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Santa-NK1
Santa-NK1     Santa-NK1 phase 2
Map Icon Santa-NK1
Map Icon
Classic mode icon Classic
Expert mode icon Expert
Master mode icon Master
Statistics
Type
Environment
AI TypeSanta-NK1 AI
Damage120/180/270 (melee)
72144216 (Chain Gun)
160320480 (Spiky Ball)
84168252 (Missile)
100200300 (Present) [1]
Max Life18000/23400/29835
Defense56
KB Resist100%
Immune toFrostburnConfusedPoisonedFrostbite
Drops
Coins1250
"Santank" redirects here. For the item that summons the Santank mount, see Toy Tank.

Santa-NK1 is a Hardmode post-Plantera mini-boss that spawns during the Frost Moon event. When below half health, the face and beard of the Santa mask will be torn apart to reveal a rather morbid mechanical skull underneath.

Defeating Santa-NK1 will add 350 points (350) during the Frost Moon.[4]

Attacks[]

Santa-NK1 has four different attacks, all of which occur independently of each other:

  • Santa-NK1's chain gun periodically fires bullets at the player. Its rate of fire increases as its health lowers, going from 3.75/sec (initially) to 7.5/sec when below 25% health.
  • Santa-NK1 randomly drops large Santa-NK1 Spike spiked balls on the ground that deal very high damage. These increase in frequency as Santa-NK1's health drops.
  • Santa-NK1 will randomly fire a barrage of Missile missiles which can travel through blocks. These are fired at a constant rate of 5 per second. These barrages become more common as Santa-NK1's health drops.
  • Santa-NK1 will also randomly launch a barrage of Santa-NK1 Present presents high into the air which rain down via parachutes, causing contact damage to players. These travel through blocks, and are fired at a constant rate of 6.67 per second. These barrages also become more common as Santa-NK1's health drops.

All of Santa-NK1's attacks either increase their rate of fire or increase their chance of occurring as its health drops, as described above; the specific effects are listed in the following table. Note that these changes happen as Santa-NK1's health passes the listed thresholds, and are not continuous; thus, for example, its chain gun firing rate will be 3.75 bullets/second at 100% health and also at 75% health, but as soon as its health drops below 75%, the rate of fire will increase to 4.29/sec.

Health Chain Gun
Rate of Fire
(bullets/sec)
Average Spiked
Ball Interval
(seconds)
Average Missile
Barrage Interval
(seconds)
Average Present
Barrage Interval
(seconds)
≥ 75%
(13500 / 17550 / 22376)
3.75 10 20 45
≥ 50%
(9000 / 11700 / 14917)
4.29 9 18 40.5
≥ 25%
(4500 / 5850 / 7458)
5.46 7.5 15 33.75
< 25% 7.5 5 10 22.5

Notes[]

  • Santa-NK1 currently has one of the highest damage rates in the game.
  • Santa-NK1 has a higher chance of dropping loot in later waves. See Frost Moon for more details.

Tips[]

  • Players should note that his present launcher and rocket barrage attacks are highly inaccurate.
  • Using wings to fly over him back and forth will make his chain gun and the missile barrage harder to hit the player.
  • The Razorpine and Golden Shower is very effective against him, given the player has obtained these items. Hitting him first with the Golden Shower to lower his defense, and then fire Razorpine at him. This is highly effective with Spectre armor with the Spectre Hood as it fully heals the player no matter how low the player's health is.
    • This seems to be even more effective on the Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS version version because the Spectre Hood still has its old stats, which increases magic damage, instead of lowering it.
    • Betsy's Wrath is even more effective at lowering Santa-NK1's defense.

Trivia[]

  • The spiked balls can nearly one-shot players in Master Mode, due to their damage being 480. This is by far the most damage dealt by a single attack in the entire Frost Moon event; it is also stronger than most other bosses' attacks, even dealing higher damage per hit than the Moon Lord's Phantasmal Deathray.
  • "Santa-NK1" is a play on the portmanteau of Santa and Tank, "Santank", the name used when the enemy was first announced.
    • The image in the game files used for when the face is ripped off uses the name "SantaTank.png".
  • Its arm appears to be a large Chain Gun, an item which it sometimes drops.
  • The face and mask may be a reference to the Terminator film series, as the Terminator has a metal frame and an outside 'skin'.
  • It is one of the only three bosses whose map icon does not change after entering its second phase, the others being the Brain of Cthulhu and the Queen Slime.
  • There is no Pumpkin Moon equivalent to Santa-NK1, unlike the other two Frost Moon bosses (Everscream and Ice Queen), who each have counterparts in the Pumpkin Moon event (Mourning Wood and Pumpking, respectively).

The BestiaryBestiary entry for Santa-NK1: "This jolly bad boy wants to stuff everyone's stockings with the gift of their entrails. This cranky Kringle's gone postal."

History[]

References[]

  1. Information taken from the PC version PC 1.4.0.5 source code, method AI() in Terraria.NPC.cs (under aiStyle == 61) There may be inaccuracies, as the current PC version PC version is 1.4.4.9.
  2. 2.0 2.1 See Frost Moon for more details on the loot drop rates. Information taken from the PC version PC 1.4.3.6 source code, method RegisterBoss_FrostMoon() in Terraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.ItemDropDatabase.cs and class FrostMoonDropGatingChance in Terraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.Conditions.cs There may be inaccuracies, as the current PC version PC version is 1.4.4.9.
  3. Trophies have a different drop rate than other loot from Frost Moon minibosses; see Frost Moon for more detail on these loot drop rates. Information taken from the PC version PC 1.4.3.6 source code, method RegisterBoss_FrostMoon() in Terraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.ItemDropDatabase.cs and class FrostMoonDropGateForTrophies in Terraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.Conditions.cs There may be inaccuracies, as the current PC version PC version is 1.4.4.9.
  4. Information taken from the PC version PC 1.4.0.5 source code, method CheckProgressFrostMoon() in Terraria.NPC.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current PC version PC version is 1.4.4.9.
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