Weapons

For a sortable list of every weapon in the game, see List of weapons. For weapon setup ideas, see Guide:Weapon setups.

Weapons are essential items used for combat against enemies, bosses, and even other players during PvP games. They typically deal more damage than their tool counterparts. Some weapons can be crafted at a Work Bench or a Pre-Hardmode/Hardmode Anvil, while others can only be found in Chests, as enemy drops, or purchased from NPCs. Terraria has a wide variety of weapons and weapons classes, each suited to particular play styles or specific tasks.

Melee Weapons

Pre-Hardmode Swords

Swords are melee weapons which can be divided into 2 basic categories: Shortswords, and Broadswords. Shortswords have a very limited range and attack with a horizontal stabbing motion instead of an arc. Broadswords are swung overhead, which makes it easier to defeat flying and jumping enemies than shortswords.

Copper Shortsword	Tin Shortsword	Wooden Sword
Boreal Wood Sword	Copper Broadsword	Iron Shortsword
Palm Wood Sword	Rich Mahogany Sword	Cactus Sword
Lead Shortsword	Silver Shortsword	Tin Broadsword
Ebonwood Sword	Iron Broadsword	Shadewood Sword
Tungsten Shortsword	Gold Shortsword	Lead Broadsword
Silver Broadsword	Bladed Glove	Tungsten Broadsword
Zombie Arm	Gold Broadsword	Platinum Shortsword
Mandible Blade	Stylish Scissors	Platinum Broadsword
Bone Sword	Candy Cane Sword	Katana
Ice Blade	Light's Bane	Muramasa
Arkhalis	Exotic Scimitar	Phaseblade
Blood Butcherer	Starfury	Enchanted Sword
Purple Clubberfish	Bee Keeper	Falcon Blade
Blade of Grass	Fiery Greatsword	Night's Edge

Hardmode Swords

Pearlwood Sword	Classy Cane	Slap Hand
Breaker Blade	Cobalt Sword	Palladium Sword
Phasesaber	Ice Sickle	Brand of the Inferno
Mythril Sword	Orichalcum Sword	Chlorophyte Saber
Cutlass	Frostbrand	Adamantite Sword
Seedler	Beam Sword	Titanium Sword
Bladetongue	Tizona	Death Sickle
Excalibur	True Excalibur	Fetid Baghnakhs
Keybrand	Psycho Knife	Chlorophyte Claymore
The Horseman's Blade	Christmas Tree Sword	True Night's Edge
Terra Blade	Flying Dragon	Influx Waver
Star Wrath	Meowmere

Pre-Hardmode Yoyos

Yoyos are melee weapons that are flail-like, and when thrown, seek after the player's cursor.

Wooden Yoyo	Rally	Malaise
Artery	Amazon	Code 1
Valor	Cascade

Hardmode Yoyos

Format C	Gradient	Chik
Hel-Fire	Amarok	Code 2
Yelets	Red's Throw	Valkyrie Yoyo
Kraken	The Eye of Cthulhu	Terrarian

Pre-Hardmode Spears

Spears are melee weapons that have decent range (somewhat better than swords), but attack using a stabbing motion (like a shortsword, except that spears can be aimed). Spears also have a good chance of hitting targets more than once, especially large enemies.

Spear	Trident	The Rotted Fork
Swordfish	Dark Lance

Hardmode Spears

Cobalt Naginata	Palladium Pike	Mythril Halberd
Orichalcum Halberd	Adamantite Glaive	Titanium Trident
Gungnir	Ghastly Glaive	Chlorophyte Partisan
Tonbogiri	Mushroom Spear	Obsidian Swordfish
North Pole

Pre-Hardmode Boomerangs

Boomerangs are melee weapons that come back to the player after being thrown. Their damage is listed as melee likely because they're physically thrown and use no ammo.

Wooden Boomerang	Enchanted Boomerang	Fruitcake Chakram
Bloody Machete	Ice Boomerang	Thorn Chakram
Flamarang

Hardmode Boomerangs

Flying Knife	Light Disc	Bananarang	Possessed Hatchet
Paladin's Hammer

Pre-Hardmode Flails

Flails are melee weapons that consist of an object linked to the player by a chain, which can either be thrown or fired. Thrown flails can be suspended around the player indefinitely, whereas launched flails immediately return to the player.

Chain Knife	Ball O' Hurt	The Meatball
Blue Moon	Sunfury

Hardmode Flails

Anchor	KO Cannon	Chain Guillotines
Dao of Pow	Flower Pow	Flairon
Golem Fist	Solar Eruption

Hardmode Other

These are Hardmode melee weapons that possess unique means of attack. Most also launch projectiles.

Vampire Knives	Shadowflame Knife	Scourge of the Corruptor
Sleepy Octopod	Sky Dragon's Fury	Daybreak

Ranged weapons

Pre-Hardmode Bows

Bows are ranged weapons that fire arrows as ammunition. Although several Bows deal no knockback, the arrows do (with the exception of the Bone Arrow and Heart Arrow).

Wooden Bow	Boreal Wood Bow	Copper Bow
Palm Wood Bow	Rich Mahogany Bow	Tin Bow
Ebonwood Bow	Iron Bow	Shadewood Bow
Lead Bow	Silver Bow	Tungsten Bow
Gold Bow	Platinum Bow	Demon Bow
Tendon Bow	Molten Fury	Sharanga
Hellwing Bow	The Bee's Knees

Hardmode Bows

Pearlwood Bow	Marrow	Ice Bow
Phantom Phoenix	Aerial Bane	Tsunami
Pulse Bow	Shadowflame Bow	Daedalus Stormbow
Phantasm

Repeaters (Hardmode Only)

Cobalt Repeater	Palladium Repeater	Mythril Repeater
Orichalcum Repeater	Adamantite Repeater	Titanium Repeater
Hallowed Repeater	Vulcan Repeater	Chlorophyte Shotbow
Stake Launcher

Pre-Hardmode Guns

Minishark	Flintlock Pistol	Boomstick
The Undertaker	Handgun	Red Ryder
Revolver	Phoenix Blaster	Musket
Egg Cannon

Hardmode Guns

Clockwork Assault Rifle	Gatligator	Shotgun
Onyx Blaster	Megashark	Tactical Shotgun
Uzi	Chain Gun	Venus Magnum
Candy Corn Rifle	Sniper Rifle	Coin Gun
Xenopopper	Vortex Beater	S.D.M.G.

Launchers (Hardmode Only)

Grenade Launcher	Proximity Mine Launcher	Rocket Launcher
Stynger	Nailgun	Jack 'O Lantern Launcher
Snowman Cannon	Electrosphere Launcher	Celebration

Pre-Hardmode Others

Flare Gun	Snowball Cannon	Blowpipe
Blowgun	Sandgun	Star Cannon
Harpoon	Water Gun	Slime Gun
Paintball Gun	Firecracker

Hardmode Others

Flamethrower	Elf Melter	Toxikarp
Dart Pistol	Dart Rifle	Piranha Gun

Magic Weapons

Pre-Hardmode Wands

Wand of Sparking	Amethyst Staff	Topaz Staff
Sapphire Staff	Emerald Staff	Ruby Staff
Diamond Staff	Amber Staff	Vilethorn
Crimson Rod	Magic Missile	Aqua Scepter
Flamelash	Flower of Fire

Hardmode Wands

Ice Rod	Crystal Vile Shard	Life Drain
Clinger Staff	Tome of Infinite Wisdom	Frost Staff
Meteor Staff	Rainbow Rod	Nimbus Rod
Poison Staff	Nettle Burst	Venom Staff
Betsy's Wrath	Staff of Earth	Shadowbeam Staff
Bat Scepter	Blizzard Staff	Inferno Fork
Spectre Staff

Pre-Hardmode Magic Guns

Space Gun

Bee Gun

Roman Candle

Hardmode Magic Guns

Laser Rifle	Leaf Blower	Razorpine
Heat Ray	Bubble Gun	Rainbow Gun
Wasp Gun	Laser Machinegun	Charged Blaster Cannon
Zapinator

Pre-Hardmode Spell Tomes

Water Bolt

Demon Scythe

Book of Skulls

Hardmode Spell Tomes

Golden Shower	Magnet Sphere	Crystal Storm
Cursed Flames	Razorblade Typhoon	Lunar Flare

Hardmode Others

Magic Dagger	Magical Harp	Medusa Head
Flower of Frost	Unholy Trident	Shadowflame Hex Doll
Sky Fracture	Spirit Flame	Crystal Serpent
Toxic Flask	Nebula Arcanum	Nebula Blaze
Last Prism

Summon weapons

Pre-Hardmode Summon weapons

Slime Staff

Hornet Staff

Imp Staff

Hardmode Summon weapons

Optic Staff	Pirate Staff	Deadly Sphere Staff
Pygmy Staff	Raven Staff	Spider Staff
Tempest Staff	Xeno Staff	Stardust Cell Staff
Stardust Dragon Staff

Pre-Hardmode Sentry Summon ()

Lightning Aura Rod	Flameburst Rod	Explosive Trap Rod
Ballista Rod

Hardmode Sentry Summon

Queen Spider Staff	Lightning Aura Cane	Flameburst Cane
Explosive Trap Cane	Ballista Cane	Staff of the Frost Hydra
Lightning Aura Staff	Flameburst Staff	Explosive Trap Staff
Ballista Staff	Lunar Portal Staff	Rainbow Crystal Staff

Thrown weapons

Pre-Hardmode Throwing Weapons

Shuriken	Throwing Knife	Poisoned Knife
Snowball	Ale Tosser	Spiky Ball
Bone	Bone Glove	Rotten Egg
Star Anise	Molotov Cocktail	Frost Daggerfish
Javelin	Bone Javelin	Bone Throwing Knife

Grenades

Grenade	Sticky Grenade	Bouncy Grenade
Beenade	Happy Grenade

Other weapons

Pre-Hardmode Placeable Weapons

Snowball Launcher

Hardmode Placeable Weapons

Cannon

Bunny Cannon

Land Mine

Pre-Hardmode Combat Tools

War Axe of the Night	Blood Lust Cluster	Flesh Grinder
The Breaker

Hardmode Combat Tools

Hammush	Cobalt Waraxe	Mythril Waraxe
Adamantite Waraxe	Palladium Waraxe	Orichalcum Waraxe
Titanium Waraxe	Chlorophyte Greataxe	Chlorophyte Warhammer
Shroomite Digging Claw	The Axe	Butcher's Chainsaw

Explosives

Bomb	Sticky Bomb	Bouncy Bomb
Dynamite	Sticky Dynamite	Bouncy Dynamite
Bomb Fish	Explosives	Holy Hand Grenade

Other Weapons

Holy Water

Unholy Water

Blood Water

Removed Weapons ( only)

Zapinator	Scythe	Soul Scythe
Icemourne

Notes

• In total, there are 389 weapons: 149 melee weapons (80 Swords, 18 Spears, 11 Boomerangs, 13 Flails, 20 Yoyos, 7 Others); 91 ranged weapons (30 Bows, 10 Repeaters, 26 Guns, 9 Explosives, 16 Others); 68 magic weapons (32 Wands, 13 Magic Guns, 9 Spell Tomes, 14 Others); 29 summoning weapons (13 General, 16 Sentry); 20 throwing weapons (15 Thrown Items, 5 Grenades); and 32 other weapons (4 Placeable, 16 Combat Tools, 9 Explosives, 3 Others).
• If an enemy is under the effect of a constant-damaging or piercing attack, it will cause a brief invulnerability to it, making blows that hit during this interval fail to inflict damage.
• Unlike most games, no matter how far an enemy is from the center of the blast radius, they always receive full damage from an AoE attack.