Heat Ray

The Heat Ray is a Hardmode, post-Golem magic weapon that has a / chance to be dropped by Golem. It auto-fires beams which provide significant illumination and instantaneously strike their targets.
On the , its beams do not pierce enemies, whereas on the , its beams can pierce an infinite number of enemies.
== Notes ==
* The Heat Ray can be considered a direct upgrade to the Laser Rifle, as it has better damage, piercing, and precision.
* When wielding the Heat Ray, two fuel tanks will appear on the player's back.
** The fuel tanks override the display of wings when not in flight. However, the display of the Hoverboard overrides the tanks.
== Tips ==
* The instantaneous speed and perfect accuracy of the Heat Ray's beam makes it particularly effective for dealing with fast, distant, or flying enemies.
* The Heat Ray excels at outputting high damage to single targets, and, despite its lack of homing abilities, is a great weapon for dynamic and fast-moving bosses such as the Empress of Light.
** While its quick fire rate also makes it a viable weapon for crowd control, the Staff of Earth (another Golem drop) is better suited for such a purpose.
== Trivia ==
* This weapon and its tooltip are references to the 1898 science fiction novel by English author . In the novel, fire "Heat-Rays" and exultantly cry "Aloo!" or "Oolaa" in the later stage adaptions while waging war in their giant death machines.
* Even when the player is out of mana, the tank on the back of the player appears to still be full of liquid.
* This weapon is one of the few "laser weapons" that actually fires a laser. The ray travels in a straight line, hits instantaneously, and a laser of its power would be very hot.
== History ==