Drifter

Surface Drifter
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Health	12
Base Attack	2.5
Abilities	Climb Ladders
Seek Range (m)	15
Drops
Temporal gear	0.026*
Flax fibers	0.2*
Mobs

Deep Drifter
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Health	16
Base Attack	4
Abilities	Climb Ladders
Seek Range (m)	15
Drops
Temporal gear	0.033*
Rusty gear	0.02*
Flax fibers	0.4*
Mobs

Tainted Drifter
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Health	22
Base Attack	8
Abilities	Climb Ladders
Seek Range (m)	15
Drops
Temporal gear	0.04*
Rusty gear	0.05*
Flax fibers	0.6*
Mobs

Corrupt Drifter
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Health	30
Base Attack	12
Abilities	Climb Ladders
Seek Range (m)	15
Drops
Temporal gear	0.047*
Rusty gear	0.07*
Flax fibers	0.8*
Mobs

Nightmare Drifter
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Health	40
Base Attack	20
Abilities	Climb Ladders
Seek Range (m)	15
Drops
Temporal gear	0.05*
Rusty gear	0.1*
Flax fibers	1*
Mobs

Drifters are common humanoid monsters. There are several kinds of drifters that spawn at different depths. As a player goes deeper underground they will find increasingly dangerous drifters, but these drifters are the most likely to drop temporal gears.

Spawning

All drifters spawn on solid blocks or inside tall grass below light level 8. Each tier is limited in how many can be alive at once, and they may only spawn at certain Y levels. See the table for both of these values.

Behaviors

Attacking the Player

Drifters will wander around until a player comes within 15 blocks of it. When a player enters the range drifters will quickly run to the player. Drifters do not try to avoid obstacles when pursuing a player and will easily fall into pits.

Fleeing in Sunlight

Drifters will flee the player when exposed to sunlight. The amount of sunlight required to make the drifter flee depends on its tier. See the table for the exact values.

Receiving damage

Drifters will on occasion flee upon taking damage. The chance that a drifter will flee decreases with increasing tier. See the table for the exact values.

Harvesting

Beginning in version 1.12, players will need to butcher the monster using a knife in the active hand to obtain drops. Shift+right click until the butchering process is complete and the GUI opens to allow players to remove temporal gears and flax fibers.

Table

Max quantity is the number of this type of drifter that can be alive at one time. Y value range is a multiple of the world's sea level, values of 0, 1, and 2 mean the bottom, the middle or sea level, and very top of the world, respectively. Flee light level is the amount of sunlight that causes the drifter to flee. Flee on damage chance is the chance that a drifter will flee when it is damaged.

Tier	Max quantity	Y value range	Flee light level	Flee on damage chance
Surface	10	0.7 - 2	0.925	20%
Deep	8	0.2 - 0.85	0.97	20%
Tainted	7	0.1 - 0.55	2	5%
Corrupt	6	0 - 0.35	2	2.5%
Nightmare	5	0 - 0.2	2	1.25%

Trivia

• Drifters have an uncommon idle animation where they curl up and cry.
• According to the story excerpt Ghosts, drifters have a metallic smell.

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