Morning Star



The Morning Star is a Hardmode, post-Plantera Whip dropped by Blue, Rusty, and Hell Armored Bones in the Hardmode Dungeon with a chance.

Like other whips, it causes minions to focus on the last-struck enemy and increases their damage in addition for minions to Crit (5%) against the target. It also gives off blue sparkles when swung, which generates very faint light.

Unlike other whips the Morning Star is 50% slower from 30 to 45 use time.

Tips

 * The Morning Star can be farmed right after Plantera is defeated. It provides a substantial boost to DPS over pre-Plantera whips and, should the player decide not to fight the Empress of Light, can be considered the endgame whip.
 * Even though it has a slow swing speed, the Morning Star makes up for this with its very high base damage.
 * Switching between the Morning Star and a Durendal or Dark Harvest to activate their buff can improve the Morning Star's low swing speed.

Trivia

 * The whip’s name and look may be a reference to the Morning Star whip from the series.
 * That whip is itself inspired by an actual medieval weapon, the . This weapon does not resemble a whip. Instead, it is a club-like weapon consisting of a ball attached to a shaft and adorned with a varying number of spikes. However, the Morning Star from Castlevania (and, by extension, Terraria,) is technically a type of, even though Terraria does not consider it a flail ingame.

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