The 440+ Best Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)
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- The 180+ Best Melee Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)
- The 120+ Best Ranged Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)
- The 75+ Best Magic Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)
- The 45+ Best Summoning Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)
- The 10+ Best Other Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)
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Terraria (Wiki): Christmas Tree Sword
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Terraria (Wiki): Molten Fury
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Terraria (Wiki): Excalibur
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Terraria (Wiki): Obsidian Swordfish
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Terraria (Wiki): Iron Shortsword
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Terraria (Wiki): Sleepy Octopod
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Terraria (Wiki): Titanium Repeater
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Strengths
- One of the strongest repeaters.
- High damage output
- Effective to Hardmode enemies.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better repeaters exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Proximity Mine Launcher
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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.
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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): Sunfury
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Terraria (Wiki): Umbrella
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Strengths
- Best when combined with a jump-enhancing accessory.
- Great against small groups of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Weak knockback.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Toxic Flask
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Strengths
- Deals damage over time.
- Straightforward and beginner-friendly to use.
Weaknesses
- Limited vertical throw range.
- Less effective against bosses.
- Fairly low drop rate despite the stats.
- Very slow use time.
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Terraria (Wiki): Silver Broadsword
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- Superior to most metal Shortswords.
- Okay for low-tier enemies.
Weakness
- Outperformed by other Broadswords.
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Terraria (Wiki): Phoenix Blaster
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Terraria (Wiki): Adamantite Glaive
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Strengths
- Perfect against waves of enemies
- Slightly easy to obtain upon reaching Hardmode.
Weaknesses
- Lower base damage than its ore counterpart.
- Better Ore Spears exist for waves of enemies with high damage.
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Terraria (Wiki): Shotgun
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Terraria (Wiki): Code 2
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Terraria (Wiki): Daedalus Stormbow
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Terraria (Wiki): Combat Wrench
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- Good for waves of enemies and segmented worms.
- Decent cooldown reset.
Weaknesses
- Low knockback potential.
- Slightly underwhelming damage considering the piercing capability.
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Terraria (Wiki): Falcon Blade
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Great against waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Frostbrand
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Terraria (Wiki): Breathing Reed
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- Higher damage output.
- Great against small waves of enemies.
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- Tricky and risky to obtain.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Death Sickle
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Terraria (Wiki): Purple Clubberfish
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Strengths
- Strongest knockback among other swords.
- Great against a small group of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Tricky and risky to obtain.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Orange Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Purple Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Flamarang
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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.
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Terraria (Wiki): Lead 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): Red Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Amarok
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Terraria (Wiki): Clinger Staff
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- Excellent knockback and damage.
- Perfect against invasions and events.
- Decently-long duration when cast.
Weaknesses
- High mana is required to use the weapon.
- Needs to be in direct line of sight before using.
- Limited to one wall when cast.
- Halved damage against worms.
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Terraria (Wiki): White Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Yellow Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Blue Moon
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Terraria (Wiki): Blue Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Green Phaseblade
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Palladium Sword
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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): Tizona
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Terraria (Wiki): Katana
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- 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): Ice Sickle
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Terraria (Wiki): Iron Broadsword
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- Superior to most metal Shortswords.
- Okay for low-tier enemies.
Weakness
- Outperformed by other Broadswords.
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Terraria (Wiki): Tin Shortsword
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- Extremely accessible.
Weaknesses
- Second-lowest damage potential.
- Slow usage cooldown.
- Dispensable option.
- Better weapons of the same class exist.
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Terraria (Wiki): Storm Spear
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Terraria (Wiki): Blood Rain Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Gradient
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Terraria (Wiki): Waffle’s Iron
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadowflame Knife
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Terraria (Wiki): Grenade Launcher
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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.
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Terraria (Wiki): Orichalcum 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.
- Better Ore Spears exist for waves of enemies with high damage.
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Terraria (Wiki): Ice Boomerang
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Strengths
- Extra damage from applied debuff to enemies.
- Offers the highest critical strike chance.
Weaknesses
- Slightly tricky to obtain.
- Slightly slow projectile travel speed.
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Terraria (Wiki): Nettle Burst
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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): Cobalt Sword
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Strengths
- Decent against small groups of enemies.
- Fastest Speed of all Hardmode Ore swords.
Weaknesses
- Shortest use time.
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better swords exist for waves of enemies.
- Weakest damage output versus other Hardmode swords.
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Terraria (Wiki): Thorn Chakram
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Strengths
- Inflicted debuff offers high damage potential.
- High knockback for crowd control.
- Outclasses most Pre-Hardmode Boomerangs
Weaknesses
- Slightly tricky to obtain.
- Slow cooldown reset.
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Terraria (Wiki): KO Cannon
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Terraria (Wiki): Adamantite Repeater
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Strengths
- One of the strongest repeaters.
- High damage output
- Effective to Hardmode enemies.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Better repeaters exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Ham Bat
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Terraria (Wiki): Breaker Blade
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Terraria (Wiki): The Rotted Fork
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Terraria (Wiki): Anchor
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Terraria (Wiki): Tendon Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Trimarang
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Strengths
- High DPS because of consecutive projectile spawning.
- Decent cooldown rate.
Weakness
- Slightly tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Hel-Fire
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Terraria (Wiki): Tin 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): Beam Sword
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Terraria (Wiki): Fetid Baghnakhs
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadow Jousting Lance
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Terraria (Wiki): Slap Hand
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Terraria (Wiki): Rocket Launcher
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- 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.
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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): Copper Broadsword
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Strengths
- Most accessible Broadsword.
- Superior to most metal Shortswords.
- Okay for low-tier enemies.
Weaknesses
- Outperformed by other Broadswords.
- Weakest base damage.
- Shadewood Sword and Ebonwood Sword are more accessible.
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Terraria (Wiki): Bloody Machete
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- Better choice than most Pre-Hardmode Boomerangs.
- Decent cooldown reset.
Weaknesses
- Travel movement prevents inflicting 2x damage to enemies.
- Travel movement prevents damaging enemies behind solid blocks.
- Subpar projectile travel speed.
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Terraria (Wiki): The Meatball
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Terraria (Wiki): Tome of Infinite Wisdom
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Strengths
- Great for gathering crafting materials (Tornado).
- High knockback.
- Buffed damage when using the Tornado attack.
Weaknesses
- Needs a lot of mana to use.
- First attack spreads out when riding a flying mount.
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Terraria (Wiki): Fruitcake Chakram
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- Offers high knockback.
- Good cooldown reset.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Unreliable projectile travel speed.
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Terraria (Wiki): Handgun
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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): Demon Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Copper Shortsword
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Strength
- Extremely accessible.
Weaknesses
- Lowest damage potential.
- Slowest usage cooldown.
- Dispensable option.
- Better weapons of the same class exist.
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Terraria (Wiki): Chik
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Terraria (Wiki): Bladed Glove
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Strengths
- Fastest cooldown usage among all Pre-Hardmode Melee Weapons.
- High DPS.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at early stages.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Exotic Scimitar
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Perfect against small waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Bat Bat
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Restores 1 HP on every hit.
- Perfect against small groups of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Slowest cooldown usage.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Cutlass
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Terraria (Wiki): Platinum Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Candy Cane Sword
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- Easy to obtain.
- Perfect against small waves of enemies.
- Larger range than pre-Hardmode swords (4x7 radius).
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- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Flymeal
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Strengths
- Can damage NPCs.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at the early stages of the game.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
- Inflicted debuff does not deal damage.
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Terraria (Wiki): Orange Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): Pearlwood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Blue Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): Green Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): Purple Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): Red Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): White Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): Yellow Phasesaber
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Terraria (Wiki): Format:C
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Terraria (Wiki): Ball O’ Hurt
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Terraria (Wiki): Stylish Scissors
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Strengths
- Perfect against small groups of enemies.
- Fast use time.
Weaknesses
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
- Tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Crystal Vile Shard
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Strengths
- Slightly better than the Vilethorn.
- Decent for certain bosses and enemies.
Weaknesses
- Deals less damage and shorter range.
- Better options exist.