Tome of Infinite Wisdom

    

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Tome of Infinite Wisdom

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	36 (Magic)
Knockback	9 (Very strong)
Mana	20
Critical chance	4%
Use time	25 (Fast)
Velocity	22 (effective)
Tooltip	Gotta wonder who stuck a tome of infinite wisdom on a stick... Right click to cast a powerful tornado
Rarity	05*
Sell	1
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Tome of Infinite Wisdom
  
• Whirlwind of Infinite Wisdom
  

Sounds

Use
Whirlwind

• Internal Item ID: 3852
• Internal Projectile ID: 712, 704

Tome of Infinite Wisdom in use.

The Tome of Infinite Wisdom is a Hardmode magic weapon which is dropped by Ogre mini-boss during the Old One's Army event. When fired, it auto-fires four high-velocity pages that do not pierce. ⚷ Interact summons a tornado which can pierce enemies, travels through one-block low roofs, lasts four seconds, and will be stopped by a wall. If used while moving on a flying mount, its pages spread out.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Tips

• The right-click attack's whirlwind is great for clearing out plants and thorns in the Evil Biomes and Jungle. This can help with flower collection or finding Life Fruit.
• Although it uses a lot of mana, the Tome is able to do a lot of damage in small bursts with quick projectiles, making it useful for the Hardmode Jungle's high-health enemies. It is less useful against bosses.
• However, this weapon can defeat The Destroyer with ease even in Master Mode, making it a viable weapon choice.

Trivia

• The Tome of Infinite Wisdom's right click attack resembles the Apprentice's second ability in Dungeon Defenders 2, Tornado. It also uses the same animation as both the Forbidden armor set bonus and the Sand Elemental "Sandnado" attack.
• This weapon and the Sky Dragon's Fury, another drop acquired during the Old One's Army, are the only weapons in Terraria to have both a left-click attack and right-click attack.
• "In all their infinite wisdom" is an expression that is used almost exclusively in a derogatory or sarcastic context to denote a particularly stupid decision, made by either a single person or a larger governing body. The tooltip of "Gotta wonder who stuck a tome of infinite wisdom on a stick..." is clearly a parody of this.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.5:
  • Fixed a bug where it could consume and waste mana when using its right-click functionality.
  • Now auto-uses its right-click functionality.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 24 to 32.
  • Use Time decreased from 30 to 25.

• Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.