Piranha

“

Heh heh, you shoulda seen the look on The Dryad's face when I stuck that piranha tooth in the chair!

— The Angler

Piranha

Statistics

Type	Fish Enemy
Environment	Water
AI Type	Swimming AI
Damage	25 / 50 (90)
Max Life	30 / 60 (132)
Defense	2
KB Resist	0% / 10%
Immune to
Banner	Piranha Banner

Drops

Coins	50

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Hook (crafting material)
  3.3%
• Robot Hat
  0.4%
• Compass   ( )
  1.33%

• Internal NPC ID: 58

The Piranha are enemies that can be found in water pools of the Jungle, Underground, and Cavern layers. They have an increased spawn rate in the Jungle. They swim in a straight line left or right until hitting a wall, where they flip directions. They will swim towards the player if he/she is submerged in water; otherwise they pay no attention to the player. It moves its tail back and forth and swims in a slight zig-zag.

If a Piranha is outside of the water, it will flop around wildly, making it dangerous to approach.

When your world enters Hardmode, Piranhas become mostly overridden with Angler Fish, however; piranhas will still be common in Jungle biomes.

Notes

• Piranhas can be spawned by activating a Piranha Statue with Wire.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now has a chance to drop a Compass.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop its own respective banner.

• Desktop 1.0.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from Console 1.0.750.0. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Now has a chance to drop a Compass. ()

• Console 1.02: Can now drop its own respective banner.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.