The Excavator (Secrets Of The Shadows)
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The Excavator
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Statistics
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Environment | |
| Max Life | 17500 / 23530 / 30000 |
| KB Resist | 100% |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Intimidating Presence |
| Duration | Infinite while in vicinity |
| Debuff tooltip | Drastically lowers enemy spawns |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Void Burn |
| Duration | 3 seconds (Excavator Orb) |
| Debuff tooltip | Increases void drain by 2 |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Bleeding |
| Duration | 20 / 40 / 50 seconds (Excavator Saw) |
| Debuff tooltip | Cannot regenerate life |
| Immune to |    |
Drops
| Coins | 1250 |
|---|
- Item (Quantity)Rate
Fragment of Earth(Secrets Of The Shadows) (10-20)100%
Earthen Plating(Secrets Of The Shadows) (60-100)100%- 100%
- 2 of the following 5 items will be dropped
Earth Breaker(Secrets Of The Shadows)40%
Earth Grinder(Secrets Of The Shadows)40%
Guardian Greatsword(Secrets Of The Shadows)40%
Fortress Crasher(Secrets Of The Shadows)40%
Magma Concentrator(Secrets Of The Shadows)40%- 2 of the following 3 items will be dropped
Drillforge Helmet(Secrets Of The Shadows)66.67%
Drillforge Breastplate(Secrets Of The Shadows)66.67%
Drillforge Leggings(Secrets Of The Shadows)66.67%
Healing Potion (5-15)100%
Excavator Mask(Secrets Of The Shadows)14.29%
Excavator Trophy(Secrets Of The Shadows)10%
Treasure Bag(The Excavator)
The Excavator Relic(Secrets Of The Shadows)
The Excavator is a Pre-Hardmode boss encountered in the Abandoned Village. Similarly to The Destroyer, it consists of multiple segments that share the same health pool.
Spawn
The Excavator does not spawn on its own and is summoned by right-clicking the Seismic Station in the lowest layer of the Abandoned Village.
Segments
| Segment | Damage | Defense |
|---|---|---|
 The Excavator Drill Tail
|
40 / 80 / 120 | 32 |
 The Excavator Tail
|
12 / 24 / 36 | 32 |
 The Excavator Body 2
|
20 / 40 / 60 | 20 |
 The Excavator Body
|
24 / 48 / 72 | 20 |
 The Excavator Head
|
42 / 62 / 93 | 20 |
Behavior
Phase 1
The Excavator will perform the following attacks in a random order:
- Drill Dash - Dashes at the player a total of 5 times. If The Excavator dashes into blocks, its drills will launch arcing
Collapse Blocks. - Energy Orb - Charges a large
Excavator Orb and fires it at the player. The Orb will leave behind perpendicular 
Excavator Bolts and will decelerate before coming to a stop. After stopping, the Orb will emit a large amount of 
Lightning strikes, with the areas right next to the Orb being safe.
- In Expert Mode and above, the Orb will additionally burst into 8 / 12 Excavator Bolts after the Lightning strikes end.
- Rockets - Fires a total of 24 / 30
Excavator Rockets, with their explosions being telegraphed by orange crosshairs. - Sawblades - Performs short lunges at the player, launching one of its
Saws forwards. The Saws will move along solid blocks, last for 9 seconds, and inflict Bleeding. - Lasers - Slowly moves after the player, continuously firing Excavator Bolts at them.
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Phase 2
Upon dropping below 50% health and finishing its previous attack, The Excavator will spawn 5 Earthen Gizmos and enter its second phase, strengthening its existing attacks and gaining a new one:
- Phase Dash - Rushes off-screen and performs a long dash, indicated by a large line. While dashing, Collapse Blocks will fall from the ceiling. Afterwards, it will dash in the opposite direction, firing Excavator Rockets instead.
- Drill Dash - The dash is now longer and is only performed 4 times.
- Energy Orb - Fires 2 Orbs instead of 1.
- Rockets - Launches 4 bursts of 5 Excavator Rockets.
- Sawblades - Fires a burst of 3 Excavator Rockets in addition to Saws.
- Lasers - Fires a total of 5 bursts, consisting of 6 Bolts and 2
Big Bolts. Big Bolts split into 12 
Small Bolts upon impact with tiles.
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Gula Spirit
Upon dying, The Excavator will drop its loot and will spawn an invulnerable Gula Spirit. Gula Spirit will follow the player, before slowing down and continuously firing .png){kind=small}
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Umbra Balls around itself. After 7 seconds, the Spirit will die instantly, dropping Dissolving Earth.
Achievements
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Rusty Old Tool • “Defeat The Excavator, an ancient mining machine (Credit: EduaRRdo)” Defeat The Excavator |
Trivia
Bestiary entries
- The Excavator: "ADDRESSING NEXUS DIRECTLY...
PLEASE INITIATE A RESCUE PROCEDURE.
THE EMERGING SPIRITS ARE COMMENCING A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF OUR SYSTEMS.
WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED YOUR OBJECTIVES. FOR YOUR SCIENCE. SURELY YOU WILL FIND US USEFUL BACK HOME.
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS BE THE LAST TRANSMISSION YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM US.
BEST REGARDS.
GULA EXTRACTION SITE." - Gula Spirit: "Water and oil don't mix."