Coin Gun



The Coin Gun is a Hardmode ranged weapon that uses coins as ammunition, which cannot be retrieved once fired. Its damage and velocity depend on the type of coin fired. It is dropped very rarely ( /   chance) by regular Pirate Invasion enemies, excluding the Parrot. Its drop chance from Pirate Captain is quadrupled ( /   chance), and increased again from the Flying Dutchman (  /   chance).

The Coin Gun cannot receive any modifiers that increase damage, so the modifier that boosts its the most is Agile (+12% speed, +3% critical strike chance). Zealous (+5% critical strike chance) serves as the most ammo-efficient option, dealing the highest amount of damage per coin fired.

Tips

 * If used with Platinum Coins, the Coin Gun is easily one of the most powerful weapons, though it can make combat prohibitively expensive.
 * Combining the or Lucky Coin with the Coin Gun can establish a somewhat infinite supply of ammo, as long as combat is intensive.
 * The Coin Gun becomes much more viable in due to the larger volume of coin drops.
 * It pairs well with or Shroomite armor as it greatly increases the  and reduces coins used.
 * The Coin Gun firing Platinum Coins has a similar damage output per shot as the Sniper Rifle, but with nearly five times the fire rate.
 * An Agile Coin Gun firing Platinum Coins has one of the highest single-target natural values in the game, dealing 1735 damage per second to a target with 0 defense:
 * 200*(60/7) + 200(0.07 + (0.93*0.04)) ≈ 1735.7
 * This has been surpassed with the introduction of the Zenith.


 * In, the player can duplicate infinite amounts of Gold/Platinum Coins starting with just one Silver Coin, thus making the Coin Gun an extremely powerful weapon for Journey Mode.
 * Without taking defense into account, it is more cost-efficient to convert coins to lower denominations for ammo. However, this comes at the cost of a lower damage rate. Because 1,000,000 Copper Coins can be made from a single Platinum Coin, Copper Coins are 125,000 times more resource-efficient than using platinum to achieve the same damage.
 * The Coin Gun requires a constant craft of 100 low-tier coins because the pickup of coins can convert the stacks with lower than 100 coins into a higher-tier coin, otherwise it can eventually use unwanted coins. It requires constant attention to the ammunition amount indicated. If there is less than 200 ammo, it can start using Silver, Gold or Platinum Coins.
 * The can be useful to ensure that extra coins are not picked up accidentally over the course of a battle.

Trivia

 * The Coin Gun is extremely rare. Before 1.3, it took an average of 66–67 Pirate Invasions completed before it dropped. With the addition of the Flying Dutchman in 1.3, there is an increased chance of the weapon drop, but it is still very rare.
 * Because the Coin Gun does not have a base damage value when accessing it in the Journey Mode inventory it is put under the miscellaneous category and not the weapons category.