Meowmere

The Meowmere is a Hardmode, post-Moon Lord, autoswinging melee weapon. When swung, it fires a projectile trailed by a rainbow and shaped like a cat's head, and consumes no mana or ammunition. The projectile is affected by gravity, pierces multiple enemies, and ricochets off of blocks. Each ricochet emits an explosion that damages nearby enemies. The projectile disappears after piercing four enemies (hitting the fifth one) or after ricocheting four times (hitting a block for the fifth time). The Meowmere has a chance to be dropped by the Moon Lord.

Tips

 * It can be very useful in close-range situations, for instance inside the Hardmode post-Plantera Dungeon. The bouncing projectiles with area-of-effect damage are highly effective against the large crowds of enemies in small chambers.
 * The cat projectiles can be reflected by enemies like the Selenian. Care should be taken around those enemies, especially at close range.
 * If the player is annoyed by the Meowmere's sound, they can alter the game's sound files to remove or change it: The relevant files are  and   in the sounds folder . They can be deleted or alternatively be replaced with copies of , a.

Trivia

 * The cat-shaped rainbow projectiles are inspired by the meme.
 * The Meowmere has the highest listed base damage of all weapons in the game, apart from . However, other endgame weapons like the, Terrarian, or Star Wrath often have much higher , e.g. due to unlisted bonuses.
 * It was referred to as Meowmur before its release.
 * In the, the developers changed the game credits on to mention a supposed new melee weapon that would shoot cat projectiles, referring to the Meowmere.
 * The Meowmere appears in the video game Dungeon Defenders 2 as a weapon.
 * The blade's sprite is somewhat similar to the Palladium Sword's sprite.
 * The cat sound effect is shared with the sound made when jumping while riding the.
 * According to this Reddit AMA, this is Redigit's favorite weapon