The Black Spot

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The Black Spot

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Statistics

Type	Mount summon
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Summons the Black Spot mount 'Arrr! This be mutiny!'
Rarity	13*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Pirate Ship Mount
Buff tooltip	You're the captain now

Summons Mount

Pirate Ship Mount

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4792
• Internal Mount ID: 44
• Internal Buff ID: 279

The Black Spot is a mount-summon item dropped by the Flying Dutchman in Master Mode with a 25*1/4 (25%) chance. It summons a rideable Pirate Ship Mount which can fly infinitely.

The Pirate Ship Mount has a max horizontal flight speed of 36 mph, a diagonal speed of 54 mph, and a vertical speed of 41 mph. It moves slightly slower (30 mph) when in a body of water. Upon achieving 20 mph, a ring of gold particles appears around the player and trails behind the mount, imitating the visual of a sonic boom. Once these particles are displayed, the Pirate Ship Mount begins dealing 94-100 damage upon ramming enemies. The damage is boosted by items that boost summon damage.

Notes

• The Flying Dutchman can be fought before beating any of the mechanical bosses, making it the only mount with infinite flight obtainable before any Hardmode boss fights. However, the immense difficulty of the Master Mode, early-hardmode Pirate Invasion leads most players to obtain it later.
  • However, since most enemies in Pirate Invasion have no attacks that pass through blocks (except the Pirate's Curse that spawns after defeating Pirate Captain), utilizing the Daedalus Stormbow, Meteor Staff or other weapons which can make effective attacks from inside an enclosed space, and making farming setups such as lava traps could enable efforts to farm The Black Spot in early Hardmode.
• The Pirate Ship Mount matches Cute Fishron's underwater speed bonus, but maintains its speed whether in air or water. However, its acceleration, turning, and stopping rates are relatively slow, making it less agile than other flying mounts. The acceleration also makes its ramming capabilities difficult to utilize.
• The mount is 5 blocks tall, unlike most other mounts which are 4. This can make it a bit of a pain to mine with horizontally compared to Toy Tank or most other mounts in general.

Achievements

The Cavalry • “Equip a mount.”

Equip your first Mount.

Tips

• If a player is utilizing this mount for boss fights, it is advisable to remove mobility accessories, as these will not boost the movement of the mount.
• Take note that while this mount has good speed, the acceleration is somewhat lacking. This may make other mounts such as the Witch's Broom more desirable for dodging incoming attacks.
  • You can also quickly dismount then remount to dodge attacks as vertical acceleration by falling is rather high.

Trivia

• The item is a reference to the adventure novel Treasure Island by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, where pieces of paper marked with a black spot play an important role.
• It may be possible that the item also refers to the real life black spot of pirate times, which meant death for a receiving pirate
• The buff tooltip may be a nod to the movie Captain Phillips where the pirate Abduwali Muse says "I'm the captain now", a phrase commonly used within meme communities on the internet.
• Prior to the 1.4.1 update, this mount was widely considered to be the best mount in the game, despite being obtainable before any of the mechanical bosses have been defeated. This lead to many of the upcoming boss fights to be easily cheesed, by being able to run away at such high speeds. Unfortunately there is no mount that is effective as this mount previously was.
  • The only mount that matches its prior speed is Cute Fishron in water or rain, that is very hard to gather in early Hardmode due to dropping from Duke Fishron, who is typically fought after Golem.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1.2: Slightly increased acceleration.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Max speed and acceleration reduced. Can no longer instantly reach top acceleration by dashing.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.