Morning Star

The Morning Star is a late-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 against the target.

Trivia

 * The whip’s name and look is a reference to the Morning Star, a whip used by the Belmont bloodline in 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.
 * The Morning Star is the only whip with a use time of 45, all other whips have a use time of 30.
 * Its high use time also gives it higher knockback than any other whip.
 * The Morning Star has the highest knockback of all whips, with a knockback of 11 (Extremely Strong), compared to other whips' Weak or Very Weak knockback.

Tips

 * The Morning Star can be farmed right after Plantera is defeated. It provides a substantial boost to DPS over pre-Plantera whips.