Nightglow

   

PC/Console/Mobile/tModLoader-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader versions of Terraria.

Nightglow

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	50 (Magic)
Knockback	2.5 (Very weak)
Mana	23
Critical chance	4%
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	34 (effective)
Rarity	08*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Nightglow
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4952
• Internal Projectile ID: 931

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Empress of Light Empress of Light	1	25%
Treasure Bag (Empress of Light)Treasure Bag (Empress of Light)	1	25%

Not to be confused with Moonglow.

The Nightglow attacking Mimics.

The Nightglow is a Hardmode, post-Plantera magic weapon that has a 25*1/4 (25%) chance to be dropped by the Empress of Light. When fired, four rainbow crystals emerge from the player and home in on nearby enemies. Each of the rainbow crystals can pierce enemies and hit three times, resulting in high potential damage, but loses 20% of damage for each enemy struck.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• The weapon is visibly held by the player when selected, and provides light.
• Projectiles will have their duration reset to full upon beginning to track a target

Trivia

• It can be considered an indirect upgrade of the Spirit Flame, a magic weapon that also spawns homing magic projectiles around the player.
• As the weapons that the Empress of Light drops are based on her attacks, the Nightglow seems to be based off of her Prismatic Bolts.
• Like the Last Prism, the Nightglow has secret color themes for developers and beta testers. This is triggered by using a specific set of character names:

List of names

Name	Color(s)
Acamaeda	​Green ​Yellow ​Red
Alchemystics	​Red ​Pink ​Purple
Antithesis	​Light Blue ​Black
Aurora3500	​Purple ​Blue ​Green
Bame	​Blue ​Yellow
Cenx	​Pink ​Green
Criddle	​Yellow ​Orange
Crowno	Purple
Darthkitten	​Red ​White
darthmorf	​Dark Red ​Black
Discipile	​Yellow ​Orange
Doylee	​Red ​Pink ​Blue
Ghostar	​White ​Blue ​Black
Grox The Great	​Light Blue ​Green
Jaxrud	​Green ​Yellow
Jenosis	​Yellow ​Red ​Pink
Kazzymodus	​Green ​Black
Khaios	​Dark Green ​Black
Lazure	​Red ​Pink ​Blue
Leinfors	Purple
Loki	​Red ​Black
ManaUser	​Blue ​Green
Mid	​White ​Red ​Black
Nike Leon	​Orange ​Red
Nimbus	White
ppowersteef	​Yellow ​Red
RBrandon	Dark Orange
Redigit	Blue
Serenity	​Pink ​White
Sigma	​Yellow ​Red
teiull	​Red ​Pink ​Blue
Unit One	​Blue ​Yellow
Vulpes Inculta	Purple
Waze3174	​Red ​Yellow ​Green
Xman101	​Orange ​Black
Yoraiz0r	Pink
Zoomo	Purple

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Mana cost decreased from 26 to 23.
  • Projectiles will now bounce, rather than break, when they come into contact with a block.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.