All Items in Terraria List (2023)
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Terraria (Wiki): Platinum Shortsword
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Strengths
- Highest damage potential.
- Offers the strongest knockback potential.
- Fastest usage cooldown.
Weakness
- Better alternatives from other weapon classes exist.
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Terraria (Wiki): Red Ryder
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadow Jousting Lance
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Terraria (Wiki): Snowman Cannon
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Strengths
- One of the safest Rocket Launchers to use because of negated self-inflicted damage.
- Fired projectiles home to enemies.
- Great against waves of enemies.
- Great for collecting and releasing liquids.
Weakness
- Slightly risky and tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Poisoned Throwing Knife
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Terraria (Wiki): Red’s Throw
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadowbeam Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Solar Eruption
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Terraria (Wiki): Possessed Hatchet
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Strengths
- Aiming not needed.
- Above average damage output.
- Above average projectile travel speed.
Weaknesses
- Risky to obtain.
- Outpowered by the Paladin’s Hammer.
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Terraria (Wiki): Resonance Scepter
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Strengths
- Stationary and controllable projectile.
- Rapid and high damage with a single click.
Weaknesses
- Circular projectile unable to go beyond thick walls.
- Obtaining can be difficult.
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadowflame Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Spectre Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Javelin
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Terraria (Wiki): Lunar Flare
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Strengths
- High damage output.
- High Velocity.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
- Can travel through solid blocks above the cursor.
- Great for waves of enemies and enclosed areas.
Weaknesses
- High mana cost
- Tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Mythril Repeater
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain upon reaching Hardmode.
- Effective to weaker enemies.
Weaknesses
- Least effective in combat.
- Better repeaters exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Palladium Pike
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Strengths
- Perfect against waves of enemies with low health.
- Easy to obtain upon reaching Hardmode
Weaknesses
- Lowest base damage among Ore Spears.
- Better Ore Spears exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Jousting Lance
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Terraria (Wiki): Lunar Portal Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Mythril Sword
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Strengths
- Decent against small groups of enemies.
- Better damage versus low-tier swords.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better swords exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Palladium Repeater
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Easy to obtain upon reaching Hardmode.
- Effective to weaker enemies.
Weaknesses
- Weakest repeater.
- Least effective in combat.
- Better repeaters exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Kaleidoscope
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Strengths
- Strongest whip in all modes.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
- High summon tag damage.
- Decent extra critical hit chance.
- Great for waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Obtaining can get tricky.
- Weak knockback.
- 10% damage reduction penalty against multiple enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Magic Dagger
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Terraria (Wiki): Nebula Arcanum
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Terraria (Wiki): Palladium Sword
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Decent against small groups of enemies.
- Better damage versus alternate ore counterpart.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better swords exist for waves of enemies.
- Weakest damage output versus other Hardmode swords.
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Terraria (Wiki): Katana
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Good enough against hordes of enemies.
- Highest critical chance.
Weaknesses
- Weak knockback.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Magical Harp
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Terraria (Wiki): Nebula Blaze
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Terraria (Wiki): Palm Wood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Keybrand
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Terraria (Wiki): Magnet Sphere
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Good for clearing spaces where disguised enemies like Mimics thrive.
- An excellent fast-clearing weapon.
- Shoots at will (hostiles only).
Weaknesses
- Slow movement in liquids.
- Orb deals contact damage (Multiplayer mode only).
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Terraria (Wiki): Nettle Burst
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- A decent magic weapon for Hardmode.
- Offers better damage, faster use time, longer duration, and larger area effect than Vilethorn.
- Good against armored enemies.
Weaknesses
- Extremely weak knockback to offer.
- Better options exist.
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Terraria (Wiki): Palm Wood Sword
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Higher damage output than the wooden sword.
- Decent against a small group of enemies.
Weaknesses
- One of the weakest Pre-Hardmode Wood Swords.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): KO Cannon
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Terraria (Wiki): Malaise
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Terraria (Wiki): Nightglow
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Terraria (Wiki): Pearlwood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Houndius Shootius
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Terraria (Wiki): Kraken
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Terraria (Wiki): Mandible Blade
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Better damage than other early-game swords.
Weaknesses
- Tricky and risky to obtain.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Nimbus Rod
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Long-term mana conservation potential.
- Deals stationary damage (similar to turrets).
- More powerful than the Crimson Rod.
- Unlimited piercing capability (3DS, old-gen consoles).
Weaknesses
- Obtaining is fairly difficult.
- Damaging projectiles are limited to 96.5 tiles away from the spawned cloud.
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Terraria (Wiki): Pearlwood Sword
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Terraria (Wiki): Ice Blade
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Strengths
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky and risky to obtain.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Laser Rifle
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Terraria (Wiki): Marrow
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Terraria (Wiki): North Pole
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Terraria (Wiki): Pew-matic Horn
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Terraria (Wiki): Ice Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Last Prism
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Terraria (Wiki): Medusa Head
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Terraria (Wiki): Obsidian Swordfish
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Terraria (Wiki): Ice Sickle
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Terraria (Wiki): Lead Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Megashark
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Terraria (Wiki): Onyx Blaster
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Terraria (Wiki): Imp Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Lead Broadsword
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Superior to most metal Shortswords.
- Okay for low-tier enemies.
Weakness
- Outperformed by other Broadswords.
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Terraria (Wiki): Meteor Staff
Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- High damage output.
- High velocity.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
- Great weapon for early Hardmode.
- Great for waves of enemies and bosses.
Weaknesses
- High mana cost.
- Cannot pass through blocks.
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Terraria (Wiki): Optic Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Inferno Fork
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- Explosive damage against enemies with high armor.
- Debuff is scalable (3DS, old-gen consoles).
- Usable underwater.
Weaknesses
- Obtaining is difficult.
- Slower projectiles underwater.
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Terraria (Wiki): Lead Shortsword
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Terraria (Wiki): Molotov Cocktail
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Terraria (Wiki): Orange Zapinator
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Terraria (Wiki): Iron Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Leaf Blower
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Terraria (Wiki): Morning Star
Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Exceptionally strong knockback.
- Offers the lowest damage reduction penalty among other whips.
- Offers the highest critical strike chance among other whips.
Weaknesses
- Slow attack speed.
- 5% damage reduction penalty against multiple enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Orichalcum Halberd
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Slightly easy to obtain upon reaching Hardmode.
Weaknesses
- Weak damage output versus other Ore Spears.
- Better Ore Spears exist for waves of enemies with high damage.
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Terraria (Wiki): Iron Broadsword
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Strengths
- Superior to most metal Shortswords.
- Okay for low-tier enemies.
Weakness
- Outperformed by other Broadswords.
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Terraria (Wiki): Leather Whip
Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- One of the two accessible whips early-game.
- Decent against small groups of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Weakest damage output versus other whips.
- 50% damage reduction penalty against multiple enemies.
- Extremely weak knockback.
- Terrible against large waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Mushroom Spear
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Terraria (Wiki): Orichalcum Repeater
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Strengths
- Effective to weaker enemies.
- High damage output
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better repeaters exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Iron Shortsword
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Strengths (none)
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- Better weapons of the same class exist.
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Terraria (Wiki): Life Drain
Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Decent damage output.
- Granted buff improves health regeneration.
- Great weapon for early Hardmode.
- Can damage and pass through walls.
- Great for crowd control and worm-type enemies.
Weaknesses
- High mana cost.
- Extremely weak knockback.
- Terrible against single enemies.
- Low Velocity.
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Terraria (Wiki): Musket
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Terraria (Wiki): Orichalcum Sword
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Strengths
- High damage output.
- Better damage versus low-tier swords.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better swords exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Jack ‚O Lantern Launcher
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Terraria (Wiki): Light Disc
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Strengths
- Offers high knockback potential.
- Slightly above average raw output damage potential.
- Fires six damaging projectiles.
Weakness
- Slightly tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Mythril Halberd
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Strengths
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Slightly easy to obtain upon reaching Hardmode.
Weaknesses
- Weak damage output versus other Ore Spears.
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Terraria (Wiki): Paladin’s Hammer
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Strengths
- Offers the highest raw damage output.
- Offers the highest knockback potential.
- Has the fightest projectile travel speed.
- Use time reset is close to the Bananarang’s short delay.
- Perfect against waves of strong enemies, events, and some Bosses.
Weakness
- Risky and tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Hellwing Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Hive-Five
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Terraria (Wiki): Hornet Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Daybreak
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Terraria (Wiki): Fetid Baghnakhs
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Terraria (Wiki): Frost Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Harpoon
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Terraria (Wiki): Deadly Sphere Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Finch Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Frostbrand
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Terraria (Wiki): Heat Ray
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Terraria (Wiki): Death Sickle
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Terraria (Wiki): Firecracker
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Strengths
- Viable even after defeating the Moon Lord.
- Unique summon tag effects.
- Good for exploring caves and finding ores.
- Great against slow-hitting minions with high base damage output.
Weaknesses
- Very weak knockback.
- Inflicted debuff is outperformed by other whip’s debuffs.
- 33% damage reduction penalty against multiple enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Fruitcake Chakram
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Strengths
- Offers high knockback.
- Good cooldown reset.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Unreliable projectile travel speed.
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Terraria (Wiki): Hel-Fire
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Terraria (Wiki): Demon Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Flairon
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Terraria (Wiki): Gatligator
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Terraria (Wiki): Copper Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Demon Scythe
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Terraria (Wiki): Flamarang
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Inflicted debuff offers damage over time to hostiles.
- High knockback potential.
- Decent damage.
Weaknesses
- Underwhelming cooldown reset.
- Double damage is impossible compared to other boomerangs.