Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman is a spawned by using the Horseman's Candle.

Spawning
The Headless Horseman is spawned when a Horseman's Candle is used under valid conditions. Horseman's Candles can be purchased from the Fear Mongerer for.

The Candle must be used under valid conditions in order to spawn the boss:


 * It must be nighttime (7pm - 6am).
 * It must be used in the Graveyard or Wilderness on the Hub Island.

Drops
Upon death, the Headless Horseman turns the ground under its death point to obsidian in a 2 block radius. A message is printed in chat announcing to the server that it has been defeated, who dealt the final blow, the top 3 damagers, and the player's damage, position, and gained Runecrafting XP and Bits, similar to the message printed when an Ender Dragon dies. There is also a beacon block shooting into the sky to signal that the boss has been defeated. Around the beacon is where the drops normally spawn.

The Headless Horseman drops:


 * Normal Drops
 * s to the player who spawned it.
 * to the 1st place damager.
 * to the 2nd place damager.
 * Other drops
 * (Up to)  XP.
 * Other drops
 * (Up to)  XP.
 * (Up to)  XP.

Behavior
The Headless Horseman constantly attacks the nearest player rapidly, dealing lots of damage. It also possesses two abilities:

Headless Zombie Swarm - Summons a horde of 4 baby Headless Zombies with each. They will attack the nearest player.

Bat Swarm - Summons a horde of bats which throw and  potions at nearby players. The potions deal  and  potions reduce Healing by  for 1 minute.

The Headless Horseman cannot be damaged by Arrows and Bonemerangs. Attempting to damage it with arrows will reel the player towards the boss and blind them for 3 seconds.

Changes made in Stranded Mode
The Headless Horseman can be spawned on the private island instead.

Trivia

 * The Headless Horseman, unlike most other bosses, can spawn as Runic. Its runic version has only instead of the expected.
 * The Headless Horseman entity technically has a head; however, its head is a jack-o'-lantern like in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
 * It was possible to use the Headless Horseman to remove on your  on, but this was later patched.

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