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Counterweights
Counterweight
Statistics
Type | Accessory • Crafting material |
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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.
Contents
Variants[edit | edit source]
From Traveling Merchant[edit | edit source]
Type | Cost | Availability Chance |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3309
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1/4 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3314
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1/3 |
From Skeleton Merchant[edit | edit source]
Type | Cost | Availability |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3310
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During Moon phase 1 ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3313
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During Moon phase 2 ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3312
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During Moon phase 3 ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3311
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During Moon phase 4 ![]() ![]() |
Crafting[edit | edit source]
Used in[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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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.
History[edit | edit source]
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. (
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- Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. (
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- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.