Heat Ray



The Heat Ray is a Hardmode, post-Golem magic weapon that has a  /   chance to be dropped by Golem. It auto-fires beams which provide significant illumination and instantaneously strike their targets.

On the, its beams do not pierce enemies, whereas on the , its beams can pierce an infinite number of enemies.

Tips

 * The instantaneous speed and perfect accuracy of the Heat Ray's beam makes it particularly effective for dealing with fast, distant, or flying enemies.
 * The Heat Ray excels at outputting high damage to single targets, and, despite its lack of homing abilities, is a great weapon for dynamic and fast-moving bosses such as the Empress of Light.
 * While its quick fire rate also makes it a viable weapon for crowd control, the Staff of Earth (another Golem drop) is better suited for such a purpose.

Trivia

 * This weapon and its tooltip are references to the 1898 science fiction novel  by English author . In the novel, fire "Heat-Rays" and exultantly cry "Aloo!" or "Oolaa" in the later stage adaptions while waging war in their giant death machines.
 * Even when the player is out of mana, the tank on the back of the player appears to still be full of liquid.
 * This weapon is one of the few "laser weapons" that actually fires a laser. The ray travels in a straight line, hits instantaneously, and a laser of its power would be very hot.