Mimics

Mimics

 

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground
AI Type	Mimic AI
Immune to

Mimics are uncommon Hardmode enemies disguised as Chests, appearing as the appropriate Chest type for the environment.

Mimics can be spawned by the player using the Chest Statue, even prior to Hardmode (Mimics spawned this way do not drop any coins or items besides the Mimic Banner).

Rare Hallowed, Corrupt, and Crimson Mimics can also be spawned manually by players via a Key of Light or Key of Night (see Special variants below).

Mimics are immune to the Poisoned, On Fire!, Cursed Inferno, Venom, and Shadowflame debuffs.

Quick Answers

What is a Mimic in Terraria?

In Terraria, a Mimic is a rare Hardmode enemy that disguises itself as a chest, appearing as the appropriate chest type for the environment. They can be spawned by the player using the Chest Statue, even prior to Hardmode. However, Mimics spawned this way only drop the Mimic Banner. Mimics can also spawn naturally prior to Hardmode in worlds with the Remix Seed. There are also special types of Mimics, such as the Hallowed, Corrupt, and Crimson Mimics, which can be manually spawned by players. During the Frost Moon event, a unique type of Mimic known as the Present Mimic can appear, which tries to pass itself off as a present instead of a Chest.

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How can a player spawn a Mimic in Terraria?

In Terraria, players can spawn Mimics using the Chest Statue. This can be done even prior to entering Hardmode. However, it's important to note that Mimics spawned this way only drop the Mimic Banner. Rare Hallowed, Corrupt, and Crimson Mimics can also be manually spawned by players. Additionally, Mimics can spawn naturally in worlds with the Remix Seed, even before Hardmode.

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What items can be dropped by a Mimic in Terraria?

In Terraria, Mimics, which are rare Hardmode enemies disguised as chests, can drop a variety of useful and valuable items. These include advanced weapons and tools, as well as Greater Healing Potions and Greater Mana Potions. These potions are particularly handy in early Hardmode. However, it's worth noting that Biome Mimics, despite being tougher, tend to drop less money than the normal variants.

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What is the significance of the Mimic Banner in Terraria?

In Terraria, the Mimic Banner plays a crucial role in enhancing the player's combat abilities against Mimics. When a player is near a Mimic Banner, they receive increased damage and defense against Mimics. However, it's important to note that this bonus only applies to normal Mimics. Biome Mimics, such as the Hallowed, Crimson, and Corrupt Mimics, are unaffected by the Mimic Banner and have their own respective banners. Also, Mimics spawned using the Chest Statue only drop the Mimic Banner and do not drop any other items.

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Common variants

Ordinary Mimics look exactly like Chests until approached or attacked, at which point they come to life and chase the player. Before revealing themselves, they take on the appearance of chests normally found in the biome they are found in: regular Chests above the Underground layer, Gold Chests Underground, and locked Shadow Chests in The Underworld.

Mimics that spawn in a Snow Biome take on the appearance of Ice Chests, and also have their own unique set of ice-themed drops.

The Present Mimic is a Frost Moon variant that behaves similarly, but drops several hearts instead.

MimicHardmode exclusive

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Mimic AI
Damage	80/160/240
Max Life	500/1000/1500
Defense	30
KB Resist	70%/73%/76%
Banner	Mimic Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	1025

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Dual Hook
  14.29%
• Magic Dagger
  14.29%
• Titan Glove
  14.29%
• Philosopher's Stone
  14.29%
• Cross Necklace
  14.29%
• Star Cloak
  14.29%
• Compass

  Only dropped in  Old-gen console
  14.29%
• Light Disc

  Only dropped in  Mobile
  14.29%

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• Internal NPC ID: 85

MimicIce MimicHardmode exclusive

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Snow
AI Type	Mimic AI
Damage	80/160/240
Max Life	500/1000/1500
Defense	30
KB Resist	70%/73%/76%
Banner	Mimic Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	1025

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Frostbrand
  28.5%
• Ice Bow
  28.5%
• Flower of Frost
  28.5%
• Toy Sled
  5%

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• Internal NPC ID: 85

Special variants

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This section's information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

These Mimics are more rare, have much higher health, more advanced attacks, and separate sets of unique drops. They are biome-specific, and only spawn in the vicinity of the underground version of their corresponding biome. Like ordinary Mimics, they only spawn in Hardmode worlds. The Jungle variant is currently unimplemented, and never spawns during normal gameplay.

Similar to ordinary Mimics, these disguise themselves as Chests until approached or attacked, except that they do not resemble any ordinary Chest type currently in the game. They are larger than actual Chests, and larger than the ordinary Mimics listed above.

The Hallowed, Corrupt and Crimson Mimics can also be summoned manually by the player, in Hardmode worlds only. This is done by placing a Key of Light or a Key of Night inside an otherwise empty Chest, which will then become a Mimic when closed. The type of world a player is in determines whether a Corrupt or a Crimson Mimic is summoned with this method.

Each of the four have the same attack methods:

• The Mimic jumps towards the player, and can jump very high.
• It periodically shuts itself and remains stationary, during which it becomes invincible to attacks. In Expert mode, it will reflect players' projectiles that can damage players.
• It performs a "pound" attack, whereby it leaps into the air above the player and swiftly drops down, like a Giant Tortoise. However, Mimics can travel through blocks during this attack unlike Giant Tortoises.
• If the player attempts to escape, the Mimic dashes after the player at high speed (slightly over 51 mph). This attack can also travel through blocks.

Corrupt Mimic

 

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Corruption
AI Type	Biome Mimic AI
Damage	90/180/270
Max Life	3500/7000/10500
Defense	34
KB Resist	90%/91%/92%
Banner	Corrupt Mimic Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	3750

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Dart Rifle
  20%
• Worm Hook
  20%
• Chain Guillotines
  20%
• Clinger Staff
  20%
• Putrid Scent
  20%
• Greater Healing Potion (10)
  100%
• Greater Mana Potion (10)
  100%

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• Internal NPC ID: 473

Crimson Mimic

 

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Crimson
AI Type	Biome Mimic AI
Damage	90/180/270
Max Life	3500/7000/10500
Defense	34
KB Resist	90%/91%/92%
Banner	Crimson Mimic Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	3750

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Life Drain
  20%
• Dart Pistol
  20%
• Fetid Baghnakhs
  20%
• Flesh Knuckles
  20%
• Tendon Hook
  20%
• Greater Healing Potion (10)
  100%
• Greater Mana Potion (10)
  100%

Sounds

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Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 474

Hallowed Mimic

 

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Hallow
AI Type	Biome Mimic AI
Damage	90/180/270
Max Life	3500/7000/10500
Defense	34
KB Resist	90%/91%/92%
Banner	Hallowed Mimic Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	3750

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Daedalus Stormbow
  25%
• Flying Knife
  25%
• Crystal Vile Shard
  25%
• Illuminant Hook
  25%
• Greater Healing Potion (10)
  100%
• Greater Mana Potion (10)
  100%
• Blessed Apple
  0.5% / 0.67%

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• Internal NPC ID: 475

Jungle Mimiccurrently unspawnable

 

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Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Biome Mimic AI
Damage	90/180/270
Max Life	3500/7000/10500
Defense	34
KB Resist	90%/91%/92%
Immune to

Drops

Coins	3750

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Greater Healing Potion (10)
  100%
• Greater Mana Potion (10)
  100%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 476

Identification

While disguised, Mimics will not show a usual enemy tooltip when hovering the mouse cursor over them, except in the mobile version. Below are some tips to help differentiate real chests from Mimics.

• Hitting a disguised Mimic with any weapon, including ranged weapons, homing weapons, or a Minion, will make it activate.
• Real Chests will show up on the minimap, but Mimics will not.
• Spelunker Potion will not cause a Mimic to glow, but the Hunter Potion will. The Spelunker buff causes only normal Chests to shine, while the Hunter buff colors all enemies red.
• Mimics disguised as Gold Chests or Shadow Chests will not produce their usual animated sparkle effect, as opposed to real Chests.
• The Lifeform Analyzer will detect nearby Mimics. The Metal Detector can also give them away, as there will be no "Chest detected nearby!" message. (Provided there actually are no chests nearby)
• Mimics may not line up properly with blocks, as normal Chests would. They can also spawn halfway inside blocks, partially hanging off a block over empty space, or in front of background objects and other enemies, where real Chests can't be placed.
• Mimics cannot disguise themselves as unlocked Shadow Chests. Unlocked Shadow Chests are always real Chests. Similarly, they cannot disguise themselves as locked Gold Chests, which appear in the Dungeon.
• If a Mimic spawns in Lava, it will take ticks of damage, even while it is not yet attacking the player.
• Any Gold Chest found outside of Underground Cabins in maps made in version 1.3 and above is a Mimic. Gold Chests are not naturally spawned outside of Underground Cabins anymore. However, on rare occasions, a Gold Chest may spawn below or beside a Cabin due to structural generation errors.
• As of version 1.3.4, you can right-click on a Chest with any minion summon weapon. If it's a Mimic, a purple indicator will show up, but your minions will not attack it.
• In the  Old-gen console version and  Mobile version, mimics can be identified by their lack of yellow border (normally around chests) upon getting near them.

Notes

• A Mimic will always drop exactly one of the items from its loot table (excluding the Mimic Banner).
• Biome Mimics do not count towards and are unaffected by the Mimic Banner, and have no Banner themselves.
• Mimics can also spawn on the surface, but only behind natural walls.
• Rarely, there may be two Chests near to each other. If one of them is shining and the other one isn't, the one that isn't shining is a Mimic (Mimics never shine).
• Biome Mimics, despite being significantly tougher, drop less money than the normal variants. However, their item drops tend to be far more useful and valuable. Besides advanced weapons and tools, they drop Greater Healing and Greater Mana Potions, which are handy in early Hardmode (before the player can craft their own).
• The only 2 damage-inflicting debuffs Mimics are not immune to is Frostburn and Suffocation (this can be inflicted by dropping sand or silt on an attacking Mimic).

Tips

• Be careful when mining near the Underground Crimson/Corruption and Hallow Biomes very early in Hardmode, lest a Biome Mimic spawns and catches the player unaware. Carrying a Lifeform Analyzer, R.E.K. 3000, PDA, or Cell Phone in the inventory can help warn the player.
• Targeting Mimics can help players making their way through early Hardmode, as they drop high-damage weapons and good defensive accessories, as well as around 10 (−170), which can help with Hardmode's higher prices.
• Any special variants of mimics can easily be defeated in early hardmode on flat ground and while riding a Basilisk pet, helping you gain extra speed to dodge attacks and having slanted horizontal blocks to the left or right going upwards. This gives you some time to go to the other side and restore Health or Mana and it also helps while going back and forth to dodge the Mimic’s jumps, invincible/deflecting state and pouncing.
• Key of Light-/Key of Night-spawned Hallowed/Corrupt/Crimson Mimics can be easily defeated by using a platform very high in the air, such that the Mimics can barely reach you. They will jump up constantly from the surface below (which will be a little off-screen), in such a way that they are very easy to dodge with minimal movement. Note that they will be able to do a pounce and potentially can jump on the platform.
• With 3 or more players, Mimics will never stay in their disguised state.
• Biome Mimics will travel through blocks in the duration of some of their attacks so simply grappling to a high spot will not work on them like it would on their less powerful relatives.
• In Expert mode, firing at a Biome Mimic with a high damage, single hit weapon such as the Sniper Rifle should be avoided. The reflected projectile from the said weapon can easily kill the player if the Mimic is closed, especially when unprepared.
• Battle Potions can be helpful for spawning these in, as they are relatively rare enemies.

Trivia

• Mimics first appeared in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual in 1977, and have appeared in countless publications since.
• When Mimics were first introduced, it was possible for them to appear as a Skeleton instead.This was later fixed after an unknown update.
• Lost Girls act like the Mimic; they disguise and then reveal themselves to be Nymphs and try to kill the player.
• Biome Mimics are the only non-boss enemies which are manually spawnable.
• Despite their name, biome mimics do not actually resemble Biome Chests such as a Crimson Chest found in the Dungeon.

Gallery

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  Animation of a Mimic transforming from its disguised state.

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  An attacking Mimic.

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  Mimics may not line up properly with blocks.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Regular/Ice Mimic sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Corruption, Crimson, Hallowed Mimic variants added. Mimics no longer drop the Compass. Jungle Mimic planned but not yet implemented.

• Desktop 1.2: Ice Mimic variant and accompanying drops added.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.