Vortex Beater



The Vortex Beater is a Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist gun that fires bullets at a very high rate and in an inaccurate manner, similar to the Gatligator, but within approximately a 25-degree angle rather than the Gatligator's 45-degree firing pattern. Additionally, it fires a homing, explosive rocket every 0.583 seconds which does not harm the player.

The Vortex Beater has a 66.67% chance not to consume ammo.

Tips

 * Due to the inaccuracy of the bullets, the Vortex Beater is somewhat better suited against larger enemies and bosses (which may be immune to the knockback effect of the rockets, however). A better ranged weapon for single target damage would be the Phantasm.
 * Using Chlorophyte Bullets, which home in on enemies, helps countering the low accuracy.
 * Since the rockets do not hurt the user, the Vortex Beater is an ideal gun for close quarters – it has a high (about 1.5k single target  with standard bullets and no damage enhancing armor or accesories), and the explosions knock enemies back.

Trivia

 * It has an animation of acceleration, but it does not actually accelerate the rate of fire. This may indicate that this weapon was originally designed with an accelerating fire rate in mind, just like its counterpart, the Phantasm.
 * The Vortex Beater was formerly called the "Blackhole Beater", as seen in one of the spoilers.
 * It is one of two firearms in Terraria to feature an operating secondary weapon, the other being the Onyx Blaster.
 * After a short delay once the player stops firing, a click of the gun reloading can be heard. However, this has no effect on firing, as the player can fire a continuous stream of bullets without requiring to reload. This sound effect is reused from the Boomstick and the Shotgun.
 * The weapon plays the sound of a shot twice for every bullet fired, proven when the weapon is shot once.
 * This, combined with the explosive projectiles, may make it the loudest gun in the game.