Starlight



The Starlight is a Hardmode melee weapon that has a chance to be dropped by the Empress of Light boss. As long as the attack button is held, beams of light will continuously fire in front of the weapon until the attack button is released. Not all of the beams created will deal damage to the enemy. The attack can be aimed in any direction, similar to a Shortsword.

However, its damage output with a Godly or Demonic modifier is exactly the same.

Tips

 * The quick attack speed and infinite piercing of the weapon allow it to quickly mow down hordes of enemies on the ground.
 * When reforged to Legendary, the sword is able to reach a single target of around 1,100 with no additional equipment.
 * Due to its rapid attack rate, it is an effective weapon for killing the Dungeon Guardian.

Trivia

 * As the weapons that the Empress of Light drops are based on her attacks, the Starlight seems to be based off of her Sun Dance.
 * It is similar to the Arkhalis and Terragrim in that it uses a unique animation while attacking and damages enemies constantly.
 * The beams created by the Starlight uses the same sprite as those created by the Rainbow Crystal Staff.
 * Despite their bright appearance, the beams do not create any light.
 * The beams are not able to deal damage to enemies through walls, unless the enemy itself is able to pass through walls.
 * Like the Last Prism, the Starlight has secret colors themes for developers and beta testers. This is triggered by using a specific set of character names, the known colors are listed as follows (case sensitive): Redigit (Purple), Cenx (Pink/Green), Loki (Red/Black), Yoraiz0r (Pink), Crowno (Purple), Lazure (Pink/Blue), Leinfors (Purple), Ghostar (White/Blue), Khaios (Green/Black), and darthmorf (Red/Black).