Nailhead

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Nailhead
Statistics
Type	Enemy
Environment	Solar Eclipse
AI Type	Fighter
Damage	100 / 200  (contact) 30 / 60  (nails)
Max Life	4000 / 8000
Defense	34
KB Resist	90% / 91
Immune to:
Banner	Nailhead Banner
Drops
Coins	30
Item (Quantity) Rate Nailgun  4% / 6%  Nail  • 100-200 100% (with Nailgun)
Internal NPC ID: 463

The Nailhead is a Hardmode, post-Plantera enemy found only during the Solar Eclipse event. In addition to dealing high contact damage, the Nailhead fires eight nails in a symmetrical 45 degree spread when attacked. It has significantly more health than most other Solar Eclipse enemies, and has a high resistance to knockback.

Notes

• Even though the nails' damage are rather low, the contact damage is extreme, thus it's still risky to encounter at close range.
• Despite having high health and dealing high damage, it moves slower than any other Solar Eclipse enemy, leaving it vulnerable to multiple attacks.
• Even though the nails do rather low damage it's still best to attack Nailhead from a medium to long range, making it easier to dodge them.

Trivia

• Nailhead is a reference to the character Pinhead from the 1987 film Hellraiser.

History

• 1.3.0.1: Introduced.