Nethereye
Nethereyes are hostile mobs that pursue the player by hovering around them. Nethereyes spawn in both the Overworld and the Nether. Nethereyes have 10 hearts, equal to the health of the player. They drop Obsidian, Netherrack, and/or (rarely) Bedrock.
Behavior
Nethereyes are one of the four mobs (the others being the Blaze, Ghast and Ender dragon) in the game with the capability to fly. When they are not attacking, they will float around randomly in any direction. When they are flying upwards, they will be forced down by gravity, so they usually do not fly too high. If they are targeting another mob or the player, they will fly towards it quite quickly.
Spawning
They spawn both in the Overworld, at night, and The Nether, in which they more commonly spawn.
Tasks
| # | Task | Objective | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Slay a Nethereye. | Kill a nethereye. | None |
History
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.11(Probably) | Aug 5, 2011 |
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| 1.23 | Nov 13, 2015 |
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| 1.26.5 | Jul 3, 2014 |
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| 1.27 | Nov 13, 2015 |
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| 1.28 | Oct 8, 2016 |
d size of the nether eye |
Bugs
- Sometimes Nethereyes glitch into or out of blocks.
Trivia
- Nethereyes were not based off of Terraria's similar mob, the Demon Eye
- Nethereyes are one of two hostile mobs (the other being the Enderman) that spawn in more than one dimension.
- Nethereyes are said to have broken out of the the Nether, and this is why they drop nether brick in particular.
- Nethereyes used to have legs and walk around. They used to be called Nether Walkers, but their name was changed after their behavior was changed. Nethereyes are still named "Nether Walkers" in the game's code.
- Prior to the 1.23 update, Nethereyes had a problem with movement, causing them to always go the wrong direction when attacking the player. This made finding and killing them harder, but avoiding them very easy.
Pictures
A Nethereye turning around to give chase to the player. (Before the size of nethereyes was increased).
