The Tide

"The Tide has waned!"

The Tide is a pre-Hardmode event which takes place in the Ocean. The Tide may begin once a player uses a Seabreak Pearl if the criteria stated below are met. This event introduces new enemies along with new drops. The event divides into 5 waves with each wave getting significantly difficult as you progress and with new enemies replacing previous ones in new waves.

During the event, its own music track | Drowning Tides will play.

Criteria
The criteria needed to begin the Tide are as follows: Not fulfilling these requirements will notify the player by displaying "The Tide only ebbs by the sea." in the chat.
 * The player must be located in the Ocean.
 * There must be no Tide event already in progress.

Completing the event

 * The event is completed when the player has defeated R'lyehian in the final wave, in which the status message, "The Tide has waned!" will appear and the event will end with a musical sound playing.