators.

• 1.1.6.1: Resprited map icon.

• 1.1.5.094: Can now drop a Perforator Trophy.

• 1.1.5.091: Can now drop a Perforator Mask.

• 1.1.5.081: All body segments should now have equal velocity and rotation formulas.

• 1.1.5.08: Now have greater horizontal mobility.

• 1.1.5.07: Small and Medium Perforator's tails no longer inflict Burning Blood.

• 1.1.5.03: Fixed looping in their code which made them cause extreme lag when spawned.

• 1.1.5: Introduced.