Leeches are parasitic creatures that spawn in Swamplands and Patchy Islands biomes.
Description
Leeches appear as brownish, silverfish-like worms. They exist in two states: "hungry" and "full." When they are hungry they will rush toward the nearest mob or player and latch on, dealing melee damage over time. They will remain affixed until they have had their fill at which point they will let go and become "full." Leeches will not attack when full, but become hungry again after a period of time.
Leeches can be killed in one hit using a rare loot weapon, the Critter Cruncher.
Strategy
In the early and even middle-tier game, Leeches can be surprisingly powerful. They leech large amounts of damage, and if you have no armour even two Leeches clinging on to you one after the other is enough to kill. They should merely be avoided until you have weaponry to kill them before they have a chance to completely leech you of health.
Sounds
SnailDeath:
SnailHurt:
SnailLiving1:
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History
- Beta 1.0.0: Introduced.
| The Betweenlands Mobs | |
|---|---|
| Passive | Anadia • Cave Fish • Dragonfly • Firefly • Frog • Gecko • Greebling • Greebling Coracle • Mire Snail • Olm • Root Sprite • Sporeling |
| Neutral | Freshwater Urchin • Greebling Rider • Jellyfish • Lurker • Pyrad |
| Aggressive | Angler • Blood Snail • Bubbler Crab • Cave Jellyfish • Chiromaw • Crypt Crawler • Dark Druid • Emberling Shaman • Infestation • Lamprey • Leech • Living Root • Peat Mummy • Rock Snot • Shallowbreath • Shambler • Silt Crab • Sludge (Smol) • Sludge Worm (Large • Small • Tiny) • Sprites (Ash • Boulder) • Stalker • Swamp Hag • Tar Beast • Termite • Wight |
| Tamable & Utility | Emberling • Harlequin Toad • Tarminion |
| Chief | Barrishee • Chiromaw Matriarch |
| Boss | Dreadful Peat Mummy • Primordial Malevolence • Sludge Menace • Spirit Tree |
| Unimplemented | Temple Guardian |