Slimes

Present Slimes appearing during Christmas	Present Slimes appearing during Christmas	Present Slimes appearing during Christmas	Present Slimes appearing during Christmas
 	 	 	
Slime in Bunny costume for Halloween 	Slime in Bunny costume for Halloween 	Slime in Bunny costume for Halloween 	Slime in Bunny costume for Halloween
Slimes are the most common enemy type. They are almost always the first enemy the player encounters in a new world. They come in multiple sizes and colors, each with different health, defense, and damage. With the exception of the Gastropod, winged Slimer, and Hoppin' Jack, all slimes follow the basic Slime AI: They hop in the direction of the player and rest a short amount of time afterwards. When a slime is preparing to hop, it bobs up and down rapidly. Slimes can float in water and move significantly faster while doing so, but only the Lava Slime can float in lava.
Slimes spawned on or near the surface are usually neutral and do not chase the player during the day, unless provoked. All slimes become hostile at night and slimes spawned underground are always hostile. Green, Blue, Red, Purple, and Yellow Slimes usually spawn on or near the surface, while Mother Slime, Baby Slime, and Black Slime can only be found underground. Pinky may appear anywhere, yet rarely. Similar to Pinky, the may appear anywhere rarely, but only in Celebrationmk10 worlds.
Most types drop 1-2 Gel, with exceptions noted in the table below. Most slime types also have a very small chance of dropping a Slime Staff:
* Most Slime types, and the Slimed Zombie; ( chance; ). 
* Sand Slime ( chance; ).
* Pinky ( chance; ).
* The following types do not drop the Slime Staff: Lava, Dungeon, Umbrella, Hoppin' Jack, Corrupt , Crimslime, Gastropod , Rainbow, King Slime, Queen Slime.
== Variants ==
Type	Health	Damage	Defense	Coins	Banner	BonusDrops	Additional info
 	
* Spawns primarily in the Forest biome during the day.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns primarily in the Forest biome during the day.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Underground layer.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns primarily in the Forest biome during the day.
* Cannot spawn within 400 tiles of the world's spawn point (except in Expert Mode).	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Underground layer.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Cavern layer.
* May inflict the Darkness debuff.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in Snow biomes.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in Desert biomes.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in Jungle biomes.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Ice biome.
* Fires projectiles.
* Both the projectiles and the slime itself always inflict the Chilled debuff, and have a chance to inflict the Frozen debuff.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Underground Jungle.
* Fires projectiles, which inflict the Poisoned debuff.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Cavern layer and spawns up to three Baby Slimes upon death.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in groups of three, whenever Mother Slime is defeated.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Underworld.
* Can jump higher than most other slimes.
* Immune to lava and leaves a small amount of lava upon death in .
* Does not drop Gel.
* Emits an orange glow.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Dungeon.
* Drops its Golden Key, which is not to be confused with bonus drops.
* Does not drop Gel.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Smallest slime, spawns very rarely.
* Drops 25-50 .
* Defeating grants the Pretty in Pink achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Only spawns in Celebrationmk10 worlds.
* Drops a large amount of coins.
* Does not drop Gel.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Slime boss; rarely spawns in the outer thirds of the world but can also be manually summoned.
* Does not follow the Slime AI.
* Drops several pieces of Ninja armor upon defeat.
* Does not drop Gel.
* Defeating it grants the Slippery Shinobi achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Expert Mode-exclusive.
* Summoned by King Slime in Expert Mode.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.
* Fires projectiles.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns during rain.
* Drops 2-5 Gel.
* Larger than most slimes.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns during a Windy Day.
* Always carries a Green, Blue or Purple Slime.
* The slime that it is attached to may carry drops not carried by any other slime.
* The balloon itself deals no damage.
* Uses the Windy Balloon AI, unless the balloon is popped, in which case it becomes a regular slime.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Transformed from a slime that came in contact with Shimmer.
* Can reflect projectiles	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	
* Spawns in Forest biomes during Halloween.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	
 	 	
* Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas.
* Can drop a Giant Bow.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	
 	 	
* Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas.
* Can drop a Giant Bow.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	
 	 	
* Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas.
* Can drop a Giant Bow.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	
 	 	
* Spawns in Forest biomes during Christmas.
* Can drop a Giant Bow.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	
=== Hardmode-only ===
Type	Health	Damage	Defense	Coins	Banner	BonusDrops	Additional info
 	
* Spawns in the Underground and Cavern layers.
* Has a chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff.
* Only Slime with a visible face.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Corruption and spawns 2-3 Slimelings upon death.
* May inflict the Darkness debuff.
* Drops 2-4 Gel.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in groups of 2-3, whenever Corrupt Slime is defeated.
* May inflict the Darkness debuff.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Corruption and Underground Corruption.
* Uses the Bat AI in its first form.
* Loses its wings upon depleting its health, becoming a regular Slime instead.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Crimson, with a semi-random size.
* May inflict the Blindness debuff.
* Drops 2-4 Gel.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Hallow at night.
* Shoots laser beams from range.
* Does not follow the Slime AI.
* Drops 5-10 Gel.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns in the Underground Hallow.
* Glows and has an afterimage.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns during rain on non-Hallowed blocks while the player is in the Hallow.
* Drops Rainbow Bricks.
* Drops 1-20 Gel.
* Very large size compared to other slimes.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Slime boss; summoned with the Gelatin Crystal in the Hallow.
* Does not follow the Slime AI.
* Does not drop Gel.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Summoned by Queen Slime during her first phase.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Summoned by Queen Slime during her first phase.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Summoned by Queen Slime during her first phase.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Only appears during Halloween at night or in Graveyards at anytime. 
*Remains hostile even when player has the Royal Gel equipped.
* Not needed for the Gelatin World Tour achievement.	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Exclusive variants ===
Type	Health	Damage	Defense	Coins	Banner	Additional info
 	
* Spawns in the Corruption.
* Has a chance to drop a Petri Dish.	 	 	 	 	
 	
* Spawns at night in the Hallow.	 	 	 	 	
== Bonus drops ==
Certain slimes have a chance of carrying a bonus item when spawning naturally. This item can be seen inside the slime's body and will drop upon its death.
The slimes that can have bonus drops are:
The bonus drops cannot be seen inside Pinky's body, although they do still drop.
Slimes spawned from statues can never carry a bonus drop. Dungeon Slimes will always have a Golden Key as a bonus drop.
Item 	Chances	Amount
 	1/28 	1
 	1/28 	1
 	1/28 	1
 	1/28 	1
 	1/14 	1
 	1/14 	1
 	1/16 	5-10
 	1/16 	2-6
 	1/16 	20-46
 	1/16 	1
Any of these ores may spawn inside of a slime, regardless of whether it was generated in the world or not.	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/32 	3-13
 	1/12 	50-99
 	1/12 	50-99
 	1/12 	1-3
== Notes ==
* Smaller slimes may clip through walls and one block-wide holes.
* The accessory (dropped by King Slime in Expert Mode) turns all slimes passive (i.e., behaving neutral and not dealing damage), with the exception of Hoppin' Jack, Golden Slime, King Slime, Queen Slime, and their exclusive minions.
== Achievements ==
== Tips ==
* It may not always be worth fighting slimes in the early-game when under-equipped, particularly on Expert and Master Mode. In these situations, combat can be avoided by standing close to a slime and waiting for them to jump over or simply tanking a hit without dealing damage; as most surface slimes are passive during the day, they can usually be ignored afterwards.
* Farming slimes with a Slime Statue can produce an infinite amount of Gel. This can be helpful when using the Flamethrower, which requires Gel as ammunition.
* A Slime Statue can also be used to farm for a Slime Staff.
* Because of their low stature, slimes can be difficult to hit with guns, bows, or magic weapons, as they require calibration to effectively hit in early game stages. Broadswords, or other melee weapons with an arc, are more preferable. Exceptions to this exist, such as controllable magic weapons like the Flamelash or Magic Missile.
== Trivia ==
* Rainbow Slimes deal the most damage out of all non-boss slime variants.
* Slimes are hinted to be made of a digestive substance by the Nurse in her dialogue: "You look half digested. Have you been chasing slimes again?"
* The fact that Slimes are usually a player's first enemy encounter is referenced in the painting First Encounter.
* According to the Collector's Edition trading card of the Blue Slime, there is a single source where all the slimes originate, and destroying that source will make the slimes vanish from the world. However, no such source currently exists in the game.
* Grasshoppers use the same AI as slimes, which causes them to hop away from the player during daytime, and towards the player at night.
== See also ==
* – a slime-like enemy that spawns during Halloween
* – a rideable slime mount
* – a rideable slime mount with wings
* – a slime minion which fights enemies
* – a slime pet (which will not fight)
* Solidifier – a crafting station for slime-themed furniture
* – a random event where Green, Blue, and Purple Slimes rain down from the sky, and King Slime spawns after killing enough slimes.
== History ==