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.
 * The interior of the whip seems to be made of enchanted cobalt, similar to other weapons in the Dungeon (like the Muramasa and Blue Moon). This is visible when it is extended, and also in the cross-shaped particles it leaves, identical to those made by Muramasa.

History
Morning Star 晨星