Shoot speed

The shoot speed of a weapon is the speed at which the projectile fired from it travels. In the case of a spear/flail, this would be the speed at which the spear/flail moves away from the player.

Some weapons like Boomerangs and Flails return to the player as soon as they hit an enemy, although the game says that the speed is "Very slow" it really depends on how far the target is. Taking into consideration the maximum distance of a Ball O' Hurt, the weapon will take a few seconds to get back to the player at maximum length. The levels of speed are 1- Insanely Slow to 8- Insanely fast. Some of the high speed weapons like a Pickaxe or a Minishark have a autoswing/autoshot feature on them, meaning you can hold down the mouse key to continue the effect of the weapon. Another item to be taken into consideration is the Drills and the Chainsaws. Their speed says "Average speed" yet if you charge into a enemy with a chainsaw you will see that the attack numbers actually come up as fast (maybe faster) than the minishark. Some items increase Melee speed, like Feral Claws; and some increase Shoot speed; like the Adamantite Mask. Bullets have no effect on shoot speed. And the "melee speed" for ranged weapons is replaced with "shoot speed" though it makes no difference.