Goblin Army

The Goblin Army is a group of enemies that attack during a specific event known as the Goblin Invasion. It takes place when certain criteria are met. 

Enemies

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  Goblin Warrior: A Strong Goblin with high health and high defense. They are slower, but are much more resistant to knockback.

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  Goblin Archer: A Goblin that attacks from afar using bows and arrows. It aims slowly and releases in a few seconds.

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  Goblin Peon: Goblins without special abilities- very easy to kill and vulnerable to knockback.

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  Goblin Sorceror: Caster Goblin Enemy. Shoots projectiles at the player that can pass through blocks. Have lowest health of all the goblins.

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  Goblin Thief: Faster enemies that can break doors faster as well. Cannot steal from chests, false to their namesake.

Criteria

The criteria for the Goblin Army to spawn is:

• The player has 200 Health.
• One Shadow Orb has been destroyed.
• A Goblin Army musn't have attacked in 11 in-game days.

Equipment

The Goblin Army can be defeated easily if good equipment is used:

• The player has a strong sword such as a Phaseblade.
• A Good ranged weapon like Minishark or a Musket is used.
• The Player has Gold or Shadow Armor .
• A Flail (Blue Moon, Ball O' Hurt, Sunfury) is used.

Strategy

Many strategies can be applied for the Goblin Army:

• A Lava Moat is created, killing the Goblins but not destroying the loot.
• Getting many friends to fight together.
• Using a Vilethorn , that can stun Sorcerors.

Trivia

• The Goblin Army can attack during Hardmode; but dealing with them becomes easy when the game advances.
• During Hardmode, Goblin Invasion can be replaced by the Pirate Invasion.