Using a bow or repeater with Jester's Arrows or Holy Arrows is a good way to kill a Wyvern.As with any multi-segmented enemy, piercing and explosive weapons can strike multiple segments at once, dealing several times their normal damage.It will go in the opposite direction if the player goes below the surface. The Wyvern will not follow the player underground.On the 3DS version, Wyverns do not despawn when all players die, unlike most other enemies and bosses.Despite dwelling in the sky, they are immune to lava and can swim through it unhindered, like all worm-like enemies.The first segment is the head, the third and seventh are the legs, the second, fourth through sixth, and eighth though twelfth are body segments, and the last three are the tail segments. Wyverns are a total of 15 segments long.
As the head is the part dropping the loot, this can result in the loss of the loot.