NPCs & Enemies Why do Meteor Heads stop dropping stuff in hardmode?

[preadatordetector]

I find it really strange that meteor heads stop dropping coins and meteorite in hardmode. Was there a game design reason for this?

 

[chewythebigblackdog]

The reason this was done is bc people used to use them to AFK farm souls and biome keys. Honestly I'm a bit confused why they even drop items at all if the only drop is a single piece of meteorite with a 2% drop rate.

 

[zenithspeed]

my best guess would be to prevent people from farming them (meteorite does sell quite well, and meteor heads do spawn VERY often) but idk for sure either
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