This trait is also shared by Mourning Wood.

If not defeated before 4:30 AM, which is when dawn begins, all active Pumpkings will retreat straight down through the ground and despawn.

They remain on the ground for a short while and inflict damage on contact. Pumpking follows from a greater distance and spits ' Greek Fire' projectiles that are easily dodged, as they merely fall with little force.

Mode 3: The face looks surprised, with its mouth agape in an 'O' shape.Similar to the Demon Scythe, the projectiles are motionless for a few seconds, then gradually begin to spin and fly towards the player with increasing speed, dealing massive damage on hit. Its scythe arms fire large yellow scythe-shaped projectiles called Flame Scythes. Mode 2: Pumpking's mouth is partially open.About 5 seconds into this stage, it will rapidly move towards the player at a high speed for the rest of the time it is in this stage. It attempts to remain directly on the player, and performs aggressive melee swipes with its scythe arms. Mode 1: The face resembles a typical jack-o-lantern, with a sinister-looking grin.

When transitioning to its next mode, its head rotates to reveal a different expression. Its current attack mode is indicated by its facial expression. Pumpking repeatedly switches between three different attack patterns at random. Defeating the Pumpking will add 150 points to the Pumpkin Moon event, giving the most number of points for any enemy in the event. A Pumpking defeated during Wave 15 is guaranteed to produce one Pumpking Trophy along with one other item in its drop table. Like Mourning Wood, the later the Pumpkin Moon wave that Pumpking is killed in, the more likely it is to drop items. The hands otherwise act much like Skeletron's hands, swiping at the player to inflict melee damage, but unlike Skeletron, Pumpking's hands cannot take damage. Pumpking has two arms, each possessing a large scythe that periodically fires erratic projectiles. Up to seven of them (more in Multiplayer) can attack simultaneously during the event's final wave (wave 15). It is the event's final enemy, and it is the only enemy besides Poltergeist that can consistently travel through blocks, and it is also immune to most debuffs. Pumpking is a Hardmode, post- Plantera mini- boss that spawns during the Pumpkin Moon event.

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