- 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. 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.
Many tools also can be used as weapons despite it not being their primary purpose. In an even wider sense, traps, self-defending NPCs
and lava can also be used as weapons.
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
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Tin Shortsword
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Wooden Sword
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Boreal Wood Sword
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Copper Broadsword
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Iron Shortsword
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Palm Wood Sword
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Rich Mahogany Sword
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Cactus Sword
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Lead Shortsword
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Silver Shortsword
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Tin Broadsword
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Ebonwood Sword
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Iron Broadsword
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Shadewood Sword
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Tungsten Shortsword
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Gold Shortsword
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Lead Broadsword
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Silver Broadsword
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Bladed Glove
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Tungsten Broadsword
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Zombie Arm
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Gold Broadsword
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Platinum Shortsword
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Mandible Blade
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Stylish Scissors
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Platinum Broadsword
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Bone Sword
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Candy Cane Sword
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Katana
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Ice Blade
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Light's Bane
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Muramasa
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Arkhalis
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Exotic Scimitar
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Phaseblade
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Blood Butcherer
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Starfury
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Enchanted Sword
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Purple Clubberfish
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Bee Keeper
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Falcon Blade
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Blade of Grass
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Fiery Greatsword
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Night's Edge
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Pearlwood Sword
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Classy Cane
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Slap Hand
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Breaker Blade
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Cobalt Sword
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Palladium Sword
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Phasesaber [1]
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Ice Sickle
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Brand of the Inferno
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Mythril Sword
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Orichalcum Sword
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Chlorophyte Saber
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Cutlass
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Frostbrand
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Adamantite Sword
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Seedler
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Beam Sword
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Titanium Sword
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Bladetongue
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Tizona
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Death Sickle
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Excalibur
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True Excalibur
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Fetid Baghnakhs
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Keybrand
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Psycho Knife
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Chlorophyte Claymore
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The Horseman's Blade
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Christmas Tree Sword
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True Night's Edge
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Terra Blade
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Flying Dragon
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Influx Waver
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Star Wrath
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Meowmere
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Yoyos are melee weapons that are flail-like, and when thrown, seek after the player's cursor.
Wooden Yoyo
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Rally
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Malaise
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Artery
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Amazon
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Code 1
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Valor
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Cascade
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Format:C
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Gradient
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Chik
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Hel-Fire
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Amarok
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Code 2
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Yelets
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Red's Throw
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Valkyrie Yoyo
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Kraken
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The Eye of Cthulhu
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Terrarian
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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
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Trident
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The Rotted Fork
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Swordfish
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Dark Lance
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Cobalt Naginata
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Palladium Pike
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Mythril Halberd
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Orichalcum Halberd
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Adamantite Glaive
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Titanium Trident
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Gungnir
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Ghastly Glaive
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Chlorophyte Partisan
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Tonbogiri
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Mushroom Spear
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Obsidian Swordfish
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North Pole
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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
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Enchanted Boomerang
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Fruitcake Chakram
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Bloody Machete
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Ice Boomerang
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Thorn Chakram
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Flamarang
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Flying Knife
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Light Disc
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Bananarang
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Possessed Hatchet
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Paladin's Hammer
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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
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Ball O' Hurt
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The Meatball
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Blue Moon
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Sunfury
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Anchor
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KO Cannon
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Chain Guillotines
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Dao of Pow
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Flower Pow
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Flairon
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Golem Fist
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Solar Eruption
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These are Hardmode melee weapons that possess unique means of attack. Most also launch projectiles.
Shadowflame Knife
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Sleepy Octopod
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Scourge of the Corruptor
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Vampire Knives
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Sky Dragon's Fury
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Daybreak
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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
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Boreal Wood Bow
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Copper Bow
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Palm Wood Bow
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Rich Mahogany Bow
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Tin Bow
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Ebonwood Bow
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Iron Bow
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Shadewood Bow
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Lead Bow
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Silver Bow
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Tungsten Bow
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Gold Bow
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Platinum Bow
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Demon Bow
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Tendon Bow
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Molten Fury
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Sharanga
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Hellwing Bow
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The Bee's Knees
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Pearlwood Bow
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Marrow
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Ice Bow
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Phantom Phoenix
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Aerial Bane
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Tsunami
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Pulse Bow
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Shadowflame Bow
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Daedalus Stormbow
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Phantasm
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Cobalt Repeater
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Palladium Repeater
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Mythril Repeater
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Orichalcum Repeater
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Adamantite Repeater
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Titanium Repeater
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Hallowed Repeater
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Vulcan Repeater
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Chlorophyte Shotbow
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Stake Launcher
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Red Ryder
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Minishark
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Flintlock Pistol
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Musket
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The Undertaker
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Revolver
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Boomstick
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Handgun
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Phoenix Blaster
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Egg Cannon
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Star Cannon
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Clockwork Assault Rifle
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Gatligator
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Shotgun
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Onyx Blaster
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Coin Gun
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Uzi
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Megashark
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Venus Magnum
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Tactical Shotgun
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Sniper Rifle
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Candy Corn Rifle
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Chain Gun
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Xenopopper
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Vortex Beater
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S.D.M.G.
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Grenade Launcher
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Proximity Mine Launcher
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Rocket Launcher
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Nail Gun
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Stynger
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Jack 'O Lantern Launcher
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Snowman Cannon
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Electrosphere Launcher
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Celebration
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Note: Water Gun and Slime Gun are pure vanity weapons. They cause purely aestethical debuffs but don't do any damage or knockback and cannot be placed on a Weapon Rack.
Flare Gun
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Snowball Cannon
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Blowpipe
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Blowgun
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Sandgun
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Star Cannon
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Harpoon
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Water Gun
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Slime Gun
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Paintball Gun
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Toxikarp
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Dart Pistol
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Dart Rifle
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Flamethrower
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Piranha Gun
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Elf Melter
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Wand of Sparking
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Amethyst Staff
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Topaz Staff
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Sapphire Staff
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Emerald Staff
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Ruby Staff
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Diamond Staff
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Amber Staff
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Vilethorn
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Crimson Rod
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Magic Missile
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Aqua Scepter
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Flamelash
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Flower of Fire
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Ice Rod
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Flower of Frost
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Crystal Vile Shard
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Life Drain
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Clinger Staff
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Tome of Infinite Wisdom
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Frost Staff
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Meteor Staff
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Rainbow Rod
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Nimbus Rod
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Poison Staff
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Nettle Burst
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Venom Staff
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Betsy's Wrath
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Staff of Earth
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Shadowbeam Staff
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Bat Scepter
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Blizzard Staff
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Inferno Fork
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Spectre Staff
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Space Gun
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Bee Gun
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Roman candle
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Laser Rifle
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Leaf Blower
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Razorpine
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Heat Ray
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Bubble Gun
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Rainbow Gun
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Wasp Gun
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Laser Machinegun
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Charged Blaster Cannon
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Zapinator
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Water Bolt
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Book of Skulls
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Demon Scythe
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Cursed Flames
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Golden Shower
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Crystal Storm
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Magnet Sphere
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Razorblade Typhoon
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Lunar Flare
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Magic Dagger
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Magical Harp
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Medusa Head
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Unholy Trident
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Shadowflame Hex Doll
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Sky Fracture
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Spirit Flame
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Crystal Serpent
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Toxic Flask
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Nebula Arcanum
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Nebula Blaze
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Last Prism
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Pre-Hardmode Summon weapons[edit | edit source]
Slime Staff
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Hornet Staff
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Imp Staff
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Optic Staff
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Pirate Staff
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Deadly Sphere Staff
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Pygmy Staff
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Raven Staff
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Spider Staff
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Tempest Staff
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Xeno Staff
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Stardust Cell Staff
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Stardust Dragon Staff
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Pre-Hardmode Sentry Summon (
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Lightning Aura Rod
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Flameburst Rod
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Explosive Trap Rod
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Ballista Rod
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Queen Spider Staff
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Lightning Aura Cane
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Flameburst Cane
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Explosive Trap Cane
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Ballista Cane
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Staff of the Frost Hydra
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Lightning Aura Staff
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Flameburst Staff
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Explosive Trap Staff
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Ballista Staff
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Lunar Portal Staff
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Rainbow Crystal Staff
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Pre-Hardmode Throwing Weapons[edit | edit source]
Shuriken
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Throwing Knife
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Poisoned Knife
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Snowball
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Ale Tosser
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Spiky Ball
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Bone
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Bone Glove
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Rotten Egg
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Star Anise
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Molotov Cocktail
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Frost Daggerfish
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Javelin
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Bone Javelin
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Bone Throwing Knife
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Grenade
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Sticky Grenade
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Bouncy Grenade
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Beenade
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Happy Grenade
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Pre-Hardmode Placeable Weapons[edit | edit source]
Snowball Launcher
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Hardmode Placeable Weapons[edit | edit source]
Cannon
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Bunny Cannon
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Land Mine
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War Axe of the Night
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Blood Lust Cluster
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Flesh Grinder
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The Breaker
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Rockfish
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Hammush
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Cobalt Waraxe
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Mythril Waraxe
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Adamantite Waraxe
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Palladium Waraxe
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Orichalcum Waraxe
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Titanium Waraxe
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Chlorophyte Greataxe
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Chlorophyte Warhammer
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Shroomite Digging Claw
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The Axe
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Butcher's Chainsaw
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Bomb
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Sticky Bomb
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Bouncy Bomb
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Dynamite
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Sticky Dynamite
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Bouncy Dynamite
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Bomb Fish
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Explosives
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Holy Hand Grenade
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Holy Water
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Unholy Water
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Blood Water
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Firecracker
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Boring Bow
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Etherian Javelin
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Zapinator
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Scythe
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Soul Scythe
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Icemourne
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- In total, there are 468 unique weapons.
- 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.