Enchanted Boomerang

The Enchanted Boomerang is a ranged weapon found rarely in naturally-occurring chests underground. It deals 13 damage, can be fired rapidly and has a medium range. It is one of 4 Boomerangs currently in the game.

The Enchanted Boomerang is unique in that it can be used limitlessly, does not require any ammunition, does not use any Mana, provides light when thrown, and knocks enemies back much further than most other weapons. Like other boomerangs, it returns to the user after reaching its maximum distance, or colliding with an object.

While in flight, it releases sparks that give off light and fly through walls. This allows the boomerang to be used to check for things deep in a wall from a distance.

Tips

 * The Enchanted Boomerang can be useful for damaging multiple enemies at once from a distance. One can aim just above the enemies so that it flies over their heads, then move away in the opposite direction. The Boomerang will sweep downwards for its return, striking through all enemies. This will also knock the monsters away from you, despite the direction the Boomerang is traveling at the time. This technique works with all Boomerang-type weapons.


 * Although the player must wait for the boomerang to return before being able to throw it again, the actual use time of the enchanted boomerang is 1/6th of a second, meaning that the rate of fire is simply the time it takes the boomerang to hit something and return. This means that against crowds of slow-moving enemies, like a horde of 5 or more zombies, you actually significantly increase your damage potential if you get up close to enemies so that the boomerang returns (and you can throw it again) at a much faster rate.  The fact that it has such a high knockback rating will keep you safe against most melee enemies even while you charge them with a supposedly ranged weapon.


 * If you happen to miss with the boomerang and enemies are coming to melee range, the low use time is helpful again, because you can simply change to a new weapon before the boomerang returns. Since the boomerang might take about 5 seconds to travel to the edge of the screen and back, missing a shot in open terrain means that having a sword as a backup weapon in case your boomerang is inconveniently out of range for the moment can swat away those pesky fliers while the boomerang starts to return.