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): Pearlwood Sword
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Terraria (Wiki): Gold Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Tungsten Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Classy Cane
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Terraria (Wiki): Ash Wood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Cascade
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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): Blood Thorn
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Strengths
- Great for clearing tight spaces.
- Good damage output.
- Boasts wall-piercing capabilities.
Weaknesses
- Uses slightly more mana than other magic weapons.
- Not beginner-friendly.
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Terraria (Wiki): Flaming Mace
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Terraria (Wiki): Swordfish
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Terraria (Wiki): Hallowed Jousting Lance
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Terraria (Wiki): Bone Sword
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Strengths
- High base damage than other melee weapons.
- Perfect against waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Slightly tricky and risky to obtain.
- Better melee weapons 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): Revolver
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Terraria (Wiki): Enchanted Boomerang
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Strengths
- Very accessible early-game.
- Better overall stats vs. Wooden Boomerang.
- High knockback potential.
Weaknesses
- Better Pre-Hardmode options exist.
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Terraria (Wiki): Mandible Blade
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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): Silver Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Zombie Arm
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Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Great against enemies with low health.
- Offers higher base damage than Pre-Hardmode Wood Swords.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain at the early stages of the game.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Lead Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Cactus Sword
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Great against small waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Ash Wood Sword
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Strengths
- Perfect against small groups of enemies.
- Offers the highest base damage among all Pre-Hardmode Wood Swords.
Weaknesses
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
- Tricky and risky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Hive-Five
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Terraria (Wiki): Iron Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadewood Sword
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Strengths
- Perfect against small groups of enemies.
- Offers the 2nd highest base damage among all Pre-Hardmode Wood Swords.
Weaknesses
- Tricky and risky to obtain.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Ebonwood Sword
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Strengths
- Perfect against small groups of enemies.
- Offers the 2nd highest base damage among all Pre-Hardmode Wood Swords.
Weaknesses
- Tricky and risky to obtain for Pre-Hardmode players.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Ebonwood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Palladium Repeater
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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): Wooden Boomerang
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Strength
- Very accessible early-game.
Weaknesses
- Weakest damage output.
- Slowest projectile travel speed.
- Subpar knockback potential.
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Terraria (Wiki): Boomstick
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Terraria (Wiki): Boreal Wood Sword
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Higher base damage than the wooden sword.
- Decent against a small group of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Second weakest base damage among other swords.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Jousting Lance
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Terraria (Wiki): Chain Knife
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Terraria (Wiki): Cobalt Naginata
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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.
- Weakest knockback among Ore Spears.
- Better Ore spears exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Valor
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Terraria (Wiki): Shadewood Bow
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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): Tin Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Copper Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Rich Mahogany Sword
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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): Palm Wood Sword
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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): Code 1
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Terraria (Wiki): Boreal Wood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Palm Wood Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Rich Mahogany Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Spear
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Terraria (Wiki): Amazon
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Terraria (Wiki): Crimson Rod
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Strengths
- Decent pick for Pre-Hardmode.
- Long-term mana conservation potential.
- Deals stationary damage (similar to turrets).
Weaknesses
- The Nimbus Rod is a superior option.
- Can only pierce one enemy.
- Damaging projectiles are limited to 96.5 tiles away from the spawned cloud.
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Terraria (Wiki): Cobalt Repeater
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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): The Undertaker
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Terraria (Wiki): Wooden Sword
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Strengths
- Easy to obtain.
- Great weapon against low-health enemies./
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- Weakest damage.
- Not a perfect choice for waves of enemies.
- Better melee weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Arkhalis
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Terraria (Wiki): Artery
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Terraria (Wiki): Vilethorn
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Strengths
- Great for segmented enemies and bosses.
- Great for holding off invasions.
- Great for enemies with high defense.
- Can stun-lock enemies.
- Projectile pierces and damages enemies behind any cover.
Weaknesses
- Unable to compete against other Hardmode Magic Weapons of the same category.
- Fairly slow attack speed.
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Terraria (Wiki): Wooden Bow
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Terraria (Wiki): Egg Cannon
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Terraria (Wiki): Terragrim
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Terraria (Wiki): Flintlock Pistol
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Terraria (Wiki): Malaise
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Terraria (Wiki): Rally
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Terraria (Wiki): Wooden Yoyo
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Terraria (Wiki): Bone Throwing Knife
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Terraria (Wiki): Finch Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Heat Ray
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Terraria (Wiki): Lunar Portal Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Spiky Ball
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Terraria (Wiki): Xenopopper
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Terraria (Wiki): Laser Machinegun
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Terraria (Wiki): Morning Star
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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): Sticky Dynamite
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Terraria (Wiki): Wand of Sparking
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Terraria (Wiki): Blowpipe
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Terraria (Wiki): Flameburst Cane
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Terraria (Wiki): Laser Rifle
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Terraria (Wiki): Rainbow Crystal Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Sky Fracture
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Terraria (Wiki): Magic Missile
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Strengths
- Very strong knockback.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
- Decent against small groups of enemies.
- Can be used in water, unlike other magic weapons.
Weaknesses
- High mana cost.
- Low velocity.
- Better magic weapons exist for waves of enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Paintball Gun
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Terraria (Wiki): Book of Skulls
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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): Magic Dagger
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Terraria (Wiki): Spinal Tap
Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Strongest Pre-Hardmode whip.
- Easy to obtain.
- Great against waves of enemies.
Weaknesses
- Very weak knockback.
- 10% damage reduction penalty against multiple enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Zapinator
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Terraria (Wiki): Sticky Grenade
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Terraria (Wiki): Blowgun
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Terraria (Wiki): Flameburst Staff
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Terraria (Wiki): Durendal
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Strengths
- Buff increases attack speed by 25%/3s.
- Provides light in dark/night areas.
- Second-highest amount of summon tag damage
Weaknesses
- Very weak knockback.
- 20% less damage with each succeeding strike if it hits many targets in one attack.
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Terraria (Wiki): Golden Shower
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Terraria (Wiki): Last Prism
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Terraria (Wiki): Rainbow Rod
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Strengths
- High damage output.
- Best for finding caves and ores.
- Great weapon for early Hardmode.
- Can move through liquids.
- Great for waves of enemies and bosses.
Weaknesses
- High mana cost.
- Low Velocity.
- Tricky to obtain.
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Terraria (Wiki): Terraprisma
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Terraria (Wiki): Piranha Gun
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Terraria (Wiki): Cool Whip
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Strengths
- Inflicted debuff offers tremendous damage and crowd control.
- Cool Flake projectile has armor-penetrating capabilities.
- Decent for finding caves and ores.
Weaknesses
- Tricky to obtain.
- Extremely weak knockback.
- 30% damage reduction penalty against multiple enemies.
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Terraria (Wiki): Magical Harp
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Terraria (Wiki): Spirit Flame
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Terraria (Wiki): Bee Gun
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Terraria (Wiki): Dark Harvest
Pro and Cons:
Strengths
- Buff increases attack speed by 35%/3s.
- Provides light in dark/night areas.
- Great with rapidly-attacking minions than slower minions.
Weaknesses
- Very weak knockback.
- 10% less damage with each succeeding strike if it hits many targets in one attack.