Repeaters

Repeaters are Hardmode ranged weapons that can generally be considered upgrades to bows, with only very late-game bows like Tsunami outperforming them. All repeaters fire arrows, but not in the case of the Stake Launcher, where a different type of ammunition similar to arrows is used. Unlike bows, they can be fired repeatedly by holding down the button. They strongly resemble repeating crossbows.

The best modifier for any repeater is Unreal.

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Arbalètes