Eater of Souls

Eater of SoulsStatistics

Drops* **Item (Quantity)****Rate**
* Rotten Chunk33%
* Ancient Shadow Helmet0.19%
* Ancient Shadow Scalemail0.19%
* Ancient Shadow Greaves0.19%
* Burger1%
* Tentacle Spike0.19%
* Monster Meat0.07%
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This article is about the common enemy. For the boss, see Eater of Worlds.
The **Eater of Souls** is a flying enemy found prominently in the Corruption. It is the Corruption counterpart to the Crimson's Crimera. Eaters of Souls spawn from both Ebonstone, Corrupt grass, Ebonsand, Ebonsandstone (if on surface), Hardened Ebonsand (also if on surface), and Purple Ice. with large groups coming from chasms. They circle the player at a distance before periodically rushing in. There are three size variants, each with corresponding amounts of health, defense, and damage.

The Eater of Souls is the primary reason that newer players will want to avoid the Corruption prior to becoming more familiar with game combat, and acquiring more powerful weapons or armor. Eaters have relatively high defense and health points, cause significant damage on contact, and usually attack in swarms.

A fourth Eater-type enemy, the Corruptor, appears after entering Hardmode, and is larger than the large-size Eater.

## Variants

 Classic Expert Master2 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode
3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera

## Notes

* In Expert Mode, Eaters of Souls will fly towards the player with greater precision, spending much less time circling around them.

## Tips

* Eaters of Souls are weak on their own, but may quickly coalesce into a larger swarm. Early weapons with longer range, like a Spear or Cactus Sword, can help to hit more of a swarm at once.
* Another good weapon to use is the Enchanted Boomerang, with good damage, high knockback, and piercing capabilities when returning to the player. The more common Wooden Boomerang is less effective, but still useful with good aim.
* Chasms can be sealed off with blocks of any type, which will trap any Eaters that spawn within. They will still spawn on the surface, but in reduced numbers.

## Trivia

* The mouse-over name for each variant of the Eater used to be, respectively, Eater of Souls, Little Eater, and Big Eater.
* On the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, and tModLoader version, an Eater of Souls can occasionally be seen flying in the background in the Corruption as ambience.
	+ A cloud in the shape of an Eater of Souls can occasionally be seen in the background as well.

The Bestiary entry for the Eater of Souls: *"Birthed from the Corruption as a being of pure malice, its sole instincts are to pursue, punish, and kill."*

## Gallery

* The Eater of Souls-shaped cloud
* The Eater of Souls ambient entity
* The Eater of Souls ambient entity
* The Eater of Souls ambient entity
* The Eater of Souls card included in the Collector's Edition
* Eater of Souls displayed on the Official Terraria Forums (Corruption style)

## See also

* Crimera
* Corruptor

## History

PC version
* Desktop 1.4.4: Drop rate of Monster Meat have been decreased from ~~0.1\*~~1/1000 (0.1%) to ~~0.07\*~~1/1500 (0.07%) (from ~~0.5\*~~1/200 (0.5%) to ~~0.2\*~~1/500 (0.2%) in worlds with The Constant seed).

* Desktop 1.4.3: Now drops the Tentacle Spike and the Monster Meat.

* Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now drops the Burger.

* Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

* Desktop 1.2.3: Drop rate of Ancient Shadow armor pieces decreased from 0.22% to 0.19%.

* Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop its own respective banner.

* Desktop 1.2:
	+ Big and little variants no longer named but share the name "Eater of Souls".
	+ Now has a chance to drop pieces of Ancient Shadow Armor.

* Desktop 1.0.5:
	+ Variants *Little Eater* and *Big Eater* introduced.
	+ May no longer enter water and does not make a splash sound when hitting water.
	+ AI changed: Now surround players before charging in.

* Desktop-Release: Introduced.

Console version
* Console-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version
* Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version
* Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DSversion
* 3DS-Release: Introduced.

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