Grappling Hook



The Grappling Hook is the most basic of the Grappling hooks, a Tool that fires a hook at the end of a long chain in the direction of the cursor. The basic grappling hook has a horizontal range of ~19 tiles. If the hook hits a surface, it drags the player to that surface. Jumping or using the Grappling Hook again will disengage the player from a latched surface. (See the main page for more information.)

It is crafted from a Hook and three Iron Chains, and can be bought from the Goblin Tinkerer for.

Tips

 * Latching to a surface with the Grappling Hook can be used to prevent fall damage.
 * Being latched to a surface provides immunity to knockback.
 * Grappling the ground and releasing the latch before the chain fully reels in is a useful to quickly get to max sprinting speed when using Sprinting accessories.
 * A one block thick column (block tower) can be built quickly by grappling the block by your head with the grapple hotkey while holding down the place block key with the cursor (this does not work as well for grappling hooks with multiple hooks such as the vine whip or dual hook as the ascention is not as rapid). This can be used to quickly make a vertical wall or to explore the skies for floating islands before wings are obtained. (it is best to use sand for the block tower if exploring for floating islands so that it can be deconstructed from ground level and thus avoiding harpies.
 * Latching onto a door and opening the door launches you forward about 20 blocks. This also works when latching to ice from the Ice Rod, which will launch you after the ice you have latched to breaks.
 * In early-game, it may be advisable for players to acquire a gem hook, as it can be easier to find 15 gems (the most common being Amethyst, used for the Amethyst Hook) than to get a Hook from a Piranha or a Skeleton. For a faster way to get a hook, you can get a piranha statue or a skeleton statue and farm them.

Trivia

 * The tooltip is a quote from the Mortal Kombat character Scorpion, when he throws a kunai attached to a rope (grappling hook) at opponents and drags them over to him.

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