Web Slinger

The Web Slinger is a variation of the Grappling Hook. It is acquired in Webbed biomes in a Web Covered Chest which is exclusive to the biome. What makes this different from Grappling Hook is that it can have 8 grapples shot out at once. This makes this useful for precise movement. Despite being able to shoot 8 grapples out at once, it is relatively slow and has extremely short range which one might consider it to be obsolete.

Tips

 * You can press the grapple hotkey (E by default) to grapple faster and easier, without even having the Web Slinger equipped on the action bar.
 * You can use the Web Slinger to negate falling damage by grappling the ground just before you hit. This is easiest done in singleplayer mode with autopause switched on.
 * You can use the Web Slinger to crawl around caves for mining in harder to reach places, or to carefully mine around dangerous obstacles like Meteorite or Spikes.
 * You can shoot it multiple times without needing to wait for the first one to latch onto a surface.
 * If using all of the webs of a Web Slinger, switching to the Ivy Whip causes the amount of usable "vines" to be equal to that of the Web Slinger, but with the appearance and reachable distance of an Ivy Whip.
 * Given that you are skilled enough, you can move around caves like an actual spider. Best enhanced with the Web Slinger-Ivy Whip effect (see above).

Trivia

 * The quantity of grapples that this item can have out at one time refers to the the fact that spiders have eight legs.
 * The name Web Slinger is a reference to Spider-Man, which is his nickname.