Terraria (Wiki): Musket Ball
In this page, you will learn everything about the Musket Ball. That includes how the ammunition serves as the foundation for other Pre-Hardmode bullets, ways of obtaining, some useful tips and tricks for maximized efficiency, and more.
Everything you need to know
General Information
Other bullets following the Musket Ball are the end-product once this ammunition is used in crafting. Musket Balls deal the least base damage and have no special properties.
Type: Ammunition
Mode: Pre-Hardmode
Strengths & Weaknesses of the Musket Ball
Strengths
- Can be crafted to stronger bullets.
- Extremely accessible early-game.
- Effective to some Hardmode enemies.
Weaknesses
- Deals the least amount of damage.
- Quick to deplete.
How to get the Musket Ball
Musket Balls can be obtained from the Arms Dealer for 7 Copper Coins each.
Musket Balls (100) are found by destroying a Shadow Orb from the Corruption biome (100% on first destruction and 20% on subsequent destructions). Destroying a Crimson Heart also yields Musket Balls (100), with a 20% (desktop, mobile, console) / 25% (3DS, old-gen consoles) chance.
During Christmas, a Present has a 0.64% (Pre-Hardmode) / 0.6% (Hardmode) chance of dropping Musket Balls (30-60).
Stats & Attributes of the Musket Ball
General Type: Ranged
Damage value: 7 Health Points
Rarity: White
Knockback: 2
Sell-Value: 1 Copper Coin
Buy-Value: 7 Copper Coins
Required Research: 99
Velocity: 4
Velocity Multiplier: 2x
Special Properties: None
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