Swamp Hag

Swamp Hag
Health	40 ( x 20)
Damage	Easy: 3 () Normal: 4 () Hard: 6 ()
Drops	See Drops
Experience	5
ID	swamp_hag

Swamp Hags are undead mobs that spawn occasionally in Swamplands, Patchy Islands, Coarse Islands, and Raised Isles biomes, as well as more commonly anywhere underground in the Cavern and Lake Cavern layers. They will spawn at a heavily increased rate and in all surface Betweenlands biomes during a Blood Sky, and also spawn from Monster Spawners in Shrines, Underground Oases, Cragrock Towers, and the Wight Fortress.

Description

Swamp Hags are about 2.5 blocks tall, and appear as skeletal creatures with scarred and overgrown limbs and with glowing yellow eyes. They stagger when they walk, as an added horror factor. They act like the average hostile mob, and deal average melee damage. In addition, with each hit they have a chance not to take knockback.

They will bang on doors that are in the way of their target; if the world is in Hard difficulty, they will eventually succeed in breaking down the door.

When spawned during the Blood Sky event, they move faster and deal twice as much damage, making them significantly more dangerous.

Swamp Hags get faster and stronger deeper underground, similar to their Blood Sky buff.

Wights can possess nearby Swamp Hags and turn them into "turrets". The Wight will send out flying soul projectiles that can pass through blocks to attack the player or nearby mobs.

Swamp Hags have a chance to spawn applied with a random Amulet, which will give it Middle Gem Circle benefits depending on the type applied. This amulet will not drop upon their death.

Swamp Hags can be killed in one hit using a rare loot weapon, the Hag Hacker.

Strategy

Individual Swamp Hags and even small groups of them are quite easy to handle; their AI is essentially that of a vanilla zombie, and their stats are only slightly higher. Large groups of them can be a different story however, especially if they sneak up to you from behind; bring a shield in this case, ideally an octine one, as that makes groups far easier. Just be on the lookout for those appearances and you'll be fine.

Drops

The drops from Swamp Hags are derived from the swamp_hag loot table.

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

Swamp Hag Drops
Dropped Item	Quantity	Weight
1 Roll:
Slimy Bone	1-2 (+0-1 per Looting level)	1/1 (100%)
2 Rolls, if killed by player, Spook event only:
Nothing	N/A	3/6 (50%)
Blue Candy	1	1/6 (16.67%)
Red Candy	1	1/6 (16.67%)
Yellow Candy	1	1/6 (16.67%)
1 Roll, if killed by player, Winter event only:
Nothing	N/A	2/3 (66.67%)
Mince Pie	1	1/3 (33.33%)

Visit the Loot Tables page for more information on loot.

Advancements

Advancement	In-game Description	Parent	Actual Requirements	ID
Fearless Fighter	Slay a Swamp Hag, a Wight, a Tar Beast, a Sludge, and a Peat Mummy	Chopping Boy	Kill a Swamp Hag, Wight, Tar Beast, Sludge, and Peat Mummy (does not have to be at the same time)	fighter /fearless_fighter
Hag Hater	Slay a Swamp Hag with a Hag Hacker	Chopping Boy	Same as description	fighter /hag_hater
Crowd Control	Knock back three Swamp Hags in a row with a Syrmorite Shield	Shield Wall	Use the Syrmorite Shield's charging ability to hit one or more Swamp Hags three times in the same charge attack	fighter /crowd_control

Sounds

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	ID
	Swamp Hag dies	Hostile	Plays when a Swamp Hag dies.	swamp_hag_death
	Swamp Hag hurts	Hostile	Plays when a Swamp Hag takes damage.	swamp_hag_hurt
	Swamp Hag groans	Hostile	Plays randomly when a Swamp Hag is alive.	swamp_hag_living

History

• Release 3.7.1: Updated Spawn Egg colors.
• Release 3.7.0: Now spawns as part of Peat Mummy riders, with unique behavior.
• Release 3.3.0: Added Advancements.
• Beta 2.0.0:
  • Now move faster and deal more damage during Blood Sky.
  • Can now break down doors in Hard difficulty.
• Beta 1.0.0: Introduced.