Water Bolt

The Water Bolt is a spellbook obtained from bookshelves in a Dungeon. They are able to be picked up the same way a potion is picked up (right clicking). The sprite for the Water Bolt book always looks the same.

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It casts a slow moving projectile that bounces off of walls and passes through enemies, inflicting 17 base damage. It moves in a straight path until colliding with something. The bolts will fly indefinitely until they go off screen for a certain distance, and are able to ricochet 5 times. Each use costs 14 Mana. Because it can ricochet off walls and pierce multiple enemies, this weapon is superb for use in Caves, Houses, or the very Dungeon it's found in. Small areas are also suitable for this weapon, bouncing off a wall hitting multiple enemies.

The water bolt gives off light as it moves, from its center and from magic water droplets it sheds. This allows you to find nearby open spaces without blindly digging.



Tips

 * Wcfid.png Water Bolt can sometimes be obtained from a dungeon without first fighting Skeletron by checking the books above surface level at the entrance of the dungeon.
 * A good way to use this against a boss is to build a very large closed corridor of any material and lure the boss into it, then letting multiple Water Bolts bounce around.
 * Water Bolts are also very useful against ground enemies like Goblins, Skeletons, and Zombies. The knockback of the spell will cause the enemy to recoil just enough to get hit by the spell again. One Bolt fired parallel to the ground will normally hit an enemy 3 times.


 * Water Bolt cannot be used to cool lava for Obsidian.


 * An easy way to find a Water Bolt is to mouse over the books in the dungeon. When you find one, the icon for the Water Bolt will appear by your mouse. You can right click it to pick it up, you don't have to use a hammer. Careful, range is limited (about mining distance with a Pickaxe). Another way to find one is by looking at the texture of the placed item, the water bolt book texture is a thin blue book next to a thin, short brown book. Tested, worked 3 out of 3. Water bolt also can be used to find Floating Islands. Although, due to the slow speed of the bolts themselves, it may take a minute to hear the sounds of the bolts hitting a floating island.
 * Upon dissipating (the shot will bounce up to four times and then dissipate on the next hit), the illuminating droplets will travel down much further than when the spell is active. This allows you to intentionally bounce it off walls in a confined space in order to reveal large portions of the ground beneath you.
 * Water Bolt is good to use in the Dungeon as it can bounce down and can give you light for your first exploration in the Dungeon.
 * During Blood Moons, Frost Army and Goblin Army sieges, you can construct an area that is completely flat, with walls on both ends. In there, simply keep on firing bolts to your left or right, where they'll bounce off and continue damaging opponents. Try varying the barrage by jumping up and down and slightly modifying the angles. The result can be fairly impressive, with masses upon masses of bolts flying left and right, overhead or at ground level mowing down anyone within the arena. Continue picking up mana stars and drink potions to sustain the barrage.