Headless HorsemanHardmode exclusive
Classic
Expert
MasterStatistics
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Environment | |
| AI Type | Unicorn AI |
| Damage | 130/195/292 |
| Max Life | 5000/6500/8287 |
| Defense | 40 |
| KB Resist | 100% |
| Banner |  Headless Horseman Banner |
| Immune to |    |
Sounds
| Hurt | |
|---|---|
| Killed |
- Internal NPC ID: 315
The Headless Horseman is a Hardmode, post-Plantera enemy that starts to spawn after wave 8 of the Pumpkin Moon event.
The Headless Horseman is a very fast and dangerous enemy that can rush at the player and deal large amounts of damage. It is an exceptionally dangerous enemy due to its fast speed, high damage, and immunity to knockback. The Horseman's only attack is to charge forward and do a low, but quick jump to reach the player.
Headless Horsemen are immune to all debuffs. Killing a Headless Horseman during the Pumpkin Moon event will add 25 points.
Notes
- The Headless Horseman will flee at dawn unless it gets damaged by the player. However, In the
Mobile version, it does not flee at dawn. - Drop chance increases linearly with the wave it is in (lowest drop chance in wave 9, highest drop chance in wave 15).
- Despite having the name referring to the Headless Horseman, The Horseman's Blade is not a drop from the Horseman, but the Pumpking
Tips
- Due to its size, it cannot fit through 4 tile gaps or lower and can be taken out easily with ranged attacks.
- Due to its immunity to knockback, it is ill-advised to attack it with close-range weapons since it can easily overwhelm the player. Hitting it with rapid fire weapons can still slow it down, however.
- Similar to most of the Pumpkin Moon enemies, making an arena where you have plenty of space to fly around in can make it easier to take down. It is also possible to place some Wood Platforms high above the ground to fire down on it without fear of it reaching you, but a sufficiently long platform may allow more to spawn on it instead.
- Its immunity to knockback can be used against it with weapons that do continuous damage, such as the Inferno Fork.
- As it uses the same AI as the Unicorn enemy, it can be useful to practice avoiding the attacks of multiple Unicorns beforehand.
Trivia
- The Headless Horseman originates from a short story published in 1820 called "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" By Washington Irving.
History
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Sprite updated.
- Can now drop its own respective banner.
- Desktop 1.2.1: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
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Small Enemies
Medium Enemies
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Characters (List):
Pre-Hardmode Enemies
Common Enemies
- Anomura Fungus
- Antlion
- Bat
- Bee
- Blood Crawler
- Crab
- Crimera
- Demon Eye
- Devourer
- Eater of Souls
- Face Monster
- Fungi Bulb
- Giant Worm
- Granite Elemental
- Granite Golem
- Harpy
- Hoplite
- Hornet
- Jellyfish
- Man Eater
- Meteor Head
- Mushi Ladybug
- Piranha
- Skeleton ()
- Shark (
- Orca
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- Slime
- Snatcher
- Snow Flinx
- Tomb Crawler
- Undead Viking
- Vulture
- Wall Creeper
- Zombie
Uncommon Enemies
Hardmode Enemies
Common Enemies
- Angler Fish
- Angry Trapper
- Arapaima
- Armored Skeleton
- Armored Viking
- Bat
- Black Recluse
- Blood Feeder
- Chaos Elemental ()
- Clinger
- Corruptor
- Derpling
- Digger
- Floaty Gross
- Gastropod ()
- Giant Fungi Bulb
- Giant Tortoise (
- Ice
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- Herpling
- Ice Elemental
- Ichor Sticker
- Icy Merman
- Jellyfish
- Jungle Creeper
- Moss Hornet
- Pigron
- Pixie
- Possessed Armor
- Skeleton Archer
- Slime
- Unicorn
- Wandering Eye
- Werewolf
- Wraith
- Wolf
Uncommon Enemies
Event Enemies
Bosses
Pre-Hardmode
Critters
Terrestrial
Aerial
Friendly NPCs
Pre-Hardmode
Removed NPCs
Familiars
- Alien Skater
- Baby Dinosaur
- Baby Eater
- Baby Face Monster
- Baby Grinch
- Baby Hornet
- Baby Imp
- Baby Ogre
- Baby Penguin
- Baby Red Panda
- Baby Skeletron Head
- Baby Snowman
- Baby Truffle
- Baby Werewolf
- Black Cat
- Bunny
- Cursed Sapling
- Destroyer-Lite
- Dynamite Kitten
- Eater of Worms
- Estee
- Everscream Sapling
- Eyeball Spring
- Fennec Fox
- Flying Piggy Bank
- Glittery Butterfly
- Hoardragon
- Honey Bee
- Ice Queen
- Itsy Betsy
- Lil' Harpy
- Lizard
- Mini Minotaur
- Mini Prime
- Moonling
- Parrot
- Phantasmal Dragon
- Plantera Seedling
- Plantero
- Puppy
- Propeller Gato
- Rez and Spaz
- Sapling
- Shadow Mimic
- Shark Pup
- Skeletron Jr.
- Slime Prince
- Slime Princess
- Spider
- Spider Brain
- Squashling
- Sugar Glider
- Suspicious Eye
- Tiki Spirit
- Turtle
- Tiny Fishron
- Void Bag
- Volt Bunny
- Zephyr Fish
- Bat
- Guinea Pig
- Slime
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