Notes

Swords


Main article: Swords

Shortswords are a low-tier genre of weapon most commonly seen at the beginning of the game. This is so because they are far outclassed by broadswords in nearly every way possible, namely range and power.

Broadswords are one of the most common weapons. They usually have a fast or medium strike speed, as well as a medium attack range and knock back.All broadswords are craftable, with the exception of the Muramasa, which is found only in Dungeon Chests, the Breaker Blade, which is only dropped by the Wall of Flesh, and the Starfury, which is commonly found on Floating Islands.


Thrown Weapons


Main article: Thrown Weapons

These weapons are thrown at enemies to inflict damage. They deal moderate amounts of damage and typically have a fast or very fast attack speed. There are 2 types of thrown weapons: returning and non-returning. Melee damage varients are returning weapons such as Flamarangs and Light Discs will return to the player after being thrown, usually in an arc-shaped motion.

Chain Weapons

Chain Weapons all have five things in common: they all deal melee damage, they all shoot a projectile outward toward where the player clicks, they are not affected by gravity (with the exception of the Harpoon) and they all return to the character upon hitting a target or solid surface, on top of all having continual fire without need of clicking multiple times. These latter two being said, players can easily get high DPS by simply holding the attack button down while remaining close to a target.

Some notable chain weapons are: Chain Knife, KO Cannon, Golem Fist

Yo-Yos


Main article: Yo-Yos

Yo-Yos act similarly to flails in the sense that they are comprised of a handle chained to a thrown projectile. However, unlike flails Yo-Yos are not effected by gravity, follow the player's cursor, and generally have a much longer range. Yo-Yos can be useful for crowd control because they are easy to aim and have high DPS. One effective strategy for Yo-Yos is to attack enemies from a cliff because they follow the cursor and have medium range allowing you to hit enemies from spots when.

Some notable Yo-Yos are: the Artery, the Cascade, and the Terrarian



Guns


Main article: Guns

Guns are weapons that consume ammunition such as Musket Balls, Meteor Shot, Silver Bullets, Cursed Bullet and Crystal Bullet, or in the case of the Star Cannon, Fallen Stars. These weapons can be obtained by breaking Shadow Orbs, crafting them, finding them in Chests, or purchasing them from the Arms Dealer (requires a Gun first). Guns that use Rockets as ammo are the Rocket Launcher, the Snowman Cannon, the Grenade Launcher and the Proximity Mine Launcher.

Some notable guns are: Megashark, Star Cannon, Rocket Launcher, Coin Gun

Bows


Main article: Bows

Bows are weapons which fire either Wooden Arrows, Flaming Arrows, Unholy Arrows, Hellfire Arrows, Jester's Arrows, Holy Arrows or Cursed Arrows. They typically do more damage than swords made of the same material, but come at the expense of being slower, less effective at close range, and the dependency on ammo.

Hardmode ores will build Repeaters instead of bows. Repeaters have the capability of auto-fire and generally shoot faster than bows.


Thrown


Main article: Thrown Weapons

Like the Melee weapons above, these weapons are thrown at enemies to inflict damage; however, they are consumed upon use, not returning to the player, with some chance of being able to be picked up again. They deal small amounts of damage and typically have a fast or very fast attack speed.

Some notable thrown weapons are: Shuriken, Throwing Knife, Poisoned Knife, Spiky Ball, Holy Water, Unholy Water, Bone



Main article: Spells

Magic Weapons like the Aqua Scepter include a collection of very versatile weapons that all consume mana upon use. It's recommended that each player have at least one Magic Weapon due to some having very high efficiency and damage rates in combination with other weapons. There are staff weapons and spells alone, but they both function in the same way.

Some notable Magic Weapons are: Rainbow Gun, Rainbow Rod, Shadowbeam Staff, Magical Harp, Razorblade Typhoon



Main article: Summoning Weapons

Summon (or summoning) Weapons are weapons that deal indirect damage. Instead of damaging enemies, these weapons summon a minion that deals damage to enemies. All summoning weapons require magic to spawn minions. There are two kinds of minions; mobile or stationary. Stationary minions act as turrets, attacking enemies who come close. Mobile minions follow the player and attack any enemy within a certain range.

Most notable Summon Weapons are: Staff of the Frost Hydra, Pygmy Staff, Raven Staff, Tempest Staff



Pickaxes


Main article: Pickaxe

Pickaxes

Pickaxes are used to mine most blocks and collect ores. They can be used as weapons too.


Drills


Main article: Drill

Drill

Drills function identically to pickaxes. Any given drill will have higher speed but deal less damage than the pickaxe of a equivalent tier. Drills are also notable in inflicting no knockback.


Axes


Main article: Axe

Axes

Axes are used to obtain wood by destroying trees. Axes are also used to cut down cacti and giant Glowing Mushrooms.


Chainsaws are used in the same way as axes. As with drills and pickaxes, chainsaws tend to have lower attack but higher speed than the equivalent axe.


Hammers


Main article: Hammer

Hammer

Hammers are used to break walls and change blocks into half-blocks

Hybrid

Some tools have the abilities of some combination of pickaxes, axes, and hammers.

Pickaxe/Drill and Axe/Chainsaw

Item 579o

Pickaxe Axe-Picksaw

The following tools are able to mine blocks and chop down trees:
•Drax
•Pickaxe Axe
•Picksaw
•Laser Drill


Axe/Chainsaw and Hammer


Main article: Hamaxe

Hamaxe

Hamaxes are hybrids between hammers and axes, allowing them to chop down trees, remove background walls, and change blocks into half-blocks.


Block placement

Placement Tools

These tools enable the player to place as blocks certain items which would otherwise not be placeable.
•Bone Wand
•Dirt Rod
•Hive Wand
•Leaf Wand
•Living Wood Wand
•Staff of Regrowth


Wood Armor Wood Armor •Wood Helmet (1 Defense)
•Wood Breastplate (1 Defense)
•Wood Greaves (0 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 3 Defense.


Palmwood Armor Palm Wood Armor •Palm Wood Helmet (1 Defense)
•Palm Wood Breastplate (1 Defense)
•Palm Wood Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 4 Defense.



BorealWoodArmor Boreal Wood Armor •Boreal Wood Helmet (1 Defense)
•Boreal Wood Breastplate (1 Defense)
•Boreal Wood Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 4 Defense.


Rich Mahogany Armor Rich Mahogany Armor •Rich Mahogany Helmet (1 Defense)
•Rich Mahogany Breastplate (1 Defense)
•Rich Mahogany Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 4 Defense.

Ebonwood Armor Ebonwood Armor •Ebonwood Helmet (1 Defense)
•Ebonwood Breastplate (2 Defense)
•Ebonwood Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 5 Defense.


Shadewood Armor Shadewood Armor •Shadewood Helmet (1 Defense)
•Shadewood Breastplate (2 Defense)
•Shadewood Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 5 Defense.



Cactus Armor Cactus Armor •Cactus Helmet (1 Defense)
•Cactus Breastplate (2 Defense)
•Cactus Leggings (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +1 Defense.
Total: 5 Defense.


Pumpkin Armor Pumpkin Armor •Pumpkin Helmet (2 Defense)
•Pumpkin Breastplate (3 Defense)
•Pumpkin Leggings (2 Defense)

Set Bonus: 10% Increased Damage.
Total: 7 Defense.


Fossil Armor Male Fossil Armor •Fossil Helmet (3 Defense, 20% increased throwing velocity)
•Fossil Plate (5 Defense, 20% increased throwing damage)
•Fossil Greaves (4 Defense, 15% increased throwing critical strike chance)

Set Bonus: 50% chance to not consume thrown items.
Total: 12 defense; 20% increased throwing velocity and damage, 15% increased throwing critical strike chance, 50% chance to not consume thrown weapons.


Bee Armor On Player Bee Armor •Bee Headgear (4 Defense; Increases max number of minions; Increases your minion attack damage by 4%)
•Bee Breastplate (5 Defense; Increases max number of minions; Increases your minion attack damage by 4%)
•Bee Greaves (4 Defense; Increases your minion attack damage by 5%)

Set bonus: Increases minion attack damage by 10%.
Total: 13 Defense; 13% minion damage.


Jungle Armor Jungle Armor •Jungle Hat (5 Defense, Increases Maximum Mana By 20, 3% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance)
•Jungle Shirt (5 Defense, Increases Maximum Mana By 20, 3% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance)
•Jungle Pants (5 Defense, Increases Maximum Mana By 20, 3% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance)

Set Bonus: 16% Reduced Mana Usage.
Total: 15 Defense; Increases Maximum Mana By 60; 9% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance; 16% Reduced Mana Usage.


Necro Armor Necro Armor •Necro Helmet (5 Defense; 4% Increased Ranged Damage)
•Necro Breastplate (6 Defense; 4% Increased Ranged Damage)
•Necro Greaves (5 Defense; 4% Increased Ranged Damage)

Set Bonus: 20% chance to not use ammo while firing a weapon.
Total: 16 Defense; 20% chance to not use ammo while firing a weapon; 12% Increased Ranged Damage.




Mining Armor Mining Armor
•Mining Helmet (1 Defense) •(purchasable)

•Mining Shirt (1 Defense)
•Mining Pants (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +30% mining speed.
Total Defense: +3 Defense

Eskimo Armor Eskimo Armor
•Eskimo Hood (1 Defense)
•Eskimo Coat (2 Defense)
•Eskimo Pants (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: None.
Total Defense: +4 Defense

Pink Eskimo Armor Pink Eskimo Armor
•Pink Eskimo Hood (1 Defense)
•Pink Eskimo Coat (2 Defense)
•Pink Eskimo Pants (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: None.
Total Defense: +4 Defense




Ancient Shadow Armor Ancient Shadow Armor

•Ancient Shadow Helmet •6 Defense,
•7% Faster Melee Speed

•Ancient Shadow Scalemail •7 Defense,
•7% Faster Melee Speed

•Ancient Shadow Greaves •6 Defense,
•7% Faster Melee Speed




Set Bonus:
•15% Faster Movement Speed


Total Defense:
•+19 Defense;
•+15% Movement Speed;
•+21% Melee Speed





Ancient Cobalt Armor Ancient Cobalt Armor

•Ancient Cobalt Helmet •+5 Defense,
•Increases Maximum Mana By 20,
•3% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance

•Ancient Cobalt Breastplate •+5 Defense,
•Increases Maximum Mana By 20,
•3% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance

•Ancient Cobalt Leggings •+5 Defense,
•Increases Maximum Mana By 20,
•3% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance




Set Bonus:
•16% Reduced Mana Usage.

Total Defense:
•+15 Defense
•Increases Maximum Mana By 60;
•9% Increased Magic Critical Strike Chance;
•16% Reduced Mana Usage.



Copper Armor Copper Armor
•Copper Helmet (1 Defense)
•Copper Chainmail (2 Defense)
•Copper Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +2 Defense.
Total: 6 Defense.



Tin Armor Tin Armor
•Tin Helmet (2 Defense)
•Tin Chainmail (2 Defense)
•Tin Greaves (1 Defense)

Set Bonus: +2 Defense.
Total: 7 Defense.




Iron Armor Iron Armor
•Iron Helmet (2 Defense)
•Iron Chainmail (3 Defense)
•Iron Greaves (2 Defense)

Set Bonus: +2 Defense.
Total: 9 Defense.



Lead Armor Lead Armor
•Lead Helmet (3 Defense)
•Lead Chainmail (3 Defense)
•Lead Greaves (2 Defense)

Set Bonus: +3 Defense.
Total: 11 Defense.




Silver Armor
•Silver Helmet (3 Defense)
•Silver Chainmail (4 Defense)
•Silver Greaves (3 Defense)

Set Bonus: +3 Defense.
Total: 13 Defense.



Tungsten Armor Tungsten Armor
•Tungsten Helmet (4 Defense)
•Tungsten Chainmail (5 Defense)
•Tungsten Greaves (3 Defense)

Set Bonus: +3 Defense.
Total: 15 Defense.




Gold Armor Gold Armor
•Gold Helmet (4 Defense)
•Gold Chainmail (5 Defense)
•Gold Greaves (4 Defense)

Set Bonus: +3 Defense.
Total: 16 Defense.



Platinum Armor Platinum Armor
•Platinum Helmet (5 Defense)
•Platinum Chainmail (6 Defense)
•Platinum Greaves (5 Defense)

Set Bonus: +4 Defense.
Total: 20 Defense.





Meteor Armor
•Meteor Helmet (5 Defense, 7% Increased Magic Damage)
•Meteor Suit (6 Defense, 7% Increased Magic Damage)
•Meteor Leggings (5 Defense, 7% Increased Magic Damage)

Set Bonus: Space Gun Mana Cost Reduced to 0.
Total: 16 Defense; 21% Increased Magic Damage;



Shadow Armor Shadow Armor
•Shadow Helmet (6 Defense, 7% Faster Melee Speed)
•Shadow Scalemail (7 Defense, 7% Faster Melee Speed)
•Shadow Greaves (6 Defense, 7% Faster Melee Speed)

Set Bonus: 15% Faster Movement Speed
Total: 19 Defense; 21% Faster Melee Speed




Crimson Armor Crimson Armor
•Crimson Helmet (6 Defense, 2% Increased Damage)
•Crimson Scalemail (7 Defense, 2% Increased Damage)
•Crimson Greaves (6 Defense, 2% Increased Damage)

Set Bonus: Greatly Increased Life Regeneration
Total: 19 Defense; 6% Increased Damage



Molten Armor Molten Armor
•Molten Helmet (8 Defense)
•Molten Breastplate (9 Defense)
•Molten Greaves (8 Defense)

Set Bonus:+ 17% Extra Melee Damage
Total: 25 Defense; 17% Extra Melee Damage




Tiki Armor
Tiki Mask•6 Defense
•Increases Max Number of Minions
•Increases Minion Damage by 10%


Tiki Shirt
•17 Defense
•Increases Max Number of Minions
•Increases Minion Damage by 10%

Tiki Pants
•12 defense
•Increases Max Number of Minions
•Increases Minion Damage by 10%



Set Bonus
•Increases Max Number of Minions

Defense Total
•35 defense