Cursed Skull

Cursed Skull  Classic  Expert  Master Statistics Type Undead EnemyFlying Enemy Environment Dungeon AI Type Flying AI Damage 35 / 70›62 Max Life 40 / 80›88 Defense 6 KB Resist 80% / 82% Banner Cursed Skull Banner Immune to Inflicts debuff Inflicts debuff Inflicts debuff Debuff Cursed Debuff tooltip Cannot use any items Chance 33% Drops Coins 1 50 Item (Quantity)Rate Golden Key 1.53% Bone (1-3 / 2-6) 98.07% / 100% Nazar 1% / 2% Bone Wand 0.4% Tally Counter 1% Internal NPC ID: 34

Dragon Skull  Classic  Expert  Master Statistics Type Flying Enemy Damage 20 Max Life 150 Defense 8 Drops Coins 1 Item (Quantity)Rate Golden Key 1.5% 100% Bone (1-3) 98.5%

The Cursed Skull (and the Dragon Skull on  Old-gen console,  Windows Phone, and 3DS) is a flying enemy found only in the Dungeon. It is similar to the Meteor Head, with high damage, slow speed, and the ability to travel through tiles. It floats slowly towards the player, occasionally stopping to float in a circle around them for a while, before suddenly lunging forward to attack. When striking a player, the Cursed Skull has a small chance to apply the Cursed debuff. This renders the player unable to use items, including Weapons, Potions, and Grappling Hooks, making it very difficult to avoid further damage.

Cursed Skulls are immune to the Poisoned, On Fire!, Venom, Shadowflame, Confused, and Cursed Inferno debuffs. They are much more likely to appear in Dungeon areas where there are Brick Walls.

Note

Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Mobile version of Terraria.

• Dragon Skulls are guaranteed to drop a Gold Key and a gold coin. This is likely because of the low rarity and high difficulty of Dragon Skulls.

Tips

• Cursed Skulls can be attacked through walls with melee weapons. Weapons with long range like Spears work well. This may, however, result in drops being trapped inside of the wall beyond the player's reach.
• Cursed Skulls and Dragon Skulls can, rather rarely, drop more than 3/6 Bones when defeated.
• If you are farming for the Nazar, then Cursed Skulls are the way to go, since the seem to spawn more often than the few other enemies that drop the Nazar.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Can now drop the Tally Counter.
  • Can now drop its own respective banner.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Can now drop the Nazar.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Can now apply the Cursed debuff.
  • No longer immune to knockback.
  • Now drop either 1-3 Bones or, more rarely, a Golden Key.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Doesn't make a splash sound when hitting water now.
  • Can now pass through walls.
  • Life increased from 30 to 40, damage increased from 25 to 35, defense decreased from 30 to 6.
  • Name changed from Burning Skull to Cursed Skull.
  • Sprite modified, flaming animation removed.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.