Ghost (enemy)

Type	Undead Enemy
Environment	GraveyardHalloween
AI Type	Hovering AI
Damage	18/36›32›64/54›48›96
Max Life	70/140›154›308/210›231›462
Defense	8/8›8›16
KB Resist	40%/46%/52%
Banner	Ghost Banner
Immune to	All debuffs
Coins	9090Pre-Hardmode: 225225Hardmode: 180180Post-Plantera: 360360
Hurt	https://terraria.gamepedia.com/File:NPC_Hit_1.wav
Killed	https://terraria.gamepedia.com/File:NPC_Killed_6.wav

“
During the most harrowing times, these apparitions float aimlessly through the depths to steal the life from those they envy.
— The Bestiary

Not to be confused with the Ghost, the form Hardcore players take after dying.

The Ghost is a Pre-Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Cavern and Underground layers during the Halloween season.

On the Desktop version, Ghosts will spawn in the Graveyard mini-biome, regardless of time. They will also spawn when players mine Tombstones.

Ghosts behave like Wraiths, hovering above the ground and passing through solid tiles to reach the player.

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Ghosts can be attacked through walls with melee weapons that cannot usually hit through walls - this makes spears and whips especially effective. Both are still great for dealing with large hordes of ghosts, because can hit many of them at once.
In Journey Mode, even when the enemy spawn rate is set to 0× the normal rate, mining up tombstones may still cause Ghosts to spawn.

Strangely, the Ghost's attack decreases in Expert Hardmode, rather than increasing.

Desktop 1.4.0.2: Ghosts are more likely to despawn, and the conditions which allow them to spawn has been reduced as well as the maximum number of them.