Counterweights

Counterweight

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Statistics

Type	AccessoryCrafting material
Tooltip	Throws a counterweight after hitting an enemy with a yoyo
Rarity	2
Buy	5
Sell	1

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

A Yellow Counterweight being used with Red's Throw.

A Counterweight is an accessory sold by the Traveling Merchant and the Skeleton Merchant. They fire a second yoyo-type projectile after hitting an enemy with a Yoyo that travels towards the Yoyo, then arcs over the player.

There are 6 variants, and all function identically. Counterweights can also be used to craft a Yoyo Bag.

Variants

From Traveling Merchant

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Type		Cost	Availability Chance
Black Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3309	5	1/4
Yellow Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3314	5	1/3

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From Skeleton Merchant

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Type		Cost	Availability
Blue Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3310item	5	During Moon phase 1 (full), 5 (new).
Red Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3311item	5	During Moon phase 2 , 6 .
Purple Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3312item	5	During Moon phase 3 , 7 .
Green Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3313item	5	During Moon phase 4 , 8 .

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Crafting

Used in

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Notes

• Multiple equipped Counterweights do not stack. Only one will function at a time.
• The particular color equipped will display on a character, unlike the Yoyo Bag, which shows a random color.
• Does not stack with the Yoyo Bag.

Trivia

• Counterweights are real-world yo-yo accessories used to aid in tricks where the yo-yo is swung from the middle of the string rather than its end. Real-world counterweights are often patterned after (or made out of) polyhedral dice, and Terraria's follow suit: the Blue and Red Counterweights are four-sided (tetrahedral) dice, the Purple and Green Counterweights are six-sided (cubic/hexahedral) dice, and the Black and Yellow Counterweights are twelve-sided (dodecahedral) dice.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()