Polarities Mod/Light Eater

Light Eaters are a Hardmode corruption-based enemy that appear during. They alternate between two distinct forms of movement, sometimes orbiting in a large circle around the player before charging towards them or directly chasing them in a manner more similar to regular Eaters of Souls; they will inflict Blackout on hit, severely reducing the player's range of vision and making them much more susceptible to attacks from other enemies.

As a Light Eater takes damage, it will begin to spawn grayscale shadow clones of itself. These act identically but deal no damage, making them not much of a threat initially; however, the Light Eater itself will gradually lose saturation as its health lowers and it does not have an on-screen health bar, making it eventually virtually indistinguishable from its clones. Its name and health will still be shown when the player mouses over it, however, and homing weapons will continue to target the real Light Eater.