NPCs & Enemies Fix the Jungle Mimic

[Intel Xeon Ω]

Honestly,the Jungle Mimic is a joke. It only drops coins and potions,and that's only if you somehow force one to spawn. It could be better if further developed,and honestly it would be a nice addition to the Hardmode Jungle

 

[King Victor]

Pretty sure the mimic doesn't have any drops is because the Jungle is already filled to the brim with items.

 

[Kojiro_S]

Would be nice for it to have actual drops, but as long as it is not formally implemented it probably won't have any, like chatter-teeth bombs. While at it, the exploding snowman would work pretty nicely with chatter-teeth bombs' AI.

 

[Intel Xeon Ω]

Would be nice for it to have actual drops, but as long as it is not formally implemented it probably won't have any, like chatter-teeth bombs. While at it, the exploding snowman would work pretty nicely with chatter-teeth bombs' AI.

Yeah,that's my point

 

[Intel Xeon Ω]

Pretty sure the mimic doesn't have any drops is because the Jungle is already filled to the brim with items.

Does it even spawn naturally?

 

[The Storm]

The Jungle mimic is unused and does not spawn unless hacked into the game.

 

[Intel Xeon Ω]

The Jungle mimic is unused and does not spawn unless hacked into the game.

That's why I made this post. I'd prefer if it would be fixed so it can spawn naturally and drop some actually useful items.

 

[Dapling]

The Jungle Mimic was cut from the game because of how ridiculously fleshed out the Jungle is compared to other biomes (seriously, can you even think of another biome with three major bosses?)

 

[The Storm]

The Jungle Mimic was cut from the game because of how ridiculously fleshed out the Jungle is compared to other biomes (seriously, can you even think of another biome with three major bosses?)

Forest

Perhaps another biome could use its own large mimic instead, I was about to say the Underground Ice biome but it already has its own mimic.

 

[Dapling]

Forest

No, because none of those bosses enrage if you leave the forest (and they don't even have to be summoned there), therefore, they don't have a biome.

 

[The Storm]

No, because none of those bosses enrage if you leave the forest (and they don't even have to be summoned there), therefore, they don't have a biome.

I know

Well technically the Golem can be summoned anywhere without being enraged if you use actuators to move the alter, and even then it's in the Lizhard temple. The Queen Bee can also be summoned outside of the Jungle without beeing enraged.

But I do get your point, we need more biome bosses.

 

[Gotcha!]

What a weird post, complaining about an enemy's drops while said enemy isn't even implemented.
You're in luck though. They fixed the Jungle Mimic's drops by not implementing the Jungle Mimic.

Case closed. *puts the file into a crate and buries it deep within Area 51*

But really, as I've mentioned in a similar topic before, the jungle is full of enemies already and extremely annoying to travel through. It is, in my opinion, the most dangerous biome by -far-. So I could do without yet another jungle headache. Please draw a ticket, mimic; there are 53 hornets, 4 ninja turtles, 918 bees, and 23 other assorted jungle creeps currently waiting in line to tear me a new one.
If devs go insane and do introduce it at some point, I hope they will make sure the jungle doesn't become overkill. Perhaps by only making it spawn in the deepest portion of the jungle.

 

[Dapling]

But really, as I've mentioned in a similar topic before, the jungle is full of enemies already and extremely annoying to travel through. It is, in my opinion, the most dangerous biome by -far-. So I could do without yet another jungle headache. Please draw a ticket, mimic; there are 53 hornets, 4 ninja turtles, 918 bees, and 23 other assorted jungle creeps currently waiting in line to tear me a new one.
If devs go insane and do introduce it at some point, I hope they will make sure the jungle doesn't become overkill. Perhaps by only making it spawn in the deepest portion of the jungle.

I agree with this point too. The Jungle may be my favorite biome, but I like excessive difficulty a little too much, so that probably actually helps your point more than anything

 

[The Storm]

The Jungle may be my favorite biome,

I wonder why...

The jungle is difficult, especially those tortoises, and has tons of content; Chlorophyte, Life fruits ect... and is required for any progression post mechanical boss. So making it more difficult would just be an annoyance as you're basically required to go there if you want to progress.

 

[Dapling]

I wonder why...

I like excessive difficulty a little too much,

That's actually one of the original reasons why. (and the color green, but that doesn't make a great biome by itself.)

 

[Kojiro_S]

That's actually one of the original reasons why. (and the color green, but that doesn't make a great biome by itself.)

I think he meant your profile name.
And JMs maybe could be summoned with special keys made with spare temple ones, like keys of light/night. That way we get a new mimic on our own terms and also get rid of that excess of temple keys in one go.

 

[Xylia]

Yeah, I'd have to say that we really don't need a Jungle Mimic, and besides, the only 3 Biome Mimics in the game currently are Hallow, Crimson, and Corruption. All three of them are Light/Dark and "unnatural" biomes.

It wouldn't make sense for one natural biome to have a special mimic when the others do not. There's no Ice Mimic, Desert Mimic, Forest Mimic, Sea Mimic, etc.

Mimics are unnatural creatures, and it makes sense that the nastiest of them are found in the middle of places of high unnatural energy. The Jungle is hardly that.

EDIT: Also, the spawn methods. You spawn the other 3 mimics with Souls of Light/Night, what would you spawn the Jungle Mimic with?
EDIT2: Didn't notice the post above me mentioned the Jungle Keys... well, then we'd have inconsistency. Why would 1 Mimic be treated differently than the other 3?

 

[The Storm]

There's no Ice Mimic

Am I a joke to you?

 

[Xylia]

Am I a joke to you?

Well, okay, there's a minor ice mimic. An oddity. Not sure why they threw that in. I forgot about it, it's that strange lol.

But you can surely get what I mean, that it's nothing like the "Big 3" Mimics. It is, IIRC, the same size and strength as any other mimic, just slightly different drops.

I think they only added that one in, during the update where they redid the whole Ice Biome to try and flesh it out a bit more, and they forgot to add those in the other areas.

So perhaps we could get a Desert and a Jungle "Minor" Mimic, maybe? Maybe give it some drops as alternative ways to get some items that can be annoying to find (Flower Boots...)?

EDIT: But yanno, Journey's End is coming and I wouldn't be surprised if they smoothed out inconsistencies like this.

 

[The Storm]

So perhaps we could get a Desert and a Jungle "Minor" Mimic, maybe? Maybe give it some drops as alternative ways to get some items that can be annoying to find (Flower Boots...)?

Yes, that would be a great addition as currently regular mimics really stand out in the Jungle.