Cockatrice

Cockatrice

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Statistics

Type	Miniboss
Environment	Fowl Morning
Damage	0 (Contact) 30 / 36 / 54 (Petrifying Gaze)
Max Life	340 / 408 / 612
Defense	4
Elemental multipliers	1.1x 0.75x
KB Resist	90%
Inflicts debuff	Stoned 100% chance
Debuff duration	1-2 seconds (Petrifying Gaze)
Debuff tooltip	You are completely petrified!

Drops

Coins	10

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Cockatrice Trophy
  10%
• Egg Shelld
  20%
• 1 of the following 5 items has a chance to be dropped
• Grenegg Launcher
  4%
• Halbirdhouse
  4%
• Nest Wand
  4%
• Chickend Wand
  4%
• Dawn Herald
  4%
• Pile o' Grain
  1%
• Cockatrice's Glare
  6.67%
• Fried Chicken (2-3)
  100% (while on fire)
• Cockatrice Relic
  50%
• Fowl Feather
  25%

The Cockatrice is a pre-Hardmode miniboss that spawns during the final waves of the Fowl Morning event. It occasionally stops in place, charging a Petrifying Gaze beam that inflicts the Stoned debuff if the player is facing the boss when hit. If the player is facing away from the Cockatrice, the beam will deal no damage and will not inflict the debuff. Defeating it will add 20 / 40 points during the event.

Tips

• Cockatrices should be considered relatively high priority targets, and should be targeted as soon as they spawn. Cockatrices are exceptionally dangerous if allowed to attack for long periods of time, due to their ability to freeze the player's movement and expose them to damage from other enemies.
• The Cockatrice's beam targets the player's location shortly before the beam is fired, so timing a jump immediately after the sound effect is an easy way to consistently dodge the Cockatrice's beam. If in the air, it's encouraged to simply turn around, preventing the boss from inflicting its debuff.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Cockatrice: "50% chicken, 50% dragon, yet somehow still tastes 100% like chicken."

• The Cockatrice is based on a mythological animal of the same name.
  • Cockatrices are half-dragon, half-rooster creatures of myth, said to be able to kill men with its gaze.

Gallery

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  Falling/jumping sprite

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  Petrifying Gaze attack

History

• 0.8.0.4035:
  • Resprited.
  • Now drops Cockatrice's Glare.