Slimes

A green slime near a blue slime in a forest.

			SlimeWhite Present Slime Statistics Type Slime Environment Surface – Christmas AI Type Slime AI Damage 7 / 14 (62) (74) Max Life 25 / 50 (274) (330) Defense 2 / 2 (10) (12) KB Resist 0% / 10% Immune to Banner Blue Slime Banner Drops Coins  25  Internal NPC ID: 333 SlimeYellow Present Slime Statistics Type Slime Environment Surface – Christmas AI Type Slime AI Damage 6 / 12 (64) (74) Max Life 23 / 46 (302) (354) Defense 2 / 2 (12) (14) KB Resist 0% / 10% Immune to Banner Blue Slime Banner Drops Coins  25  Internal NPC ID: 334 SlimeGreen Present Slime Statistics Type Slime Environment Surface – Christmas AI Type Slime AI Damage 8 / 16 (56) (72) Max Life 29 / 58 (254) (318) Defense 3 / 3 (12) (15) KB Resist 0% / 10% Immune to Banner Blue Slime Banner Drops Coins  25  Internal NPC ID: 335 SlimeRed Present Slime Statistics Type Slime Environment Surface – Christmas AI Type Slime AI Damage 5 / 10 (62) (80) Max Life 22 / 44 (338) (434) Defense 1 / 1 (7) (9) KB Resist 0% / 10% Immune to Banner Blue Slime Banner Drops Coins  25  Internal NPC ID: 336
Present Slimes appearing during Christmas
Slime in Bunny costume for Halloween SlimeBunny Slime Statistics Type Slime Environment Forest – Halloween AI Type Slime AI Damage 7 / 14 (62) (74) Max Life 25 / 50 (274) (330) Defense 2 / 2 (10) (12) KB Resist 0% / 10% Immune to Banner Blue Slime Banner Drops Coins  25  Internal NPC ID: 302

You look half digested. Have you been chasing slimes again?

— The Nurse

Slimes are the most common enemy type. They are almost always the first enemy the player encounters in a new world. They come in multiple sizes and colors, each with different health, defense, and damage. With the exception of the Gastropod, all slimes follow the basic Slime AI: They hop in the direction of the player and rest a short amount of time afterwards. When a slime is preparing to hop, it bobs up and down rapidly. Slimes can float in water.

Slimes spawned on or near the surface are usually neutral and do not chase the player during the day, unless provoked. All slimes become hostile at night and slimes spawned underground are always hostile. Green, Blue, Red, Purple and Yellow Slimes usually spawn on or near the surface, while Mother Slime, Baby Slime, and Black Slime can only be found underground. Pinky may appear anywhere, yet rarely.

Most types drop 1-2 Gel, with exceptions noted in the table below.

Variants

Type	Health	Damage	Defense	Coins	Banner	Bonus Drops	Additional info
aGreen Slime	14 / 28 (246) (338)	6 / 12 (86) (118)	0	3
bBlue Slime	25 / 50 (274) (330)	7 / 14 (62) (74)	2 / 2 (10) (12)	25
cRed Slime	35 / 70 (230) (308)	12 / 24 (64) (86)	4 / 4 (12) (16)	8			Spawns in the underground layer.
dPurple Slime	40 / 80 (176) (264)	12 / 24 (42) (64)	6 / 6 (12) (18)	10
eYellow Slime	45 / 90 (198) (296)	15 / 30 (54) (80)	7 / 7 (14) (21)	10			Spawns in the underground layer.
fBlack Slime	45 / 90 (198) (296)	15 / 30 (54) (80)	4 / 4 (8) (12)	20			Spawns in the cavern layer. May inflict the Darkness debuff.
rIce Slime	30 / 60 (264) (330)	8 / 16 (56) (72)	4 / 4 (16) (20)	50			Spawns in Snow biomes.
rSand Slime	60 / 120 (264)	11 / 22 (38)	8 / 8 (16)	75			Spawns in Desert biomes.
jJungle Slime	60 / 120 (264)	18 / 36 (64)	6 / 6 (12)	5			Spawns in Jungle biomes.
rSpiked Ice Slime	60 / 120 (264)	12 / 24 (42) (melee) 18 / 36 (ranged)	8 / 8 (16)	2			Spawns in the Underground Snow. Fires Ice Spike projectiles.
sSpiked Jungle Slime	65 / 130 (142)	28 / 56 (50) (melee) 26 / 52 (ranged)	8	3			Spawns in the Underground Jungle. Fires Jungle Spike projectiles.
gMother Slime	90 / 180 (198) (396)	20 / 40 (36) (72)	7 / 7 (14)	75			Spawns in the Cavern layer and spawns up to three Baby Slimes upon death.
hBaby Slime	30 / 60 (198) (264)	13 / 26 (70) (92)	4 / 4 (12) (16)	10	n/a		Spawns in groups of three, whenever Mother Slime is defeated.
kLava Slime	50 / 100 (220)	15 / 30 (54)	10 / 10 (20)	1  20			Spawns in the Underworld. Can jump higher than most other slimes. Immune to lava and leaves a small amount of lava upon death in Expert mode . Does not drop Gel. Emits an orange glow.
kDungeon Slime	150 / 300 (330)	30 / 60 (54)	7	1  50			Spawns in the Dungeon. Drops its Golden Key, which is not to be confused with bonus drops. Does not drop Gel.
iPinky	150 / 300 (330) (660)	5 / 10 (8) (18)	5 / 5 (10)	1			Smallest slime, spawns very rarely. Drops 25-50 Pink Gel . Defeating grants the Pretty in Pink achievement.
lKing Slime	2000 / 2800	40 / 64	10	1			Slime boss; rarely spawns in the outer thirds of the world but can also be manually summoned. Does not follow the Slime AI. Drops one piece of Ninja armor. Does not drop Gel. Defeating it grants the Slippery Shinobi achievement.
lSpiked Slime	100 (220) (330)	28 (50) (74) (melee) 36 (ranged)	5 (10) (15)	40	n/a		Summoned by King Slime in Expert mode. Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.
sUmbrella Slime	35 / 70 (230) (308)	10 / 20 (54) (72)	5 / 5 (15) (20)	25			Spawns during rain. Drops 2-5 Gel. Larger than most slimes.
rBunny Slime	25 / 50 (274) (330)	7 / 14 (62) (74)	2 / 2 (10) (12)	25			Spawns in Forest biomes during Halloween. Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.
rWhite Present Slime	25 / 50 (274) (330)	7 / 14 (62) (74)	2 / 2 (10) (12)	25			Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas. Can drop a Giant Bow. Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.
rYellow Present Slime	23 / 46 (302) (354)	6 / 12 (64) (74)	2 / 2 (12) (14)	25			Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas. Can drop a Giant Bow. Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.
rGreen Present Slime	29 / 58 (254) (318)	8 / 16 (56) (72)	3 / 3 (12) (15)	25			Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas. Can drop a Giant Bow. Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.
rRed Present Slime	22 / 44 (338) (434)	5 / 10 (62) (80)	1 / 1 (7) (9)	25			Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas. Can drop a Giant Bow. Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.

Hardmode-only

Type	Health	Damage	Defense	Coins	Banner	Bonus Drops	Additional info
pToxic Sludge	150 / 300	50 / 100	18	4			Spawns in the Underground and Cavern layers. Has a chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff.
mCorrupt Slime	170 / 340	55 / 110	20	4			Spawns in the Corruption and spawns 2-3 Slimelings upon death. Drops 2-4 Gel.
nSlimeling	90 / 180 (198)	45 / 90 (80)	10	1	n/a		Spawns whenever a Corrupt Slime is defeated.
oSlimer	60 / 120 (132) (first form) 90 / 180 (198) (second form)	45 / 90 (80)	20	1			Spawns in the Corruption and Underground Corruption.
sCrimslime	200 / 400	60 / 120	26	4			Spawns in the Crimson. Drops 2-4 Gel.
qGastropod	220 / 440	60 / 120 (melee) 50 / 100 (ranged)	22	6			Spawns in the Hallow at night. Shoots laser beams from range. Does not follow the Slime AI. Drops 5-10 Gel.
qIlluminant Slime	180 / 360	70 / 140	30	4			Spawns in the Underground Hallow. Glows and has an afterimage.
sRainbow Slime	400 / 800	85 / 170	26	20			Spawns during rain on non-Hallowed blocks while the player is in the Hallow. Drops Rainbow Bricks. Drops 1-20 Gel.

Exclusive variants

Type	Health	Damage	Defense	Coins	Banner	Additional info
qShadow Slime	125	40 - 53	23	1  80		Spawns in the Corruption. Has a chance to drop a Petri Dish.
qSpectral Gastropod	250	40 - 50	?	6		Spawns at night in the Hallow.

Bonus drops

    Desktop/Console/Mobile/3DS-Only Content: This section's information applies only to the Desktop, Console, Mobile, and 3DS versions of Terraria.

Naturally spawned slimes which have the same shape as a Blue Slime have a 5% (1/20) chance of carrying a bonus item. This item can be seen inside the slime's body and will drop upon its death.

Slimes spawned from statues can never carry a bonus drop, and Dungeon Slimes will always have a Golden Key as a bonus drop.

Item	Chances	Amount
Swiftness Potion	1/28	1
Ironskin Potion	1/28	1
Spelunker Potion	1/28	1
Mining Potion	1/28	1
Recall Potion	1/14	1
Wormhole Potion	1/14	1
Torch	1/16	5-10
Bomb	1/16	2-6
Rope	1/16	20-46
Heart	1/16	1
Copper Ore	1/32	3-13
Tin Ore	1/32	3-13
Iron Ore	1/32	3-13
Lead Ore	1/32	3-13
Tungsten Ore	1/32	3-13
Silver Ore	1/32	3-13
Gold Ore	1/32	3-13
Platinum Ore	1/32	3-13
Copper Coin	1/12	50-99
Silver Coin	1/12	50-99
Gold Coin	1/12	1-3

Notes

• Nearly all slimes can drop the Slime Staff upon death. Depending on the type and rarity of the slime, the drop rate varies between 1/10000 (0.01%) and 1/100 (1%) in normal mode and 1/7000 (0.014%) and 1/70 (1.4%) in Expert mode .
• Smaller slimes may clip through walls and one block-wide holes.
• The Royal Gel  accessory (dropped by King Slime in Expert mode) turns all slimes passive (i.e., behaving neutral and not dealing damage), with the exceptions of Spiked Slimes and King Slime himself.

Achievements

Gelatin World Tour • "Defeat every type of slime there is!"

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.  

Slimer • "You have killed every type of slime!"

Defeat at least one of every type of slime.  

Slippery Shinobi • "Defeat King Slime, the lord of all things slimy."

Defeat King Slime for the first time.  

Pretty in Pink • "Kill pinky."

Defeat Pinky for the first time.  

Tips

• Farming slimes with a Slime Statue can produce an infinite amount of Gel. This can be helpful when using the Flamethrower, which requires Gel as ammunition.

Trivia

• Rainbow Slimes deal the most damage out of all of the slime variants.
• Slimes are hinted to be made of a digestive substance by the Nurse in her dialogue: "You look half digested. Have you been chasing slimes again?"
• The fact that Slimes are usually a player's first enemy encounter is referenced in the painting First Encounter.
• According to the Collector's Edition trading card of the Blue Slime, there is a single source where all the slimes originate, and destroying that source will make the slimes vanish from the world. However, no such source currently exists in the game.
• Grasshoppers use the same AI as slimes, which causes them to hop away from the player during daytime, and towards the player at night.

See also

• Slime Mount    – a rideable slime mount
• Baby Slime Minion – a slime minion which fights enemies
• Slime Pet   – a slime pet (which will not fight)
• Solidifier – a crafting station for slime-themed furniture
• Slime Rain  – a random event where Green, Blue and Purple Slimes rain down from the sky, and King Slime spawns after killing some slimes

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.1: Slimes should no longer be able to go through 1 block high gaps.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Slimes are guaranteed to spawn in the Slime Rain event.
  • King Slime can now move through platforms.
  • Slimes can now have items visible inside them that will drop when they die.
  • Some slimes now drop their unique banner when they die instead of Slime Banner.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Present Slime variants introduced.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Bunny Slime introduced.

• Desktop 1.2: Umbrella Slime, Rainbow Slime, Crimslime, Spiked Jungle Slime, Ice Slime, Spiked Ice Slime, and Slimed Zombie introduced.

• Desktop 1.1: Corrupt Slime, Slimeling, Gastropod, Slimer, Toxic Sludge, and Illuminant Slime introduced.

• Desktop 1.0.6.1: Slimes no longer chase the player in water when they are not in aggresive mode.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Dungeon Slime introduced.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Lava Slime introduced.
  • All slimes now float in liquids (water and, for the Lava Slime, lava) and don't make a splash sound when hitting water.
  • Only one giant slime will appear at a time.

• Desktop 1.0.4: King Slime and Jungle Slime introduced.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced all the various colored slimes, Pinky, Mother and Baby Slimes.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.