Chain Knife

Chain Knife

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	12 (Melee)
Knockback	3.5 (Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	12
Rarity	01*
Sell	25
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Chain Knife
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1325
• Internal Projectile ID: 273

It is the weakest flail in the game

The Chain Knife in action against a Target Dummy.

The Chain Knife is a melee weapon that throws a stupid projectile attached to a chain, similar to Flails, but the attack button cannot be held to wield it continuously. It only extends a short distance of 12 tiles, though its quick use time and velocity may make it a good early to mid-game weapon. It has a 0.4% (1 in 250) chance of being dropped by a Cave Bat.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

Tips

• It is good at killing quick flying monsters. It is also good at killing large groups of Wall Creepers, and keeping the second form of the Brain of Cthulhu at bay.
• If you have a Bat Statue, you can easily farm bats until you get the Chain Knife.
• Although this item is able to knock back enemies quite a distance, it is very difficult to stunlock enemies with this weapon. This is due to the slow use time.

Trivia

• Unlike most flails, this flail will not spin around the player, but instead attack the target directly.

See also

• Chain Guillotines, its Hardmode counterpart

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.