Snapthorn

   

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Snapthorn

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	18 (Summon)
Knockback	1.5 (Extremely weak)
Use time	30 (Average)
Velocity	8 (effective)
Tooltip	6 summon tag damage Your summons will focus struck enemies Strike enemies to gain whip attack speed
Rarity	03*
Sell	1
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Jungle's Fury
Buff tooltip	Whip speed is increased
Duration	3 seconds

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	100%
Duration	4 seconds

Projectile created

• Snapthorn
  

Sounds

Use
Whip_crack

• Internal Item ID: 4913
• Internal Buff ID: 314 , 20
• Internal Projectile ID: 914

Snapthorn in action

The Snapthorn is a pre-Hardmode whip crafted out of Jungle materials.

Like most other whips, it causes minions to focus on the last-struck enemy and briefly increases their damage against all targets that it strikes. When striking an enemy, it will grant the Jungle's Fury buff, increasing whip attack speed by 12% for 3 seconds, and the buff duration can be refreshed by hitting enemies continuously. It also inflicts the Poisoned debuff on enemies for 4 seconds.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Snapthorn	Stinger12 Vine3 Jungle Spores3	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Snapthorn	Stinger15 Vine3 Jungle Spores12

Tips

• Due to the nature of Snapthorn's Jungle's Fury buff, switching to another whip or melee weapon while the buff is active will increase its speed for a brief duration.
• Between the Leather Whip and Snapthorn, it is usually easier to obtain the Snapthorn first as it is made from craftable materials, while the Leather Whip requires the Zoologist to be present, costs 10. Depending on the player's preference, it may be worthwhile for summoners to venture into the Underground Jungle to collect materials to craft the Snapthorn in the early game, despite the dangers of the biome.
• Because tag damage adds a fixed amount of damage per hit, Snapthorn works well with rapidly-attacking minions like Flinxes and Vampire Frogs, but works poorly with slow minions like Imps.
• It is possible, if the player can scroll fast enough, to get the speed effects of the Snapthorn, the Durendal, and the Dark Harvest at the same time. Strike an enemy with one, then select the next, and finally select the last whip and receive its bonus. However, this strategy is very impractical, as by the time the player selects the last whip, the first speed bonus might have already run out. The strategy could be complemented by equipping Obsidian armor, or by only using two of the whips at a time.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Range slightly increased.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.