Cnidrion
Statistics
| Type | Enemy |
|---|---|
| Environment | Underground Desert |
| AI Type | Cnidrion AI |
| Damage | 20 / 40 / 50 / 56 (Contact) 22-34 / 32-52 (Water blasts) |
| Max Life | 400 / 800 |
| Defense | 6 |
| DR | 5% |
| KB Resist | 95% / 95.5% |
| Inflicts debuff |  Wet100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 4 seconds (Water blasts) |
| Debuff tooltip | You are dripping water |
| Immune to |   |
| Banner |  Cnidrion Banner |
Drops
| Coins | 25  |
|---|
- Item (Quantity)Rate
- 24%
- 1%
Victory Shard (1-3)100%- Coral (1-3)100%
- Seashell (1-3)100%
- Starfish (1-3)100%
- Not to be confused with Cnidarian, a yoyo made with Victide Bars.
Cnidrion is a rare Pre-Hardmode enemy that can spawn in the Underground Desert. It will attempt to follow the player while firing a burst of four water blasts every ten seconds. Its firing rate doubles while below 33% / 60% health, and triples while below 10% health. The water blast damage will also change as its health drops; it normally does 22-24 / 32-36 damage, increasing to 32-52 while below 60% health in Death Mode, and increasing damage once again below 25% health to 28-34 / 44-52.
Notes[]
- Cnidrion is one of the few enemies that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer.
- It can be a dangerous enemy for Pre-Hardmode players exploring the Desert.
- In Death Mode they move far quicker and can fire water blasts while moving.
Tips[]
- Cnidrion can swim through blocks in order to reach the player.
- Because of this, Cnidrion can easily surprise starting players by dropping through the ceiling or rising through the floor onto them.
- It is exceptionally useful for those trying to obtain Victide Bars, as it drops all of the necessary components.
Trivia[]
- The name Cnidrion is derived from "Cnidaria", a term used for individuals of the cnidaria phylum, which contains organisms such as anemones, corals, and jellyfish.
- Despite this, Cnidrion's design takes after seahorses, who are instead members of the extremely distantly related chordate phylum.
- Cnidrion's theme music was featured at the beginning of the official music video of UNIVERSAL COLLAPSE, theme of the Devourer of Gods' second form as a joke.
- Cnidrions were originally considered a mini boss, but were demoted due to their maximum health not reaching the threshold required for the Boss Health Bar to appear.
