Can trapping one goblin prevent all spawns in a biome?
I had an interesting thought while browsing the terraria wikis. It claims that the goblin army blocks biome spawns. Could someone lure a goblin into a hole and trap it to avoid fighting any enemies in that biome?
If so, will it work in the corruption for farming The Eater of Worlds (or any other biome restricted boss) without having to deal with that biome's mobs during the fight?
any evidence (like a screenshot/code) would be appreciated.
Best Answer
To answer your question simply, No.
The Goblin Army Event will finish once it finished spawning all of the goblin waves, and so trapping one will be useless to you because once the event ends, normal mob spawning resumes.
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