The 440+ Best Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)

Mai 4, 2023 Matt

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Terraria (Wiki): Wand of Sparking

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 14 Health Points

Rarity: Blue

Sell-Value: 20 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: 1 Gold Coin

Critical Size: 14%

Use Time: 26

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 7

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Wand of Sparking

Terraria (Wiki): Blowpipe

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 9 Health Points

Rarity: White

Knockback: 3.5

Sell-Value: 20 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 25 (desktop, mobile, console) / 45 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 11

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Blowpipe

Terraria (Wiki): Flameburst Cane

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 42 Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 3

Sell-Value: 5 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: 15 Defender Medals

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 1

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Flameburst Cane

Terraria (Wiki): Laser Rifle

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 29 Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 2.5

Sell-Value: 3 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 12

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 85

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Laser Rifle

Terraria (Wiki): Rainbow Crystal Staff

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 130 Health Points

Rarity: Red

Knockback: 7.5

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 14

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Rainbow Crystal Staff

Terraria (Wiki): Sky Fracture

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 38 Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 6

Sell-Value: 6 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 24%

Use Time: 12

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 14

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Sky Fracture

Terraria (Wiki): Magic Missile

Pro and Cons:

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.

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 35 (desktop, mobile, console) / 23 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Green

Knockback: 7.5 (desktop, mobile, console) / 5.5 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin & 75 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 22 (desktop, mobile, console) / 17 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 6

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Magic Missile

Terraria (Wiki): Paintball Gun

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 12 Health Points

Rarity: Green

Knockback: 12.5

Sell-Value: 50 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 11%

Use Time: 24

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 10

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Paintball Gun

Terraria (Wiki): Book of Skulls

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 29 (desktop, mobile, console) / 28 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Green

Knockback: 3.5

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin & 50 Silver Coins (desktop, mobile, console) / 1 Gold Coin (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 26

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 3.5

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Book of Skulls

Terraria (Wiki): Firecracker

Pro and Cons:

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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General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 37 Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 2

Sell-Value: 3 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 8

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Firecracker

Terraria (Wiki): Magic Dagger

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 35 (desktop, mobile, console) / 40 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 3.75

Sell-Value: 5 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 8

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 12

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Magic Dagger

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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General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 27 Health Points

Rarity: Green

Knockback: 2

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin & 50 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 10

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Spinal Tap

Terraria (Wiki): Zapinator

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 50 Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 3

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 7

Velocity: 12

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Zapinator

Terraria (Wiki): Sticky Grenade

Facts:

General Type: Consumable Item

Damage value: 60 Health Points

Rarity: White

Knockback: 8

Sell-Value: 15 Copper Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 45

Required Research: 99

Velocity: 5.5

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Sticky Grenade

Terraria (Wiki): Blowgun

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 27 (desktop, mobile, console) / 25 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Orange

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin

Buy-Value: 5 Gold Coins

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 35

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 13

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Blowgun

Terraria (Wiki): Flameburst Staff

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 88 Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 3

Sell-Value: 15 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: 60 Defender Medals

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 1

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Flameburst Staff

Terraria (Wiki): Durendal

Pro and Cons:

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.

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 55 Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 2

Sell-Value: 4 Gold Coins & 60 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 28

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 12

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Durendal

Terraria (Wiki): Golden Shower

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 30 (desktop, mobile, console) / 21 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 4 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 18

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 30

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Golden Shower

Terraria (Wiki): Last Prism

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 100 Health Points

Rarity: Red

Knockback: 0.25

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 10

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 30

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Last Prism

Terraria (Wiki): Rainbow Rod

Pro and Cons:

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.

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 50 (desktop, mobile, console) / 72 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 6

Sell-Value: 4 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 25 (desktop, mobile, console) / 17 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 6

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Rainbow Rod

Terraria (Wiki): Terraprisma

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 90 Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 4

Sell-Value: 20 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 36

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 10

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Terraprisma

Terraria (Wiki): Piranha Gun

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 38 (desktop, mobile, console) / 33 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 1

Sell-Value: 20 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 14

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Piranha Gun

Terraria (Wiki): Cool Whip

Pro and Cons:

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.

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 45 Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 1.5

Sell-Value: 4 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 8

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Cool Whip

Terraria (Wiki): Magical Harp

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 42 (desktop, mobile, console) / 32 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 2 (desktop, mobile, console) / 0 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Sell-Value: 4 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 12

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 4.5

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Magical Harp

Terraria (Wiki): Spirit Flame

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 85 Health Points

Rarity: Light Red

Knockback: 5

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 22

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 3

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Spirit Flame

Terraria (Wiki): Bee Gun

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 9 Health Points

Rarity: Green

Knockback: 0.25 (desktop, mobile, console) / 0 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Sell-Value: 2 Gold Coins (desktop, mobile, console) / 3 Gold Coins (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 12

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 32

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Bee Gun

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.

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 100 Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 3

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 27

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 12

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Dark Harvest

Terraria (Wiki): Musket

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 31 (desktop, mobile, console) / 25 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Blue

Knockback: 5.25 (desktop, mobile, console) / 4.25 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin & 50 Silver Coins (desktop, mobile, console) / 2 Gold Coins (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 11%

Use Time: 32 (desktop, mobile, console) / 40 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 9

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Musket

Terraria (Wiki): Poisoned Throwing Knife

Facts:

General Type: Consumable Item

Damage value: 14 (desktop, mobile, console) / 13 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: White

Knockback: 2.4

Sell-Value: 12 Copper Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 8%

Use Time: 15

Required Research: 99

Velocity: 12

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Poisoned Throwing Knife

Terraria (Wiki): Shadowbeam Staff

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 80 (desktop, mobile, console) / 53 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 3.25

Sell-Value: 6 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 15 (desktop, mobile, console) / 16 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 606

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Shadowbeam Staff

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 28 Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 3.5

Sell-Value: 8 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 22

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 13

Special Properties:

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Terraria (Wiki): Lightning Aura Rod

Facts:

General Type: Summon Weapon

Damage value: 4 Health Points

Rarity: Orange

Knockback: 0.25

Sell-Value: 1 Gold Coin

Buy-Value: 5 Defender Medals

Use Time: 30

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 1

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Lightning Aura Rod

Terraria (Wiki): Scarab Bomb

Facts:

General Type: Consumable Item

Damage value: 100 Health Points

Rarity: Blue

Sell-Value: 3 Silver Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Use Time: 25

Required Research: 99

Velocity: 5

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Scarab Bomb

Terraria (Wiki): Blizzard Staff

Pro and Cons:

Strengths

High damage output.
High Velocity.
Great weapon for early Hardmode.
Great for waves of enemies.

Weaknesses

High mana cost.
Least effective against smaller enemies (console).

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 58 Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 4.5

Sell-Value: 9 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 10

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 20

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Blizzard Staff

Terraria (Wiki): Vortex Beater

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 50 (bullets) / 70 (rockets) Health Points

Rarity: Red

Knockback: 2 (bullets) / 2.5 (rockets)

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 20 (overall) / 5 (bullets)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 14 (bullets) / 8 (rockets)

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Vortex Beater

Terraria (Wiki): Minishark

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 6 Health Points

Rarity: Green

Sell-Value: 7 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: 35 Gold Coins

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 8

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 7

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Minishark

Terraria (Wiki): Dart Pistol

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 28 Health Points

Rarity: Pink

Knockback: 3.5

Sell-Value: 8 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 22

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 13

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Dart Pistol

Terraria (Wiki): Ale Tosser

Facts:

General Type: Ranged Weapon

Damage value: 20 Health Points

Rarity: Blue

Knockback: 7

Sell-Value: 1 Silver Coin

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 40

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 6.5

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Ale Tosser

Terraria (Wiki): Rotten Egg

Facts:

General Type: Consumable Item

Damage value: 13 (desktop, mobile, console) / 10 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: White

Knockback: 6.5

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 19

Required Research: 99

Velocity: 9

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Rotten Egg

Terraria (Wiki): Staff of Earth

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 125 (desktop, mobile, console) / 45 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Lime

Knockback: 7.5

Sell-Value: 7 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 24% (desktop, mobile, console) / 4% (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Use Time: 24 (desktop, mobile, console) / 40 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 24

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Staff of Earth

Terraria (Wiki): Snowball

Facts:

General Type: Consumable Item

Damage value: 8 (desktop, mobile, console) / 4 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: White

Knockback: 5.75 (desktop, mobile, console) / 4.5 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 19

Required Research: 99

Velocity: 7

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Snowball

Terraria (Wiki): Wasp Gun

Facts:

General Type: Magic Weapon

Damage value: 31 (desktop, mobile, console) / 19 (3DS, old-gen consoles) Health Points

Rarity: Yellow

Knockback: 0.25 (desktop, mobile, console) / 0 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Sell-Value: 10 Gold Coins

Buy-Value: Not sold

Critical Size: 4%

Use Time: 18 (desktop, mobile, console) / 11 (3DS, old-gen consoles)

Required Research: 1

Velocity: 36

Special Properties:

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Detailed Post — Terraria (Wiki): Wasp Gun

The 440+ Best Weapons in Terraria: Facts & Secrets (2023)

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