Cannot find voodoo demons!

[ナルト「Russian Lives Matter」言う]

I cannot find any Voodoo Demons.

[Gor]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Quazimortal:

Do you have to place water candles or can you just hold them? I always forget that.

You have to hold them. Simply placing them only works for decoration.

[Quazimortal]

Thanks.

[Fantastic Fwoosh]

You'll encounter them eventually if you persist. Using spawning stuff like water candles will only increase the number of enemies on-screen and not cycle through the spawning mobs as you might desire in a efficient manner. Infact, over use of these techniques may cause you to be outnumbered and out of your depth.

(It would actually be wiser for you to explore the dungeon first after beating skeletron, so you can pick up some loot items/weapons)

You may just have to grind through mobs as you traverse through hell.Spawning gets you only so far, you'll need to force them to spawn 'manually' by killing them. Spears are good for the bone serpents and id recommend a gun like the 'boomstick' for other mobs (because of the spread shots that can inflict multiple instances of damage), with a reserve melee weapon for bats and the occasional slime that gets too close.

[Sudonym]

I dunno if this is a real thing or not, but I found that being in an explored/lit up area reduced spawns by a lot. You might be tempted to move around a lot, but stay in one area (preferably a big cluster of hellhouses) and kill anything you see. A placed water candle and battle potions will really help, and maybe hunter potions so you can see Demons in dark areas (such as the caves above hell).

[Quazimortal]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ChrisPerson:

I dunno if this is a real thing or not, but I found that being in an explored/lit up area reduced spawns by a lot. You might be tempted to move around a lot, but stay in one area (preferably a big cluster of hellhouses) and kill anything you see. A placed water candle and battle potions will really help, and maybe hunter potions so you can see Demons in dark areas (such as the caves above hell).

Light level and whether or not a place has been explored has literally zero influence on mob spawns.

[Bisen]

I've found voodoo demons in worlds where I hadn't beat any bosses... I did find out that the guide has to have a house in order for a voodoo doll going into lava to work.

[Sudonym]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Quazimortal:

Light level and whether or not a place has been explored has literally zero influence on mob spawns.

Ah well. Correlation does not imply causation... Anyways, what about the amount of spawning surfaces? Can demons spawn out of this air? I've noticed that no mob seems to be able to spawn just in air, not even worms - they always start out inside a block. Only possible exception I can think of is Harpies and Wyvrens (and bosses, of course), simply because they spawn so high up.

[Fantastic Fwoosh]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gordan Expensiveman:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Quazimortal:

Do you have to place water candles or can you just hold them? I always forget that.

You have to hold them. Simply placing them only works for decoration.

Not true. In the current patch they still increase spawn rate when placed.

It's how the dungeon works with spawning excessive amounts of skeletons.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bisen:

I've found voodoo demons in worlds where I hadn't beat any bosses... I did find out that the guide has to have a house in order for a voodoo doll going into lava to work.

It's probably the case that voodoo demons spawn anyway, i've had a guide die due to a failed first attempt at WoF and still voodoo demons appeared despite him being dead and having another queued up NPC living in his house as a replacement.

[Torchfire]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bisen:

I did find out that the guide has to have a house in order for a voodoo doll going into lava to work.

I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. In my second world, I killed the guide by summoning the wall BEFORE I built any housing. I later had to build a house there, just so that the guide could respawn, so I could fight the wall again.

Unless they changed that in the last patch...

[The Quester]

I just obatined 7 Guide Vodoo Dolls while building a bridge to kill the WoF a second time. It's not impossible, they are just REAL rare when you stand in one area from what i observe. The bridge I made was useless because i pulverised the WoF in a minute with my Zealous Gatlingator. :P No water candles or battle potions are necessary, i found 7+ in a session. (2 - 3 hours normally) Just keep moving!

[Skeletogne]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Blue.y:

Have a battle potion, also a water candle. This will increase the spawn rate.

What he said

[cpc8472]

Damn. I have a full chest of Voo-Doo Dolls that I got from Voo-Doo Demons.

[Sudonym]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Zionth II:

It's not impossible, they are just REAL rare when you stand in one area from what i observe. The bridge I made was useless because i pulverised the WoF in a minute with my Zealous Gatlingator. :P No water candles or battle potions are necessary, i found 7+ in a session. (2 - 3 hours normally) Just keep moving!

That's really weird, it's almost exactly the opposite of what I found. I found that if I stay in the same spot, I get more things coming to kill me - I found barely any demons if I ran along the bridge I made (with spectre boots). Maybe it has to do with speed or something, but running with spectre boots when you're trying to get dolls does NOT seem like a good idea!

[1984 visual novel]

for me voodoo demons spawn more in pits in hell i built a brige over a pit before i finished it i counted 10 v.d when close to the end of the land in hell

[Quazimortal]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von The Fantastic Fwoosh!:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Gordan Expensiveman:

You have to hold them. Simply placing them only works for decoration.

Not true. In the current patch they still increase spawn rate when placed.

It's how the dungeon works with spawning excessive amounts of skeletons.

Ah, thanks for correcting him. I would have thought the wrong for who knows how long if you hadn't.