Web Slinger

The Web Slinger is a variation of the Grappling Hook. It is found inside Web Covered Chests in Spider Nests, and is exclusive to this biome. What makes this different from Grappling Hook is that it can have 8 grapples shot out at once. This makes this useful for precise movement. However, despite being able to shoot 8 grapples out at once, it is relatively slow and has an extremely short range which easily makes it inferior to other grappling hooks.This item can also be found prior to hardmode.

Tips

 * As with all grappling hooks, you can press the grapple hotkey (E by default) to grapple faster and easier, without having the Web Slinger equipped on the action bar.
 * Also as with other grappling hooks, you can use it to negate falling damage by grappling the ground just before you hit. This is easiest done in single player mode with autopause switched on.
 * The precision of it is nifty for mining in hard-to-reach places, for carefully mining around dangerous obstacles like Meteorite or Spikes, and for building things.
 * You can shoot it multiple times without needing to wait for the first one to latch onto a surface.
 * Given that you are skilled enough, you can move around caves like an actual spider. Best enhanced with the Web Slinger-Ivy Whip effect (see below).

Trivia

 * The quantity of grapples that this item can have out at one time refers to the the fact that spiders have eight legs.
 * The name Web Slinger is a reference to Spider-Man.