The Black Spot

The Black Spot is a mount-summon item dropped by the Flying Dutchman in Master Mode with a chance. It summons a rideable Pirate Ship Mount which can fly infinitely.

The Pirate Ship Mount has a max horizontal flight speed of, a diagonal speed of , and a vertical speed of. It moves slightly slower when in a body of water. Upon achieving, a ring of gold particles appears around the player and trails behind the mount, imitating the visual of a sonic boom. Once these particles are displayed, the Pirate Ship Mount begins dealing 94-100 damage upon ramming enemies. The damage is boosted by items that boost summon damage.

Tips

 * If a player is utilizing this mount for boss fights, it is advisable to remove mobility accessories, as these will not boost the movement of the mount.
 * Take note that while this mount has good speed, the acceleration is somewhat lacking. This may make other mounts such as the Witch's Broom more desirable for dodging incoming attacks.
 * You can also quickly dismount then remount to dodge attacks as vertical acceleration by falling is rather high.

Trivia

 * The item is a reference to the adventure novel  by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, where pieces of paper marked with a black spot play an important role.
 * It may be possible that the item also refers to the real life black spot of pirate times, which meant death for a receiving pirate
 * The buff tooltip may be a nod to the movie Captain Phillips where the pirate Abduwali Muse says "I'm the captain now", a phrase commonly used within meme communities on the internet.
 * Prior to the 1.4.1 update, this mount was widely considered to be the best mount in the game, despite being obtainable before any of the mechanical bosses have been defeated. This lead to many of the upcoming boss fights to be easily cheesed, by being able to run away at such high speeds. Unfortunately there is no mount that is effective as this mount previously was.
 * The only mount that matches its prior speed is Cute Fishron on water, that is very hard to gather in early Hardmode.

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