Pollen Mites

This feature has been removed from the mod. The information presented here is for reference only.

Pollen Mites
Health	500
Damage	1 (0.75 ) (5 )
Attack Period	1
Walk Speed	4
Run Speed	12
Insanity Aura	-12.5
Special Ability	Sets everything around it on fire after being killed by fire damage.
Loot	None
Spawns from
Code	"pollenmites"

“I mite want to keep my distance.”

–Wilson

“YES! They should burn easily!”

–Willow

“Tiny bugs! Wolfgang kill hundreds in ONE swing!”

–Wolfgang

“Like life, they wear you down little by little.”

–Wendy

“TINY FLYING MEATSACKS”

–WX-78

“A swarm of Melittiphis Alvearlus. Strange behavior for a parasite.”

–Wickerbottom

“Lotta those guys in the lumber camps.”

–Woodie

“Horde horrible.”

–Maxwell

“Infest nöt me, bugs!”

–Wigfrid

“Don't bite us, little guys.”

–Webber

“A nasty hazard of yard work.”

–Winona

“The bugs are really bad around here.”

–Warly

“Pesky things!”

–Wortox

“Go away”

–Wormwood

“Glorp! Go away itchy bugs!”

–Wurt

“My eyes are watering just looking at them.”

–Walter

“Don't you dare nest in my hair!”

–Wanda

“If only there was a good way to eat them.”

–Winky

“Infestation.”

–Wathom

“Don't touch me!”

–Wixie

The Pollen Mites are a hostile Mob, which spawns from Pollen Mite Dens during Spring.

It takes the form of a swarm of bugs that will endlessly chase and attach itself to some mobs or the player's character. While attached, it will decrease the player's sanity by -12.5 per minute and deal 1 damage every 1-2 seconds.

When attached to a player or mob, the Mites aren't a status effect, but are an actual entity that is flying around the player. They can be hit by any weapon or tool, but electric attacks are 1.55x more effective against them. Not only that, but any source of fire damage, like Torches, Fire Staffs or the Slobber Lobber, will instantly kill them, making them explode and instantly spread the fire to any nearby mobs, objects and players.

After existing for some minutes, attached to something or not, the Pollen Mites will automatically die.

Despite looking exactly like the Gnat Swarm from Hamlet, they have some core differences between them:

• Freezing them and then attacking won't instantly kill them.
• They don't spawn their own Dens/Mounds, instead, the Dens themselves multiply.
• They will detach from the player after it dies and won't follow them after resurrecting.
• They aren't attract to light sources.

They cannot be put to sleep, and will be frozen with a single shot of an Ice Staff. They will also start to smolder when close to fire and receive 475 damage per second while burning.

Pollen Mites are part of the Hay Fever Hitters, and will have a chance to make the player sneeze every time it attacks them during spring.

Tips

• Despite freezing not making them vulnerable, you can still do it with an Ice Staff to make them detach from you.
• Since their Dens are flammable, you can bring an attached Pollen Mite close to one or even multiple Dens and kill the Mites with a torch, which will also spread the fire and burn their Dens.
• Since Pollen Mites are considered Insects, they receive even more damage from from the Bug Zapper, which is also an electric weapon, making it deal 126 damage on hit, and getting even higher if the Pollen Mites are wet, reaching a total of 150 damage.