Storm Spear



The Storm Spear is a desert-themed spear obtainable in pre-Hardmode. When thrust, it fires a Storm Spear Shot, a small bolt of electricity that deals 125% of the spear's base damage and inflicts half its knockback. It can be found in Sandstone Chests in the Underground Desert, as well as in Oasis and Mirage Crates.

Tips

 * Due to its high attack rate when direct contact is made with the spear, it proves to be quite an effective early-game weapon.
 * It is also one of the first projectile melee weapons one can get access to, on par with the Ice Blade.
 * The Storm Spear Shot projectile gives it a greater reach than other early-game spears, making it especially useful in Master Mode where keeping a distance from enemies and early bosses like the Eye of Cthulhu and King Slime is more important due to increased contact damage.
 * When standing close to a one-tile thick wall, the Storm Spear Shot can sometimes be shot through the wall.
 * The more melee speed a player has the further distance they can shoot through walls, even able to reach up to 3 block thick walls with enough melee speed.
 * In worlds, the Storm Spear can be found with the normally-incompatible Legendary modifier. The size boost will not take effect, though it is still the best modifier possible.

Trivia

 * It bears an obvious resemblance to the Thunder Zapper, a pre-Hardmode magic weapon which can also be found in Sandstone Chests in the Underground Desert.