Chiromaw

This article is about the lone, fully-grown Chiromaw, whether untamed or tamed. For the Chiromaw ridden by a Greebling, see Greebling Rider. For the Chiromaw egg or juvenile, see Chiromaw Hatchling. For the giant chief mob variety, see Chiromaw Matriarch.

Chiromaw
Health	10 ()
Damage	Easy/Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 ()
Drops	See Drops
Experience	5
ID	chiromaw

Chiromaws are bat-like mobs that spawn commonly in The Betweenlands. They have a hostile, untamed variant, a Tamed Chiromaw variant, and a Tamed Lightning Chiromaw variant.

Spawning

Untamed Chiromaws spawn in the Cavern and Lake Cavern layers. They can also spawn occasionally in any biome on the surface of The Betweenlands, except for Deep Waters and Swamplands Clearing biomes.

Spawners

Untamed Chiromaws spawn from some Monster Spawners in Cragrock Towers and the Wight Fortress.

Hatchlings

Untamed Chiromaws can be hatched from wild Chiromaw Hatchlings. Tamed Chiromaws can be raised from non-wild hatchlings, including as a regular variant or as a Tamed Lightning Chiromaw if raised from a Lightning Chiromaw Hatchling.

Behavior

Chiromaws will often hang upside down from the ceilings of caves or structures before targeting the player. They extend their wings and fly around with great weight, flapping towards the player and dealing basic melee damage. They strike quickly and are most effective in a swarm.

Chiromaws can be killed in one hit using a rare loot weapon, the Critter Cruncher.

Taming

A Tamed Chiromaw can be raised by properly hatching and feeding a non-wild Chiromaw Hatchling. Tamed Chiromaws will follow and teleport to the player, attacking any hostile mobs nearby by shooting barbs at them. When a Tamed Lightning Chiromaw's barbs hit an enemy, they will shock other nearby entities. When right clicked, they will sit on the player's head, giving them a double jump. They will still attack hostile mobs in this state. Right clicking on a ceiling will remove the Tamed Chiromaw from your head and place it hanging from the block. They can be healed with Raw Snail Flesh.

Catching

Tamed Chiromaws, including Tamed Lightning Chiromaws, can be right-clicked with a Net to capture them as an inventory item. This item can then be right-clicked on the ground to release the Tamed Chiromaw or Tamed Lightning Chiromaw as an entity there.

Drops

The drops from Chiromaws are derived from the chiromaw loot table. Note that this loot table only affects untamed Chiromaws - Tamed Chiromaws, including Tamed Lightning Chiromaws, drop nothing.

The following is a list of all of the items that can be dropped by untamed Chiromaws, including their rolls, quantities, and weights.

Chiromaw Drops
Dropped Item	Quantity	Weight
1 Roll:
Chiromaw Wing	0-1 (+0-1 per Looting level)	1/1 (100%)
2 Rolls, if killed by player, Spook event only:
Nothing	N/A	8/11 (72.73%)
Blue Candy	1	1/11 (9.09%)
Red Candy	1	1/11 (9.09%)
Yellow Candy	1	1/11 (9.09%)
1 Roll, if killed by player, Winter event only:
Nothing	N/A	6/7 (85.71%)
Mince Pie	1	1/7 (14.29%)

Visit the Loot Tables page for more information on loot.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	ID
	Chiromaw dies	Hostile	Plays when a Chiromaw dies.	flying_fiend_death
	Chiromaw hurts	Hostile	Plays when a Chiromaw is damaged.	flying_fiend_hurt
	Chiromaw chatters	Hostile	Plays when a Chiromaw is idle.	flying_fiend_living

Gallery

A Chiromaw hanging upside down in a cave.

A Chiromaw next to tamed Chiromaws.

Trivia

• Chiromaw is named after the Chiroptera bat family.
• The Chiromaw's working name during development was the Flying Fiend.

History

• Release 3.7.1: Updated Spawn Egg colors.
• Beta 1.0.0: Introduced.