Changes: Nightglow

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

Revision as of 09:37, 31 August 2020

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

Not to be confused with Moonglow, the herb.

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 lose 20% of damage for each enemy struck. However, since they spawn in random directions from the player and are destroyed if they collide with obstacles, it can be difficult to use this weapon in confined spaces.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

The weapon is visibly held by the player when selected, and provides light.

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

Nightglow (demo) — The Nightglow in action.

PC version

Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

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 The '''Nightglow''' is a [[Hardmode]], post-[[Plantera]] [[magic weapon]] that has a {{chance|1/4}} 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 for each enemy stuck, they lose 20% of its damage. However, since they spawn in random directions from the player and are destroyed if they collide with obstacles, it can be difficult to use this weapon in confined spaces.
+Each of the rainbow crystals can pierce enemies and hit three times, resulting in high potential damage, but lose 20% of damage for each enemy struck. However, since they spawn in random directions from the player and are destroyed if they collide with obstacles, it can be difficult to use this weapon in confined spaces.
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