Yoyos

     

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Yoyos are Flail-like melee weapons that can be thrown and seek after the player's cursor when used. Unlike Flails, they are easier to control but bounce off of enemies. Yoyos can be acquired in several different ways, including from crafting, as rare drops from enemies, and as merchandise from certain NPCs. There are currently 20 different types of Yoyos.

There are several accessories that affect the function of yoyos. String can be equipped to increase the range, a Counterweight can be equipped to release a second damaging projectile after hitting an enemy with the yoyo, and the Yoyo Glove allows the use of two yoyos. These three accessories can then be crafted into the Yoyo Bag, which combines the effects of all of them.

Yoyo range is determined by melee attack speed. However, yoyos cannot have their speed modified, and therefore cannot obtain the Legendary modifier. A Godly modifier has slightly better crowd control than a Demonic one, but the increased knockback may reduce the number of hits per second. Both modifiers can be regarded as the best.

Types

Weapon	Damage	Speed	Reach (tiles)	Duration (sec)	Knockback	Critical Chance	Source	One Drop	Notes
Wooden Yoyo	9	Fast	9	4	Very Weak	4%	10 + 20   @	❌
Rally	14	Fast	10	5	Weak	4%	Dropped randomly by 3 special Cavern enemies (Crawdad, Giant Shelly, and Salamander).	✔️
Malaise	16	Fast	14	7	Average	4%	12   @	❌
Artery	17	Fast	12.5	6	Weak	4%	12   @	❌
Amazon	20	Fast	13	8	Weak	4%	1 + 2 + 3 + 8   @	❌
Code 1	21	Fast	13.5	9	Weak	4%	Traveling Merchant after killing Eye of Cthulhu.	✔️
Valor	22	Fast	14	11	Weak	4%	The Dungeon's locked Gold Chests.	✔️
Cascade	27	Fast	15.5	16	Average	4%	1/400 drop chance by Underworld enemies after Skeletron is defeated, but only before Hardmode.	✔️	Inflicts On Fire! debuff
Format:C	29	Fast	16	8	Weak	4%	Skeleton Merchant in Hardmode.	✔️
Gradient	34	Fast	15.5	10	Weak	4%	Skeleton Merchant in Hardmode.	✔️
Chik	39	Fast	17	16	Weak	4%	1 + 15 + 10   @	✔️
Hel-Fire	41	Fast	17	12	Average	4%	1/400 drop from Cavern and Underworld enemies in Hardmode	❌	Inflicts On Fire! debuff
Amarok	43	Fast	16.5	15	Very weak	4%	Dropped randomly by Snow Biome enemies in Hardmode	❌	Inflicts Frostburn debuff
Code 2	47	Fast	18	∞	Weak	4%	Traveling Merchant after killing any Mechanical Boss.	✔️
Yelets	60	Fast	18	14	Weak	4%	Dropped randomly by any enemy in the Hardmode Jungle after defeating any Mechanical Boss.	✔️
Red's Throw	70	Fast	23	∞	Average	4%	Expert mode Treasure Bags as part of the Red's clothes equipment set.	❌
Valkyrie Yoyo	70	Fast	23	∞	Average	4%	Expert mode Treasure Bags as part of the Lazure's clothes equipment set.	❌
Kraken	90	Fast	21	∞	Average	4%	Rare drop from post-Plantera, Hardmode Dungeon enemies.	✔️
The Eye of Cthulhu	115	Fast	23	∞	Weak	4%	Dropped randomly by Mothron after Plantera has been defeated.	❌
Terrarian	190	Fast	25	∞	Strong	14%	11.11% (1/9) chance drop from Moon Lord.	✔️	Emits damaging and auto-aiming projectiles

Achievements

Throwing Lines • “Throw a yoyo.”

Throw a Yoyo for the first time.

Sick Throw • “Obtain the Terrarian.”

Get the Terrarian.

Tips

• If you attack the back of an enemy, it will cause the enemy to bounce back into the yo-yo, effectively making the yo-yo attack quicker.
• If used with a Yoyo Bag, the Terrarian is the most powerful melee weapon in the game in terms of damage per second.
• If you must attack a group with a yo-yo, attack by putting the yo-yo in the middle of the group, as the yo-yo will bounce between the members of the group. When they inevitably split apart, attack the front again to bunch them up.
• When the Wall of Flesh is defeated, before you teleport home, farm for the Hel-Fire as it is a great early hardmode weapon.
• If you are using a Yoyo when activating a teleporter, the yoyo will maintain its position and return to the player after brief time.
• Stacking enough attack speed boosting buffs and items may cause yoyos to glitch, potentially making it a lot harder to hit enemies. As attack speed only increases the range of yoyos, it might be advisable to use pure damage boosting items such as the Warrior Emblem instead. (**Reported** in the forums)
• When farming for the Cascade, Amarok, Yelets, Hel-Fire, and Kraken, hooking up wires to statues with lava in the respective area will save you from farming.

Trivia

• Yoyos that are marked with the logo of One Drop YoYos in the tooltip have real life counterparts.
• In real life, Redigit is a yoyo enthusiast and makes personal use of One Drop YoYos. In addition to their designs being introduced to Terraria, One Drop has recently released a real world counterpart to the Terrarian.
• All yoyos have the same use time of 24 (fast) with the exception of the Terrarian, which has a use time of 25.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.4: Red's Throw & Valkyrie Yoyo are now both obtained from Red's and Lazure's developer sets, and their stats have been rebalanced.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()