Army Ant
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Classic
Expert
Master
Classic Expert Master
Army Ants are enemies that can be found in the Underground Jungle biome. They crawl towards the player to deal contact damage and can inflict the Poisoned or On Fire! debuffs. They have a chance to drop the Hive Mind.
Variants
Army Ant
Classic Expert MasterStatistics
| Type | Enemy |
|---|---|
| Environment | Underground Jungle |
| AI Type | Fighter AI |
| Damage | 255075 |
| Max Life | 100200300 |
| Defense | 5 |
| KB Resist | 55%60%64% |
| Inflicts debuff |  Poisoned33% chance |
| Duration | 10 seconds20 seconds |
| Debuff tooltip | Slowly losing life |
"A massive ant with a nasty bite. Just be thankful you haven't stumbled across its home nest!"
Army AntFire Ant
Classic Expert MasterStatistics
| Type | Enemy |
|---|---|
| Environment | Underground Jungle |
| AI Type | Fighter AI |
| Damage | 3570105 |
| Max Life | 140280420 |
| Defense | 5 |
| KB Resist | 55%60%64% |
| Inflicts debuff |  On Fire!33% chance |
| Duration | 7 seconds14 seconds |
| Debuff tooltip | Slowly losing life |
"A massive ant with a burning bite. Just be thankful you haven't stumbled across its home nest!"
Notes
- Fire Ants spawn more commonly the closer you are to The Underworld, though they will not spawn in The Underworld itself.
- Both variants of Army Ants will still spawn in Hardmode, but at a reduced rate.
History
- 1.6.1.0:
- Army Ant:
- Buffed damage from 20 / 40 to 25 / 50.
- Nerfed life from 120 / 240 to 100 / 200.
- Fire Ant:
- Nerfed life from 145 / 290 to 140 / 280.
- Army Ant:
- 1.2.0.0: Introduced.
