Book of Skulls
Statistics
Type | |
---|---|
Damage | 29 |
Knockback | 3.5 (Weak) |
Mana | 18 |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 26 (Average) |
Velocity | 3.5 |
Tooltip | Shoots a skull |
Rarity | |
Sell | 150 |
Research | 1 required |
Projectile created
- Skull
Sounds
Use | |
---|---|
- Internal Item ID: 1313
- Internal Projectile ID: 837
Obtained from
Classic
Expert
Master
Entity | Qty. | Rate |
---|---|---|
(Skeletron Head) (Skeletron Head) | 1 | 10.5% |
(Skeletron) (Skeletron) | 1 | 33% |
The Book of Skulls is a magic weapon that fires slow flaming skull projectiles. Each skull can pierce twice, dissipating on its third enemy impact. The skulls do not ricochet, and disappear upon colliding with objects, but they have a fairly strong homing ability on the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, and tModLoader version. They also emit a fair amount of light. The Book of Skulls has a 10.5*36/343 (10.5%) / 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to drop from Skeletron.
A Shadowflame variant of the Book of Skulls is used by the Clothier NPC to protect himself on the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, Old Chinese version, tModLoader version, and tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version.
Its best modifier is Mythical.
Notes[]
Briefly after being fired, the skulls will partially turn towards the closest player (including the caster), regardless of the presence of enemies and whether or not PvP is enabled. They will not turn if the nearest player is directly behind them. They also turn around if the caster presses any movement keys.
Tips[]
- Due to its high damage and piercing ability, the Book of Skulls remains a viable weapon through early Hardmode.
- The skulls tend to hit the same enemy multiple times, giving it both good crowd control and single target damage.
History[]
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Skulls now home towards enemies instead of briefly towards players.
- Sell price increased from 1 to 150.
- Internal projectile ID changed from 270 to 837.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Damage increased from 28 to 29.
- Mana cost decreased from 22 to 18.
- Velocity decreased from 4 to 3.5.
- Desktop 1.2.3:
- Damage decreased from 35 to 28.
- Mana cost increased from 12 to 22.
- Knockback decreased from 6 to 3.5.
- Use time increased from 25 to 26.
- Pierce decreased from 3 to 2 (now dissipates on third hit).
- Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now be reforged.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.