King Slime

King Slime

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	BossSlime
Environment	Forest
AI Type	King Slime AI
Damage	40
Max Life	2000
Defense	10
KB Resist	10000%

Drops

Coins	1

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Ninja Hood
  33.33%
• Ninja Shirt
  33.33%
• Ninja Pants
  33.33%
• Lesser Healing Potion (5-15)
  100%
• Slimy Saddle
  3.33%Template:Pc icon
• Slime Gun
  50%Template:Pc icon
• Slime Hook
  50%Template:Pc icon
• King Slime Trophy
  10%Template:Pc icon
• King Slime Mask
  14.29%Template:Pc icon/Template:Console icon

• Internal NPC ID: 50

File:King Slime size.png

King Slime size depiction.

File:Kingslime.gif

Animation of King Slime

King Slime is a boss that is, as its name would suggest, a very large slime: It is roughly 5 times larger than the Rainbow Slime (the largest ordinary slime). It is summoned with the Slime Crown, but can also spawn on its own rarely (but never in the center third of the map). As King Slime takes damage, it spawns additional ordinary Blue Slimes. It will always drop one piece of Ninja clothes when defeated.

When King Slime spawns, a message appears in the bottom-left corner of the screen that reads: "King Slime has awoken!" Upon defeat, a similar message appears: "King Slime has been defeated!"

It is immune to the Poisoned debuff.

Random spawning

King Slime has a 1 in 300 chance of spawning in place of another slime if the following conditions are met:

• The player is located in the two outer thirds of the map (the far left or far right).
• Depth is above zero. It may spawn slightly underground, though, as the average ground level is higher than that.
• There must be standard, green grass at its potential spawn point (off-screen; see NPC spawning). Forest is not enough as for standard slimes.

Goblin Scouts spawn in the same locations as the King Slime, so you'll know if you're in the right place if you encounter any. A Water Candle and/or the Battle Potion can speed up the process of encountering it.

Notes

• King Slime is often regarded as a "side-boss" or "mini-boss". While a large and resilient enemy and Boss music plays while fighting it, it is not a required step to advance the game. King Slime can be encountered regardless of the current level of advancement, and defeating it does not provide access to any characters, areas, or critical items (though the Slimy Saddle and Slime Hook can be useful if acquired early). King Slime also does not travel or fire through blocks, which creates shielding or trapping possibilities that don't exist when battling most other bosses.
• If the player receives indication of his presence but he is nowhere to be seen, he may have spawned underground and be trapped in tunnels, unable , because of its size, to reach the player.
• Like most enemies and bosses, traveling too far from King Slime causes it to despawn.
• Attempting to spawn a second King Slime while one already exists will not work, and a Slime Crown will not be consumed from the player's inventory.
• King Slime appears to become smaller and smaller as it loses health.

Tips

For more elaborate strategies on defeating King Slime, including weapon and arena recommendations, see Guide:King Slime strategies.

• King Slime can be a good way to farm Gel, eg. for Flamethrower ammo.
• King Slime behaves exactly like a normal slime, except that he jumps much higher and farther, and spawns other slimes as he takes damage.
• Piercing weapons can not only damage King Slime but kill the additional slimes it spawns.
• King Slime's absolute highest jump can clear a 17-block-high wall.
• Magic weapons work well, since the blue slimes it spawns drop Mana Stars, which refill 100 mana each.

Trivia

File:Dead ninja.png

The Ninja

• Given the presence of the ninja inside, the king slime may be a reference to Ninja Gaiden, in which one of the first bosses is a slime-like creature that devours you.
• The King Slime is the only slime that doesn't use the slime AI.

Gallery

• King Slime Arena.JPG

  King Slime Arena

• Terraria King Slime Awoken.jpg

  King Slime Awoken

• Killing King Slime.JPG

  A player fighting a King Slime

History

• 1.2.4: New drops added.

• 1.2.0.3: Now drops Slime Banner.

• 1.1: Can now be spawned using Slime Crown.

• 1.0.5:
  • Now floats in liquids and doesn't make a splash sound when hitting water.
  • Only one King Slime may spawn at a time now.

• 1.0.4: Introduced.

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