Scourge of the Corruptor

Scourge of the Corruptor

•  

Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	70 (Melee)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	28 (effective)
Tooltip	A powerful javelin that unleashes tiny eaters
Rarity	08*
Sell	20
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Eater's Bite
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1571
• Internal Projectile ID: 306

See also: Corruptor

The Scourge of the Corruptor in use.

The Scourge of the Corruptor is a Hardmode post-Plantera weapon that fires projectiles. It is always found inside the Dungeon's Corruption Chest in Corruption worlds (Crimson worlds will not have one but will instead have a Crimson Chest containing Vampire Knives). A Corruption Key is needed to open the Corruption Chest.

The Scourge of the Corruptor fires a fast javelin head that looks like a small Eater of Souls, then splits into 2-4 smaller Eaters on impact with a solid block or enemy. The mini-eaters have homing capabilities, can travel approximately 700 feet, and ricochet up to 5 times before dissipating, dealing approximately 60% of the weapon's damage each. Both the main projectile and mini-Eaters are unaffected by gravity or non-solid blocks. The mini-eaters have almost no knockback, even with a Titan Glove (or one of its upgrades), but in large numbers their combined knockback can potentially keep enemies at bay.

The Scourge is a melee weapon and benefits from armor and accessories that provide melee bonuses, such as Turtle armor (or Beetle armor) and the Fire Gauntlet, as well as the effects of Flasks.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

Notes

• Eaters home in on Mimics and Nymphs before they become hostile.
• When shot at a one-tile thick wall from the right or below, there is a chance for the Eaters to spawn on the other side of it.
• Both the tiny eaters and the scourge itself get effects from flasks.
• Tiny eaters cannot break cobwebs.
• Tiny eaters do not harm Critters.
• Tiny eaters also will not harm Target Dummies.
• This weapon's Crimson counterpart is the Vampire Knives.
• Eaters do not home in on players, even while in PvP.
• When used with the Fire Gauntlet, Magma Stone, or Flask of Fire, it is quite effective at illuminating caves.
• The weapon's firing sound and impact sound do not occur at the same rate, and will become misaligned as you fire.
• The weapon can be repeatedly thrown at the ground to release a continuous and considerably large swarm of eaters.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.2.3: Damage increased from 57 to 64.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Eaters now only emit light from the Frost armor set when homing in on an enemy.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.