Terraria Zenith
Vortex Pillar

NPC

Vortex Pillar

  • Boss
  • Vortex Pillar

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

Representing a deep celestial void known as 'vortex', this tower holds the seal locking away a terrifying tyrant.

  • Lives in: Vortex Pillar
  • Achievements: Star Destroyer
  • Spawned by: The Lunar Events start
  • Shoots: Vortex
  • Immune to: every buff and debuff except the whip tags
  • Traits: Moves through blocks

Stats by game mode

Every mode
Life20,000
Attack0
Defense20
Knockback Taken0% (None)
CoinsNo coins

The game does not scale this NPC by game mode.

How to fight it

How it appears

What beating it changes

  • When all four pillars are down, the Moon Lord comes 3,600 ticks later.

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Vortex Fragment12 to 60100%

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Vortex Fragment24 to 100100%

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Vortex Fragment24 to 100100%

Chance is per kill. Kills for 50% and 90% is how many kills give that chance to see the item at least once.

Also see