Explain a terraria enemy/boss badly

[Hiraya Manarawi]

99% of players have never seen this enemy but everyone has it in their Bestiary by the end of the game.

Dungeon guardian?

 

[Russ Guss Doodles]

Dungeon guardian?

I good guess but nope. I would say more than 99% of players have encountered the dungeon guardian.

 

[Kitnight]

Huh I guess I kinda revived this.
Okay cool.

As for an enemy...

Look out from above!

 

[TheManWithTheFlannel]

I good guess but nope. I would say more than 99% of players have encountered the dungeon guardian.

how ‘bout the Golden Slime?

 

[Russ Guss Doodles]

how ‘bout the Golden Slime?

Another good guess but no. This enemy can be found in a normal seed.

 

[CursedSliver]

Another good guess but no. This enemy can be found in a normal seed.

a grasshopper? I cant think of any critter smaller or blends better than that.

 

[Russ Guss Doodles]

a grasshopper? I cant think of any critter smaller or blends better than that.

A good guess if critters were included in this thread. I might have made this a bit too obscure and obtuse. Here’s a hint, the bit about the bestiary is the key.

 

[CursedSliver]

That’s a critter… this might be a bit to obscure and obtuse. Here’s a hint, the bit about the bestiary is the key.

well, you said that "99% of players have never seen this enemy", but anything that tries to kill them is very likely identified. From a technical aspect a critter is an enemy, so the most likely explanation for an entity that can be logged but not be seen is a critter (since you just need to be near them to log them into the bestiary)
I bet that if its a hostile enemy, it is an enemy that is logged simultaneously as another, much more common enemy is killed.

 

[Russ Guss Doodles]

well, you said that "99% of players have never seen this enemy", but anything that tries to kill them is very likely identified. From a technical aspect a critter is an enemy, so the most likely explanation for an entity that can be logged but not be seen is a critter (since you just need to be near them to log them into the bestiary)
I bet that if its a hostile enemy, it is an enemy that is logged simultaneously as another, much more common enemy is killed.

The only critters classified as enemies in the code are the Truffle Worm and the Faeling. You are on the right track though about enemies being simultaneously unlocked.

 

[CursedSliver]

The only critters classified as enemies in the code are the Truffle Worm and the Faeling. You are on the right track though about enemies being simultaneously being unlocked.

true...
I think its either ancient vision or explosive bunny. The wiki mentions neither of them having any special abilities that gets them unlocked as their counterparts get unlocked, but that seem to make a lot of sense to me.

 

[TheManWithTheFlannel]

true...
I think its either ancient vision or explosive bunny. The wiki mentions neither of them having any special abilities that gets them unlocked as their counterparts get unlocked, but that seem to make a lot of sense to me.

actually, both of those make sense
but idk lol

 

[Russ Guss Doodles]

true...
I think its either ancient vision or explosive bunny. The wiki mentions neither of them having any special abilities that gets them unlocked as their counterparts get unlocked, but that seem to make a lot of sense to me.

It’s the Ancient Vision! Its entry is unlocked after defeating the Lunatic Cultists and most players defeat the Phantasm Dragon before the cultist decoys show up again. The explosive bunny was also a good guess since it walks that fine line between critter and enemy.

 

[Hiraya Manarawi]

Huh I guess I kinda revived this.
Okay cool.

As for an enemy...

Look out from above!

I can think of three things
*Martian probe
*Wyvern
*Harpy

 

[Kitnight]

I can think of three things
*Martian probe
*Wyvern
*Harpy

Those would make sense but none are what I was thinking of.
Let me add to what I had said.

Look out from above when underground..

 

[ChrisChill]

One creature infested with multiple creatures that is not found in the infected lands. Without an eye to see the writing around it.

 

[Maddie.]

One creature infested with multiple creatures that is not found in the infected lands. Without an eye to see the writing around it.

Stardust cell?

 

[ChrisChill]

Stardust cell?

Maggot Zombie

 

[Hiraya Manarawi]

Those would make sense but none are what I was thinking of.
Let me add to what I had said.

Boulder?

 

[Maddie.]

The closest machine we have to a boxing match.

 

[ChrisChill]

The closest machine we have to a boxing match.

Golem?