Guns

There are a variety of guns available in Terraria with increasing levels of potency as more rare guns are acquired. The guns range from early to modern styles and designs, starting with the Flintlock Pistol that can be acquired early on in the game (if you are an avid cave explorer), and later weapons such as the Phoenix Blaster that has significantly more damage, range and accuracy. Some of the guns require ammunition such as Musket Balls for the Flintlock, where as others use up the players mana under sustained fire. An example of a weapon that uses mana as a resource is the Space Gun that consumes 8 mana per shot. If you happen to own a set of Meteor Armour then this is an ideal weapon as the armor's set bonus lets you have have unlimited ammo.



A weapon that must not be forgotten is the Musket. It uses a minimal ammount of bullets and offers a good knockback and fair damage. This is probably the easiest gun to get because it is found when smashing shadow orbs, and it's a must-have because without it the Arms Dealer will not (should not) spawn. It uses Musket Balls, Silver Bullets (sold by the Arms Dealer during Blood Moon) and Meteor Shot as Ammunition.

Certain special weapons are also available in game, such as the Star Cannon that actually fire Fallen Stars, although this may not be the most efficient weapon in Terraria's arsenal, it can keep you striving for more outlandish gear and equipment after getting far into the game. Though the Star Cannon has been nerfed and it does only 60 damage, compared to the 75 before 1.0.5 was introduced. The firing speed has been reduced also, and for those reasons many people think that the Minishark is better.

Some weapons are more fanciable than others, although they can be heavy on your wallet they can really pay off, such as the MiniShark, with a bone crushing 7 round per second, most believe it is worth the 40 gold to buy it.

As of the 1.0.6 update, the amount of ammunition shows up underneath the gun, whether they be Musket Balls, Silver Bullets, Meteor Shot or even Sand and Fallen Stars for the Sandgun and Star Cannon respectively.