Lamprey

Lamprey
Health	20 ( x 10)
Damage	Contact Easy: 3-4 () Contact Normal: 3-4 () Contact Hard: 5-6 () Spit: 1
Drops	Nothing
Experience	7
ID	wall_lamprey

Lampreys are hostile creatures found in the walls on the third layer of the Labyrinthine Vaults of the Sludgeon.

Description

Appearance

Lampreys, much like their real life inspiration, are eel-like creatures with large, circular mouths filled with several rings of teeth. Unlike real lampreys, however, they do not live in an aquatic environment, and instead reside in holes in the walls, floors, and ceilings of the Labyrinthine Vaults. Only their heads are visible when they emerge from their burrows.

Behavior

In the absence of a nearby player, Lampreys will appear simply as a dark hole in a block, identical to a Worm Hole. When approached by a player, Lampreys will come out of their burrows and attempt to pull the player towards them by inhaling. This pull becomes stronger the closer an entity is to the Lamprey. In addition to dealing damage, their melee attack will sap the player's Decay. When burrowed into the ceiling, a Lamprey will attack its target using a ranged spit attack, which does not drain Decay.

Like Worm Holes and Living Roots, if their target moves out of their line of sight Lampreys will relocate themselves, disappearing into their burrows and sealing them off, then opening a new hole closer to their target's location. Also like these two mobs, the amount of health a Lamprey has is indicated by how damaged its hole appears - the more cracked it appears, the less health the mob has.

Strategy

Lampreys are not usually a huge problem, however, it is a horrible idea to ignore them. if you do this, you will discover that their decaying bites build up fast and with only 3 bites you'll find out that they ate your entire decay bar. To counter this, it's best to eat Weeping Blue Petals first and back away whenever they suck in.

Drops

The drops from Lampreys are derived from the wall_lamprey loot table. However, this contains no content by default.

Visit the Loot Tables page for more information on loot.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	ID
	Wall Lamprey chomps	Hostile	Plays when a Lamprey attacks.	wall_lamprey_attack
	Wall Lamprey sucks	Hostile	Plays when a Lamprey inhales.	wall_lamprey_suck

History

• Release 3.7.1:
  • Updated Spawn Egg colors.
  • Increased experience drop from 5 to 7.
• Beta 3.5.0: Introduced.