Mechanical Worm

Mechanical Worm

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Statistics

Type	Summoning
Use time	44 Very Slow
Tooltip	Summons Destroyer
Rarity

• Internal Item ID: 556

The Mechanical Worm is a Hardmode item used to summon The Destroyer, the Hardmode version of the Eater of Worlds. It can only be used during night time; attempting to use it during the day will not summon the boss nor will it consume the item. Using another Mechanical Worm while The Destroyer is already summoned has no effect. If you have not defeated The Destroyer yet and you are in Hardmode, all enemies have a 1 in 2500 (0.04%) chance of dropping this item, with the exception of statue-spawned enemies and Meteor Heads.

Crafting

Recipe

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Mechanical Worm	Rotten Chunk (6) Any Iron Bar (5) Soul of Night (6)	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
	Vertebrae (6) Any Iron Bar (5) Soul of Night (6)

total: 2 row(s)

Achievement

Like a Boss • "Obtain a boss-summoning item."

Obtain any boss-summoning item.  

Notes

• Unlike Worm Food, a Mechanical Worm can be used outside of the Corruption. However, it requires night time for usage, whereas Worm Food lacks a time requirement.
• Like other mechanical boss summoning items, the Mechanical Worm can be brought to Pre-Hardmode worlds and will successfully summon The Destroyer there.
• As with several items, the Mechanical Worm has multiple crafting recipes (four in total) due to some items in the recipe allowing substitutes.
• There is a minor grammatical error in the item's tooltip: It says "Summons Destroyer" instead of "Summons The Destroyer". In the  Mobile version, this mistake is not present.

See also

• Mechanical Skull
• Mechanical Eye

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated. Old sprite was less mechanical, and looked like this: .

• Desktop 1.2.1: Drop chance decreased from 1 in 1000 (0.10%) to 1 in 2500 (0.04%).

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Now also drops randomly from any enemy in Hardmode.
  • No longer requires copper, and requires one fewer Soul of Night.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.