Festering Zombie

This article is about the sewers variant of the Purulent Zombies. For the graveyard variant, see Purulent Zombie (Graveyard).

Purulent Zombie
Location(s)	Ancient Sewers, Stilt Village Toxic Sewers (4+ BSC)
Reward	Force Shield (0,4%) Fisherman's Outfit (1+ BSC; 0.4%)
Related	Zombie, Purulent Zombie (Graveyard)

Purulent Zombies are enemies found in the Ancient Sewers, Stilt Village, and the Toxic Sewers (4+ BSC). They throw eggs at the player that spawn Corpse Worms. When close they will do a regular swiping attack.

Behavior

Purulent Zombies have a large aggro radius and can detect the player even through walls and on different platforms. They will fire an egg at the player at long range or use their melee attack if they are in close range.

Moveset

Scratch Description: A melee range scratch with a long startup. Can be blocked, parried, and dodge rolled.

Launch egg Description: Launches an egg at the player that hatches into a Corpse Worm when it lands. Does not deal damage on contact. Can go through walls and floors. If you parry the egg, the egg summons 3 friendly Biters when it hatches. If more Biters are spawned in the same way, the oldest summoned Biters are despawned.

Strategy

These Purulent Zombies pose little threat alone. Their melee attacks are just as slow as predictable as the regular Zombie's and they make no effort in trying to avoid you. It's the Corpse Worms it spawns you should be worried about. They can teleport to chase the player and their attacks cover a decent amount of ground. While they have low HP, the more Corpse Worms there are the most likely it is to get hit by them.

Melee attacks with a decent range can hit both the Zombie and Worms, but shorter weapons and ranged weapons with no piercing can be a problem. If that's the case, lure the Worms out further from the Zombie then rush down and kill the Zombie then the Worms.

The Corpse Worms attack fairly slowly, so you can easily lure them out by moving to a different platform and have them chase you.

Notes

• In previous versions, they were named Host Zombies.
• Before v1.2, Purulent Zombies would spawn their respective minions when defeated.

Enemies

Zombie  •  Shieldbearer  •  Undead Archer  •  Grenadier  •  Oven Knight  •  Knife Thrower  •  Rampager  •  Failed Experiment  •  Runner  •  Bat  •  Protector  •  Scorpion  •  Disgusting Worm  •  Kamikaze  •  Rancid Rat  •  YeeterTBS  •  JerkshroomTBS  •  Thorny  •  Slasher  •  Masker  •  Hammer  •  Sewer Fly  •  Lacerator  •  Slammer  •  Shocker  •  Toxic Miasma  •  Buzzcutter  •  Inquisitor  •  Sweeper  •  Festering Zombie  •  Corpse Worm  •  Impaler  •  Sewer's Tentacle  •  Spawner  •  Corpse Juice  •  Bomber  •  BanishedTBS  •  BlowgunnerTBS  •  Giant TickTBS  •  Weaver Worm  •  Cleaver  •  Pirate Captain  •  Weirded Warrior  •  Swarm Zombie  •  Corpse Fly  •  Catcher  •  Caster  •  Golem  •  Dancer  •  Dark Tracker  •  Corpulent Zombie  •  Cannibal  •  Bombardier  •  Automaton  •  Ground ShakerRotG  •  ArbiterRotG  •  Demon  •  SkeletonRotG  •  Myopic CrowFF  •  Cold Blooded GuardianFF  •  Stone WardenFF  •  ApostateFF  •  Failed HomunculusFF  •  Clumsy SwordsmanFF  •  Dastardly ArcherFF  •  Compulsive GravediggerFF  •  Guardian Knight  •  Lancer  •  Royal Guard  •  Infected Worker  •  Living Barrel  •  Demolisher  •  MutineerTQatS  •  Armored ShrimpTQatS  •  Agitated Pickpocket  •  Gold Gorger  •  Golden Kamikaze  •  Mimic True Ending Spoiler (5 BSC):   Magistrate of DeathRotG  •  Screaming SkullRotG  •  LibrarianRotG  •  DefenderRotG