Minishark

The Minishark is a gun that can be bought from the Arms Dealer for and uses any form of bullet. Each shot has a 1/3 (33.3%) chance of not consuming any ammunition. It has the lowest use time of all pre-Hardmode ranged weapons.

Tips

 * Combining the Minishark with a Shark Tooth Necklace can be useful, especially against bosses, who generally have high amounts of defense and therefore decrease the already low damage value of the Minishark.
 * The Minishark deals small amounts of damage very quickly, meaning that against enemies with higher defense, its damage is reduced to one per hit, causing a significant decrease in overall damage output. As most Hardmode enemies have enough defense to negate its damage and significantly more health than basic enemies, it becomes functionally useless beyond this point and is replaced by its upgrade, the Megashark.
 * The ammo-conserving effect of the Minishark can be amplified by adding the following gear:
 * {| class="terraria aligncenter"

! rowspan=2 | Gear !! colspan=2 | Ammo conservation !! rowspan=2 | Avg. yield of 999 bullets !! rowspan=2 | Avg. ammo consumption rate (continuous fire)

! individual !! total
 * ❌&ensp; || colspan=2 | 1/3 (33.3%) || shots
 * 1 every seconds
 * || 1/5 (20%) || 8/15 (53.3%) || shots
 * 1 every seconds
 * || 1/5 (20%) || 2/3 (66.7%) || shots
 * 1 every seconds
 * }
 * || 1/5 (20%) || 2/3 (66.7%) || shots
 * 1 every seconds
 * }

Trivia

 * The fictional hand-held has been popularized in video games and films since the 1980s. In practice, a man-portable M134 minigun would be nearly impossible to manage as an individual infantry weapon, and highly impractical for a human being to either carry or operate.