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Light Disc
  • Light Disc item spriteold Light Disc item sprite
Autoswing
Stack digit 1
Statistics
Type
Damage60 / 35 (Melee)
Knockback8 (Very strong)
Critical chance4%
Use time14 (Very fast)
Velocity16
Tooltip'Greetings, programs!'
RarityRarity level: 5
Sell15
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Light Disc
    Light Disc
Light Disc (demo)

Attack animation of a fully stacked Light Disc.

The Light Disc is a Hardmode boomerang-type weapon that deals melee damage. The Light Disc requires 20 Hallowed Bars, 15 Soul of Light, and 25 Soul of Might. Light Discs have the rare ability to throw up to 6 out at a time in rapid succession. They are quicker than other boomerangs, and can ricochet any number of times. After approximately two seconds, the disc will return to the thrower.

Light Disc physics are similar to those of the Thorn Chakram, though Light Discs have nearly twice the range and do not "wobble" as they travel. They also emit a small amount of light, comparable to the glow of Demonite, Crimtane, or Crystal Shards.

Light Discs cannot have modifiers through any usual in-game means, due to their stackable nature.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Old-gen console versionWindows Phone versionNintendo 3DS versiontModLoader 1 only:
Light DiscLight Disc
Mythril AnvilMythril Anvil
or
Orichalcum AnvilOrichalcum Anvil
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Light DiscLight Disc
Light DiscLight Disc Hallowed BarHallowed Bar (20)

Soul of LightSoul of Light (15)

Soul of MightSoul of Might (25)
Mythril AnvilMythril Anvil

or

Orichalcum AnvilOrichalcum Anvil

Notes[]

Light Disc (ricochets)

Two ricochet examples.

  • Liquids slow their travel speed.
  • Due to their infinite ricochet ability, Light Discs ricocheting at acute angles in small enclosure can cause excessive ricochets and particles, which might cause lag.
  • Firing a Light Disc directly against a wall grants it the ability to penetrate a 1-block wide wall directly behind the player.

Tips[]

  • Light Disc is very useful for cave exploration, gathering drops from underground enemies, and generally surviving underground in Hardmode. Its continuous ricocheting fire, long range, and ability to have six projectiles in the air at once, along with the lack of any ammo consumption, mean that the usage key can be held continuously during travel to maintain a rather large spread "field" of indefinite protective fire with relatively little need to aim.
  • Light Disc can be very effective when fighting monsters in small areas or rooms.
  • Crafting and selling Light Discs can be a good source of coins. Two of the three materials needed for crafting drop from The Destroyer, with said materials worth 560 if sold separately (4 for 5 Souls of Might + 160 for 4 Hallowed Bars). Three Souls of Light add 6 to the total sell price (566). The 15 sell price of the Light Discs nets about 165% more profit.
  • The Light Disc is quite effective against the Twins since they usually mirror the player's movement or chase them directly, setting up for easy hits.

Trivia[]

  • Light Discs resemble identity discs from the 1982 American science fiction action-adventure film Tron.
    • The flavor texts supports this.
  • Upon entering the map function of the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version of Terraria, a small Light Disc will briefly appear as the loading icon. The same thing occurred on the mobile edition pre-1.3.
  • Light Discs can be assigned modifiers through use of an inventory editor. The best modifier that will stick is Godly, like other boomerangs.
  • Mobile version Prior to Mobile 1.2.6508 (the 1.2 equivalent), one could throw an infinite amount (though they will return to the player) of Light Discs regardless of the stack amount.
  • Light Discs could sometimes drop from Mimics in the 3DS Edition.

History[]

  • Desktop 1.4.4: Now a single item, not 5 stacked items. As a result, it can now have prefixes. Players can now shoot up to 6 Discs at once instead of 5. Also added a new light trail effect. Amount of soul of light required to craft increased from 3 to 15.
  • Console 1.01: Can no longer throw an unlimited number of Light Discs (even when only 1 was in inventory).
  • Mobile 1.2.12773: Removed as the loading icon upon entering the map function, a small Light Disc used to briefly appear (version?). iOS & iPadOS
  • Mobile-Release: Introduced (? first mention in the page history was after the 1.1.5536 update).
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