Voodoo demons not spawning

[Hydrax]

I would have posted this in the terraria online bug forum, but their email sysem isnt working and I can't get the registration email, so I can't post there. My problem may be a serious bug or some extreme lack of luck.

I have tried to find voodoo demons across entire underworlds across multiple worlds. On two occaisions of searching, I used battle potions to increase the spawn rate. I have spent well over 3 hours searching for just one of them, yet none have spawned. I am almost sure that this must be some kind of bug, as I could not find anything in the patch notes about a decreased spawn rate for them. Does anybody else have this problem? If somebody could post this in the terraria online forum for me, that would be great. This really sucks because it keeps me from playing half of the game.

[Megarlin]

I think that you have a case of bad luck. They do seem to be harder to find, for example, i only found one after finding all the purple chests and covering half of all the underworlds lava with ash.

[Scraphead]

I have also not found any voodoo demons in after the patch.. :/

[The Bees]

The longest it took me was 15 minutes once.

You've built some housing, right?

[Mumblez]

They show up guys, just be patient. Honestly I think they did this to help prevent accidental summonings, since having them too often was a headache

[Scraphead]

Originally posted by Worst Name Ever:

The longest it took me was 15 minutes once.

You've built some housing, right?

I have a massive house, but not underground if that's what you meant?

Originally posted by Rent a mop:

They show up guys, just be patient. Honestly I think they did this to help prevent accidental summonings, since having them too often was a headache

Yeah that sounds like a possible reason for it.

[The Bees]

Originally posted by Scraphead:

Originally posted by Worst Name Ever:

The longest it took me was 15 minutes once.

You've built some housing, right?

I have a massive house, but not underground if that's what you meant?

no, was just ruling out if you had neglected to build anything as a reason for them not spawning. It sounds like really bad luck then.

[Scraphead]

Found my first voodoo demon now, seems to be just a decrease in spawn rate. :)

[Hydrax]

Same. I had to constantly exit and reenter the underworld in order to cause them to spawn more.

[research dwarven contraptions]

Me and my friend have been searching for about 1 hour and still no sign of VDs.

[Polly]

Actually, Voodoo Demon spawn rates were increased in a couple of updates:

[ taken from http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Voodoo_Demon ]

History

• 1.3.0.1:
  Voodoo Demons now spawn more often.
  
• 1.2.0.3: Can now drop the Demon Banner.
  
• 1.0.6:
  Damage decreased from 50 to 32.
  Life increased from 120 to 140.
  Spawn rate increased slightly.
  
• 1.0.5: Introduced.

EDIT: The same website [ http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Voodoo_Demon ] also states..

• They tend to spawn less frequently in Hardmode.
  
• They have a fairly low spawn rate compared to Demons and Arch Demons.
  
• They spawn less frequently in Expert Mode

[OriginalFireup]

just get battle potions and blue candals man.

[kappn4748]

Oohhh I'm playing in expert mode and I couldn't find any, now I know why. Farming time!

[unfunnycoleslaw]

Sometimes they spawn, sometimes they don't. It's based more on chances and percentages versus luck. The best way to help them spawn more frequently would be to place/hold water candles from the post-Skeletron dungeon, and use battle potions.

Setting up farms would be another helpful way, especially if they are AFK ones. The problem with that would be the terrain of the underworld is very rough (or at some places can be very rough), and the buildings in the underworld would have to be completely destroyed, otherwise the farm lacks a route from off-screen to on-screen.

[unfunnycoleslaw]

Originally posted by Pheonixy:

Originally posted by Dr. Zeelots:

Sometimes they spawn, sometimes they don't. It's based more on chances and percentages versus luck. The best way to help them spawn more frequently would be to place/hold water candles from the post-Skeletron dungeon, and use battle potions.

Are you mentally challenged? Did you go back on purpose and find a 2013 thread to reply to?

Nope. I had problems with voodoo demons not being able to spawn, and I wanted to see if there was any other way that I could do. However, a lot of people posting on this thread use basic observations (example: "blue candle") versus their actual names (example: "Water Candle"), so I decided to help out a little.

[spiritofdoom02]

#blamerng