Flamethrower



The Flamethrower is a Hardmode Ranged weapon that uses Gel for ammunition. It fires similarly to the Aqua Scepter, but with fire instead of water. The Flamethrower's projectiles pierce through multiple enemies and inflict the On Fire! debuff.

For a standard Flamethrower, every click of the attack button consumes one gel, and generates five "lines" of fire in quick succession, that can be spread over an area by moving the mouse while firing. With some Modifiers that increase firing speed (eg. Unreal and Rapid), each attack consumes two gel and fires six lines.

Tips

 * Because this weapon uses plenty of Gel, one could make a slime grinder using Slime Statues to easily farm Gel for ammunition.
 * Flamethrowers are exceptional for boss fights, especially against The Destroyer, because the Flamethrower can hit multiple segments at once.
 * The flamethrower has an extremely long reach, making it very useful in PVP.
 * Although five to six shots can be fired per press, firing six shots at the same enemies are likely to only cause three hits on each enemy, which should be kept in mind so as not to waste gel.
 * When facing masses of Gastropods, the Flamethrower can be used more liberally, since they drop a large amount of Gel. During a Blood Moon, a player may actually make a net gain of gel. (This can be done if used gel is used efficiently on a normal night, as Gastropods drop quite a lot of gel, and the flamethrower is quite gel efficient)

Trivia

 * Even though Cursed Flames are part of the crafting recipe, the Flamethrower doesn't shoot green flames like Spazmatism's second form.
 * Even though the tooltip for Cursed Flames says that "not even water can put it out," players affected by the Flamethrower can indeed jump into water to stop the On Fire! debuff, as the Flamethrower shoots normal flames.