Zapinator

( 1.4 Exclusive ) The Zapinator is an extremely rare, very slow magic weapon sold from the Travelling Merchant in Hardmode and Pre-Hardmode. In Pre-Hardmode it : has a grey colour, costs 15 gold and does 42 base damage. In Hardmode it : has an orange colour ( like the original ), costs 50 gold and does 100 base damage. Both variants have a chance when fired to : pierce the enemy, change projectile speed, teleport projectile, change projectile direction, spawn multiple projectiles, bounce off enemies, produce massive knockback and have huge critical hit damage.



The Zapinator is also a -exclusive, Hardmode magic weapon that shoots very rapidly. It has an approximate 1.25% (1 in 80) chance of being dropped by Plantera, but the exact drop chance is unknown. It shoots green projectiles very rapidly.

Tips

 * Because the Zapinator consumes lots of mana when fired rapidly, a Mana Flower and Ancient Cobalt armor could be useful for any mage characters.
 * The Meteor armour set bonus brings the Zapinator's mana cost to zero. ( 1.4 Exclusive )

Trivia

 * The Zapinator was used by the developers in the to test certain content prior to Terraria&#39;s official release, used to kill enemies instantly so they would not be interrupted during testing. It was originally released on the, but was removed in the 1.0.1 update. At the time, it was essentially the most powerful weapon in the game, though since update 1.1 and the release of Hardmode, this has ceased to be true.
 * The Zapinator's name and sprite resemble the, an electronic light gun accessory for the (NES).
 * This could explain why the Zapinator was removed from the, as it could cause copyright problems between Re-Logic and Nintendo.
 * This might also explain why it was subsequently re-added to the – there would be no conflict with Nintendo for this instance.
 * Despite that, both the and the Wii U version of  lack the Zapinator. While the former may receive the Zapinator at some point in the future, the Wii U never will, as the Old-gen consoles are no longer receiving updates.
 * The projectile shot by the Zapinator is also used by the Space Gun.