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Spiky Ball
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Statistics
Type
Damage16 (Ranged)
Knockback1 (Extremely weak)
Consumable✔️
Critical chance4%
Use time15 (Very fast)
Velocity5
RarityRarity level: 0
Buy80
Sell16
Research99 required
Projectile created
  • Spiky Ball
    Spiky Ball

Do you know why we all carry around these spiked balls? Because I don't.

The Goblin Tinkerer

Not to be confused with the Spike Ball enemy found in the Dungeon.

Spiky Balls are consumable throwing weapons that are primarily used as passive traps, by tossing them to the ground, where enemies who pass over them will take damage up to 6 times (after which the Spiky Balls vanish). If not destroyed, they will automatically vanish in 1 in-game hour (1 minute in real time). They can also be used as throwing weapons, but they have a very short arc and quickly fall to the ground. Spiky Balls are dropped by all Goblins in the Goblin Army, and can be purchased from the Goblin Tinkerer for 80 each. The Goblin Tinkerer also uses them to defend himself.

Notes

  • Spiky Balls will not harm the player who threw them, nor will they damage NPCs. They will damage other players in PvP matches.
  • Once thrown, a Spiky Ball cannot be picked up again.
  • Spiky Balls will not pass through platforms (tested in 1.3.0.6)(Not true on console)
  • Spike Balls drop so much during the Goblin Invasion event, they can be sold for a lot of gold early game.

Tips

  • Useful against groups of enemies, or bosses, if you can get them to charge you through a group of Spiky Balls, or fly/tunnel through them.
  • Especially useful against the Eater of Worlds, since all its segments continue emerging from the same point on the ground.
  • When wearing Frost armor, Spiky Balls will glow from the Frostburn effect and can serve as makeshift Glowsticks.
  • When thrown on the ground they can serve as an immobilizer to any monster without knockback resistance.

See also

History

  • Desktop 1.1: Sell cost changed from 4 to 16. Can now be purchased from the Goblin Tinkerer.
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