Musket

The Musket is one of the earliest and weakest guns in the game. Its damage is much higher per bullet than several other long-ranged weapons. While the Flintlock and Minishark may do more damage per second, they use up a lot more bullets, so it is recommended that novice players use the Musket instead of the Flintlock, Minishark and other guns. It does 23 damage, has very slow speed and fires Musket Balls, Meteor Shot, and Silver Bullets.

Muskets are found commonly by smashing Shadow Orbs (which also rewards you with a variety of Musket Balls, usually between 25 and 50) or in chests underground. The first smashed Shadow Orb in a world will typically yeild a Musket. Due to some glitches the player may also recieve the other items found by smashing Shadow Orbs.

Finding the Musket is the easiest of ways of spawning the Arms Dealer.

Though its rate of fire is very slow, which hurts its damage per second, its damage is fairly high at 23 (16 from the Musket itself plus 7 damage from the Musket Ball), the projectiles it fires are incredibly fast, and it deals sizeable knockback. The high damage means that it can kill many weaker enemies in 2-3 shots, making it more ammo-efficient than other guns such as the flintlock pistol or minishark. Its main weakness is its low rate of fire, which makes the user vulnerable to swarms of enemies that can't be knocked back fast enough by the weapon.

The Musket can be sold to NPCs at a high price of 2 gold each. This is useful for purchasing more expensive guns such as the Minishark.

It can also be noted that there was a slight misspelling regarding the Musket's speed. (Fixed in v1.0.5 update)