Weapons
- For a sortable list of every weapon in the game, see List of weapons. For class setup ideas, see Guide:Class 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.
Most tools can also be used as weapons, despite it not being their primary purpose. In a wider sense, traps, self-defending NPCs 
and even lava can be used as weapons.
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Melee weapons[edit | edit source]
Swords[edit | edit source]
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
Pearlwood Sword
Classy Cane 
Slap Hand 
Breaker Blade
Cobalt Sword
Palladium Sword
Phasesaber [1]
Ice Sickle
Brand of the Inferno
Mythril Sword
Orichalcum Sword
Chlorophyte Saber
Cutlass
Frostbrand
Adamantite Sword
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
Seedler 
Flying Dragon
Influx Waver 
Star Wrath 
Meowmere
- ↑ The Phasesaber can only be crafted in Hardmode on the
Desktop version, 
Console version, and 
Old-gen console version, but can be crafted in pre-Hardmode on the 
Mobile version and 
version.
Yoyos[edit | edit source]
Yoyos are melee weapons that are flail-like, and when thrown, seek after the player's cursor.
Spears[edit | edit source]
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.
Boomerangs[edit | edit source]
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.
Flails[edit | edit source]
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.
Other[edit | edit source]
These are Hardmode melee weapons that possess unique means of attack. Most also launch projectiles.
Ranged weapons[edit | edit source]
Bows[edit | edit source]
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).
Repeaters[edit | edit source]
Guns[edit | edit source]
Launchers[edit | edit source]
Others[edit | edit source]
Note: The Confetti Gun, Slime Gun, and Water Gun are novelty weapons, causing no damage or knockback. The Confetti Gun is a consumable, and can only be used once. The Slime Gun and Water Gun cause purely aesthetic debuffs and cannot be placed on a Weapon Rack.
Magic weapons[edit | edit source]
Wands[edit | edit source]
Magic Guns[edit | edit source]
Spell Tomes[edit | edit source]
Others[edit | edit source]
Summon weapons[edit | edit source]
Summon weapons[edit | edit source]
Sentry Summon[edit | edit source]
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Throwing weapons[edit | edit source]
Pre-Hardmode Throwing Weapons[edit | edit source]
Grenades[edit | edit source]
Other weapons[edit | edit source]
Placeable Weapons[edit | edit source]
Explosives[edit | edit source]
Other Weapons[edit | edit source]
Unobtainable Weapons[edit | edit source]
Unimplemented Weapons[edit | edit source]
Removed Weapons[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- In total, there are 471 unique weapons (and damaging tools).
- 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.
- While moving backwards and autoswinging a melee weapon, the weapon will seem to be swinging flipped. This is purely visual and does not affect combat in any way. This phenomenon has been observed in the Mobile version.
- Pearlwood Sword
- Classy Cane
- Slap Hand
- Breaker Blade
- Phasesaber
- Ice Sickle
- Cutlass
- Frostbrand
- Excalibur
- Seedler
- Beam Sword
- Bladetongue
- Brand of the Inferno
- Death Sickle
- Fetid Baghnakhs
- Keybrand
- Psycho Knife
- Flying Dragon
- The Horseman's Blade
- Christmas Tree Sword
- True Excalibur
- True Night's Edge
- Terra Blade
- Influx Waver
- Star Wrath
- Meowmere
- Tizona
- Wand of Sparking
- Aqua Scepter
- Space Gun
- Ice Rod
- Golden Shower
- Book of Skulls
- Demon Scythe
- Laser Rifle
- Magic Dagger
- Sky Fracture
- Shadowflame Hex Doll
- Crystal Serpent
- Leaf Blower
- Frost Staff
- Poison Staff
- Razorpine
- Heat Ray
- Venom Staff
- Unholy Trident
- Bubble Gun
- Laser Machinegun
- Charged Blaster Cannon
- Last Prism
- Betsy's Wrath
- Zapinator
