Elf Melter

Elf Melter

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Gel
Damage	53 / 40 (Ranged)
Knockback	0.425 (Extremely weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	30 (Average)
Velocity	25.5 (not affected by ammo)
Tooltip	Uses gel for ammo Ignores 15 points of enemy Defense
Rarity	08*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuffs

Debuff	Frostbite
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	100%
Duration	20 seconds

Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	100%
Duration	20 seconds

Projectile created

• Flames
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1910
• Internal Buff ID: 324, 24
• Internal Projectile ID: 85

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Santa-NK1 Santa-NK1	1	4.55%8.33% - 50%

The Elf Melter attacking Target Dummies pre 1.4.4.

The Elf Melter is a Hardmode ranged weapon dropped by Santa-NK1 during the Frost Moon. It is an indirect post-Plantera upgrade to the Flamethrower. Similar to its predecessor, one press of the ⚒ Use / Attack button fires several successive streams of flame, each of which inflicts the Frostbite debuff.

The Elf Melter consumes one / two Gel per use.

When an enemy is pierced by the projectile, a 15% damage penalty is applied to the next enemy hit by the projectile.

Its best modifier is Unreal. A modifier granting +10% speed will increase the number of flame streams per click from six to seven while still consuming 2 Gel. A modifier with added velocity will increase the range of each stream, i.e. by about 5 blocks for +15% and about 3 blocks for +10%.

Notes

• It ignores up to 15 points of enemy defense before losing damage.
• When the Elf Melter is held by the player, a reddish colored fuel tank appears on the player's back. This can interfere with the appearance of several accessories, such as wings. The Heat Ray and Clentaminator also have this feature.
• The Elf Melter will fire into lava, though it will be slowed by about half. Water and honey stop it completely. If the character is immersed in the lava, the Elf Melter will not fire at all.

Trivia

• The Elf Melter bears a strong resemblance to the M2 flamethrower, an iconic weapon from World War II.
• The Elf Melter is misspelled in the internal game code as "EldMelter".

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Reworked with Flame thrower.

• Desktop 1.4.3.3: Fixed an issue causing Elf Melter to use 2 ammo per use.

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 40 to 60.
  • Applies a 15% damage penalty to the next hit for each enemy a projectile pierces.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.05: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS 1.03: Introduced.