Sand Poacher

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Sand Poacher

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Desert
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	66 / 132
Max Life	320 / 640
Defense	24
KB Resist	50% / 55%
Inflicts debuff	Venom
Debuff duration	5 seconds / 15 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Losing life
Immune to
Banner	Sand Poacher Banner

Drops

Coins	6

• Internal NPC ID: 530

Sand PoacherOn Wall

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Desert
AI Type	Spider AI
Damage	66 / 132
Max Life	320 / 640
Defense	24
KB Resist	50% / 55%
Inflicts debuff	Venom
Debuff duration	5 seconds / 15 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Losing life
Immune to
Banner	Sand Poacher Banner

Drops

Coins	6

• Internal NPC ID: 531

The Sand Poacher is a Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Underground Desert biome. Similar to a Spider, it will follow and attempt to make contact with the player to attack, and is capable of climbing Walls.

Note that when on walls, the Sand Poacher's speed increases drastically, making escaping more difficult for the player. Given that the entirety of the Underground Desert is covered with walls, the player should always be cautious.

Trivia

• This enemy and The Possessed are the only enemies with the Spider AI that are not actual spiders.
• It looks like a large version of the Black Scorpion critter.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Fixed inconsistent naming for the banner (was Ravager Scorpion Banner).

• Desktop 1.3.3: Now inflicts the Venom debuff.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()