Brain Suckler

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Brain Suckler

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Lunar Events
AI Type	Star Cell/Brain Suckler AI
Damage	70 / 140
Max Life	330 / 660
Defense	34
KB Resist	50% / 55%
Inflicts debuff	Obstructed  100% chance
Debuff duration	Until the enemy is killed
Debuff tooltip	You can't see!
Immune to
Banner	Brain Suckler Banner

• Internal NPC ID: 421
• Internal Buff ID: 163

The effects of the Obstructed debuff.

The Brain Suckler is a Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist flying enemy spawned by the Nebula Pillar during the Lunar Events. It latches onto the player's head, dealing large amounts of damage at a steady rate, while also inflicting the Obstructed debuff for the remainder of time it is on the player.

Obstructed is a debuff that causes the player's screen to darken significantly, except for a small area around the player, similar to the Blackout debuff.

Notes

• If the player teleports using a Magic Mirror, Ice Mirror, or a Cellphone while a Brain Suckler is still attached to them, the Brain Suckler will teleport with the player to the player's destination.
• Unlike the Blackout and Darkness debuffs, Obstructed darkens the screen evenly, without factoring in light levels.

Trivia

• Brain Sucklers pay homage to the iconic Headcrab enemy from the Half-Life series, as they attack by latching onto a player's head and disrupting their brain functions. Brain Sucklers are referred to as Nebula Headcrabs sporadically in the game's code, and in their banner prior to a patch, implying their name was changed at some point during development.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()