Contagion

The Contagion is a new evil biome in Exxo Avalon. It may generate on world creation as an alternative to the Corruption or Crimson.

Enemies
In the Contagion, several new enemies will appear, including Bacti and Pyrasites, and in hardmode, Virises, Grossy Floats, Ickslimes, and Coughers will spawn as well.

Bactus This mob has 3 variants, but the medium sized one has 50 HP, does 23 damage, and has 7 defense.

PyrasiteThis mob is a worm enemy, having 31 head damage, 16 body damage, and 13 tail damage. It has a total of 70 HP.



Viris

This mob is an underground hardmode Contagion enemy, having 300 HP, 40 damage, and 12 defense.

Grossy Float

This is also an underground hardmode Contagion enemy, having 200 HP, 70 damage, and 10 defense.

Ickslime This is a surface hardmode Contagion enemy, having 186 HP, 57 damage, and 30 defense.

Cougher Another surface hardmode Contagion enemy, it has 230 HP, 35 damage, and 12 defense.

Green Pigron Identical to the red, purple, and pink pigrons from vanilla.

Dungeon Chest
The Contagion Chest in the Dungeon contains the Virulent Knives.

Trivia
Prior to 11.0, the Contagion ring structure could generate far above ground, or too far below the world surface. In 11.0, code was added to force the ring to generate with an opening, and also closer to the surface.