Star Anise

   

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Christmas-Only Content
The content described on this page will only appear during the Christmas event.

Star Anise

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	14 (Ranged)
Knockback	0 (No knockback)
Consumable	✔️
Critical chance	4%
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Velocity	12
Rarity	00*
Sell	5
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Star Anise
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1913
• Internal Projectile ID: 330

 Dropped by

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
PresentPresent	20–40	6.3% 5.88% (Hardmode)

Animation of the Star Anise. Note how it can pierce through multiple enemies.

Star Anises are consumable ranged weapons, similar to Shurikens. They are dropped in stacks of 20–40 from Presents obtained during the Christmas event, with a chance of 6.301% in pre-Hardmode and 5.881% in Hardmode. They are slightly stronger than Shurikens, but have no chance of being collected after use.

Trivia

• Star anise is a spice that originated in Asia, and is popular in Europe. It is commonly used in winter seasonal recipes.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Weapon type changed from Throwing to Ranged

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Weapon type changed from Ranged to Throwing.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.04: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.