Counterweights

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Counterweight

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Statistics

Type	Accessory • Crafting material
Tooltip	Throws a counterweight after hitting an enemy with a yoyo
Rarity
Buy	5
Sell	1

Sounds

A Yellow Counterweight being used with Red's Throw.

A Counterweight is an accessory sold by the Traveling Merchant and the Skeleton Merchant. It fires a second yoyo-type projectile after hitting an enemy with a Yoyo, dealing the same damage of the Yoyo and traveling towards it, then arcing over the player.

There are 6 variants, all functioning identically.

Variants

From Traveling Merchant

Type	Cost	Availability Chance
Black Counterweight   Internal Item ID: 3309	50000*5	1/4
Yellow Counterweight   Internal Item ID: 3314	50000*5	1/3

From Skeleton Merchant

Type	Cost	Availability
Blue Counterweight   Internal Item ID: 3310	50000*5	During Moon phase 1 (full), 5 (new).
Red Counterweight   Internal Item ID: 3313	50000*5	During Moon phase 2 , 6 .
Purple Counterweight   Internal Item ID: 3312	50000*5	During Moon phase 3 , 7 .
Green Counterweight   Internal Item ID: 3311	50000*5	During Moon phase 4 , 8 .

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Yoyo Bag	White String   Yoyo Glove   Black Counterweight	Tinkerer's Workshop
	White String   Yoyo Glove   Blue Counterweight
	White String   Yoyo Glove   Green Counterweight
	White String   Yoyo Glove   Purple Counterweight
	White String   Yoyo Glove   Red Counterweight
	White String   Yoyo Glove   Yellow Counterweight

total: 6 row(s)

Notes

• Multiple equipped Counterweights do not stack. Only one will function at a time.
• The particular color equipped will display on a character, unlike the Yoyo Bag, which shows a random color.
• A Counterweight does not stack with the Yoyo Bag.

Trivia

• Counterweights are real-world yo-yo accessories used to aid in tricks where the yo-yo is swung from the middle of the string rather than its end. Real-world counterweights are often patterned after (or made out of) polyhedral dice, and Terraria's follow suit: the Blue and Red Counterweights are four-sided (tetrahedral) dice, the Purple and Green Counterweights are six-sided (cubic/hexahedral) dice, and the Black and Yellow Counterweights are twelve-sided (dodecahedral) dice.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.