Best Rocket Launchers in Terraria (2023)

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Terraria (Wiki): Celebration Mk2

Rating:

My Rating: 10 / 10

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

• Offers the strongest knockback potential.
• Highest cooldown usage among other Rocket Launchers.
• Highest projectile travel speed among other Rocket Launchers.
• Great against waves of enemies.
• Decent for clearing evil biomes.

Weaknesses

• Extremely risky to obtain.
• Not very effective in long-range combat.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 50 Health Points

Rarity: Red

Knockback: 10

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 6

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 17

Special Properties:

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Terraria (Wiki): Celebration

Rating:

My Rating: 9.5 / 10

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

• Great against waves of enemies.
• Great for finding ores and exploring dark areas.
• Great for easy foraging and defense.

Weaknesses

• Underwhelming base damage.
• Pricey to obtain.
• Limited projectile reach.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 25 Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 16 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: 80 Gold Coins

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 15

Special Properties:

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Terraria (Wiki): Snowman Cannon

Rating:

My Rating: 8 / 10

Pro and Cons:

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.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 67 Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 9 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 15

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 15

Special Properties:

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Terraria (Wiki): Electrosphere Launcher

Rating:

My Rating: 7.5 / 10

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

• Offers a decent DPS.
• Perfect against waves of enemies.
• Can create damaging energy balls infinitely.

Weaknesses

• All rocket ammunition’s special properties are negated.
• Below average knockback potential.
• Risky and tricky to obtain.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 40 Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 2

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 12

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 12

Special Properties:

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Terraria (Wiki): Proximity Mine Launcher

Rating:

My Rating: 7 / 10

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

• Offers the highest base damage.
• Triple damage potential during defense.
• Stationary mines work great against waves of slow enemies.
• Easy availability.

Weaknesses

• Slowest cooldown among all Rocket Launchers.
• Slightly pricey to purchase.
• Limited projectile reach.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 80 (desktop, mobile, console) / 45 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 7 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: 35 Gold Coins

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 50 (desktop, mobile, console) / 30 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 12

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Terraria (Wiki): Grenade Launcher

Rating:

My Rating: 6 / 10

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

• Offers decent damage.
• Great against waves of enemies.
• Easy availability.

Weaknesses

• Practice is required to use.
• Bouncing grenades may damage the player in tight spaces.
• Limited projectile reach.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 60 (desktop, mobile, console) / 55 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 7 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 20 (desktop, mobile, console) / 30 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 10

Special Properties:

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Terraria (Wiki): Rocket Launcher

Rating:

My Rating: 5 / 10

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

• Great against waves of enemies.
• Deals twice damage on direct hit against a target.

Weaknesses

• Slightly risky and tricky to obtain.
• Outperformed by other Rocket Launchers.

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 55 (desktop, mobile, console) / 50 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 8 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 5

Special Properties:

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