Counterweights

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

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[edit | edit source]

From Traveling Merchant[edit | edit source]

Type	Cost	Availability Chance
Black Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3309	5	1/40
Yellow Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3314	5	1/100

From Skeleton Merchant[edit | edit source]

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

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Used in[edit | edit source]

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

Notes[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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.