Counterweights

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

Counterweights

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Statistics

Type	AccessoryCrafting material
Tooltip	Throws a counterweight after hitting an enemy with a yoyo
Rarity	02*
Buy	5
Sell	1
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 3309

A Yellow Counterweight being used with The Eye of Cthulhu on two Target Dummies, one being behind the player.

Counterweights are accessories sold by the Traveling Merchant and the Skeleton Merchant. They fire a second yoyo-type projectile after hitting an enemy with a yoyo, dealing the same damage of the yoyo and traveling towards it, then arcing over the player.

There are 6 variants, all functioning identically.

Types

From Traveling Merchant

Counterweight
	Black Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3309
	Yellow Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3314

From Skeleton Merchant

Counterweight		Availability
	Blue Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3310	During Moon phases 1 (full) and 5 (new)  .
	Red Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3313	During Moon phase 2 and 6  .
	Purple Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3312	During Moon phase 3 and 7  .
	Green Counterweight Internal Item ID: 3311	During Moon phase 4 and 8  .

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Yoyo Bag	White String Yoyo Glove Black Counterweight	Tinkerer's Workshop
	White String Yoyo Glove Blue Counterweight
	White String Yoyo Glove Green Counterweight
	White String Yoyo Glove Purple Counterweight
	White String Yoyo Glove Red Counterweight
	White String Yoyo Glove Yellow Counterweight

Notes

• Multiple equipped counterweights do not stack. Only one will function at a time.
• The particular color equipped will display on a character, unlike the Yoyo Bag, which shows a random color.
• A counterweight does not stack with the Yoyo Bag.

Trivia

• Counterweights are real-world yo-yo accessories used to aid in tricks where the yo-yo is swung from the middle of the string rather than its end. Real-world counterweights are often patterned after (or made out of) polyhedral dice, and Terraria's follow suit: the Blue and Red Counterweights are four-sided (tetrahedral) dice, the Purple and Green Counterweights are six-sided (cubic/hexahedral) dice, and the Black and Yellow Counterweights are twelve-sided (dodecahedral) dice.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Can no longer be equipped in a social accessory slot.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.