Weapons

**Weapons** are essential for items used for combat against enemies, bosses, and even other players during PvP games. Most weapons are crafted at any crafting Station, while others can only be found in Chests, as enemy/boss drops, or purchased from NPCs. The Split Mod adds a large number of new and unique weapons for players to use. Many are upgrades to existing weapons and others are unique.

## Melee weapons

### Swords

Swords are melee weapons which can be divided into 2 basic categories: Shortswords, and Broadswords. Shortswords have a very limited range and attack with a horizontal stabbing motion instead of an arc. Broadswords are swung overhead, which makes it easier to defeat flying and jumping enemies than shortswords.

Pre-Hardmode Swords
* Arctic Oscillation
* Frigid Rapier
* Skull Waraxe
* Sparky

Hardmode Swords
* Aftersound
* Ceremonial Knife
* Chikage
* Delicious Saturn
* Demon Blood Sword
* Onyxx
* Viperfish

### Heavy Swords

Heavy Swords are melee weapons that function similarly to swords, but holding them gives you some defense and knockback immunity. Some heavy swords also have a special effect after the second swing.

Pre-Hardmode Heavy Swords
* Bone Plague
* Cactus Claymore
* Eccentric Scissors
* Gold Claymore
* Moondial
* Platinum Claymore
* Qliphoth Cutter
* Zweihander

Hardmode Heavy Swords
* Antarctic Oscillation
* Dragonfish
* Laserbrand
* Memento Mori
* Schwarzwelt
* Summit Breaker
* The Leviathan
* The Scourge
* The Waster

### Yoyos

Yoyos are melee weapons that are flail-like, and when thrown, seek after the player's cursor.

Pre-Hardmode Yoyos
* Stella

Hardmode Yoyos
* Collapse
* Dragun
* King's Bounty
* Stella Fortuna

### Spears

Spears are melee weapons that have decent range (somewhat better than swords), but attack using a stabbing motion (like a shortsword, except that spears can be aimed). Spears also have a good chance of hitting targets more than once, especially large enemies.

Pre-Hardmode Spears
* Hermes
* Ballistick

Hardmode Spears
* Disharmony
* Hellgaze
* Starlight Breaker
* Welking
* Windfall

### Flails

Flails are melee weapons that consist of an object linked to the player by a chain, which can either be thrown or fired. Thrown flails can be suspended around the player indefinitely, whereas launched flails immediately return to the player.

Pre-Hardmode Flails
* Fishbone

### Boomerangs

Boomerangs are melee weapons that return to the player after being thrown. Together with yoyos, they provide the earliest distance attacks that benefit from melee bonuses.

Pre-Hardmode Boomerangs
* Glasserang
* Golden Sickle
* Pursuer
* Twister

Hardmode Boomerangs
* Blazerang
* 'Burn My Dread'
* Flamaxe
* Hard Drive
* Warfare

### Racquets

Racquets are melee weapons that fire out a projectile that will return to the player, but can be hit back.

Pre-Hardmode Racquets
* Bee'dminton Racquet
* Crabquet
* Call of Cthulhu
* Enchanted Racquet
* Rib Racquet
* Stinky Racquet
* Wooden Racquet

Hardmode Racquets
* Chilblain
* Instigator
* Hyperboloid
* Malice Mode
* Nitro Racquet
* Terracquet

### Other

These are melee weapons that possess unique means of attack. Most also launch projectiles.

Pre-Hardmode
* Troglodyte

Hardmode
* Rod Of Dread
* The Eclipse
* We Have Technology
* Solstice

## Ranged weapons

### Bows

Bows are ranged weapons that fire arrows as Ammunition. Although several bows deal no knockback, the arrows do.

Pre-Hardmode Bows
* Crescent
* Enchanted Bow
* Hail Bow
* Messenger
* Red Arc

Hardmode Bows
* Gemspark Splash
* Last Surprise
* Macro
* Magma Fang
* Overflow
* Precipitation
* Ragnarok
* Reflex Bow
* Starstorm

### Repeaters

Repeaters are ranged weapons that fire arrows as ammunition, similar to bows. All repeaters are Hardmode-exclusive.

Hardmode Repeaters
* Bad Forecast
* Dazzler
* Overgrowth

### Guns

Guns are a type of ranged weapon that uses Bullets as Ammunition.

Pre-Hardmode Guns
* Lava Blaster
* Klobbe
* Musketron
* Switcher

Hardmode Guns
* Enforcer
* Musketron Prime
* Trifesta
* Trigger
* Vulcan Chaingun

### Launchers

Launchers are Hardmode-exclusive ranged weapons that fire rockets and similar explosive ammunition.

Hardmode Launchers
* Monsoon

### Flamethrowers

Flamethrowers are ranged weapons that uses gel as ammunition.

Hardmode Flamethrowers
* Heartmelter

### Other

Pre-Hardmode
* Balloon Gland
* Fire Salts
* Garlic
* Walter

Hardmode
* Gizmo
* SNOW-FLAK-E
* Starbreaker
* Weather Rocket

## Magic weapons

### Staves

Staves are magic weapons that are mainly used to deal damage via a projectile attack.

Pre-Hardmode Staves
* Constellator
* Easter Island
* Firecaster Scepter
* Tearful Scepter
* Wooden Scepter

Hardmode Staves
* Amber Candelabra
* Amethyst Candelabra
* Diamond Candelabra
* Dream of the Butterfly
* Emerald Candelabra
* Frostflake Fan
* Highlighter
* Killer Wand
* Mass Destruction
* Overtaker
* Point-of-View
* Razzle-Dazzle
* Ruby Candelabra
* Sapphire Candelabra
* Searing Ember
* Snow Halation
* Topaz Candelabra

### Magic Guns

Pre-Hardmode Magic Guns
* Crab Cannon

Hardmode Magic Guns
* Eye of Colossus
* Galaxia
* Swapper
* True Color

### Tomes

Tomes are magic weapons that are mainly used to deal damage via a projectile attack.

Pre-Hardmode Tomes
* Astral Mayhem
* Tome of Pyromancy

Hardmode Tomes
* Arcane Spires
* Cold Front
* Tome of Dark Pyromancy
* Tome of Patromancy

### Other

Pre-Hardmode
* Anthem Of War
* Dead Man's Saw
* Full Color
* Song Of The Siren
* Swarm of Wrath

Hardmode
* Blazing Riff
* Bloody Stream
* Eye Of Belial
* Magic Grenade
* Magnet Scarab
* Solaris
* Traitor's Requiem
* Wizard Scarab

## Summon weapons

### Summons

These weapons summon minions to attack enemies.

Pre-Hardmode Summons
* Razorflake Staff
* Supernatural Staff
* Starlit Staff

Hardmode Summons
* Almost Royal Staff
* Firefly Staff
* Ice Fairy Staff
* Nuclear Fairy Staff
* Scarlet Staff
* Vulcanian Staff

### Sentries

These weapons summon Sentries to attack enemies, though sentries don't move like Minions.

Pre-Hardmode Sentries
* Turret Staff
* Vinemonger Staff

Hardmode Sentries
* Advanced Turret Staff
* Albedo Rod
* Extraterrestrial Rod
* Sprinkler Rod
* The Key Rod

### Other

These weapons neither summon minions nor sentries but deals summoning damage.

Pre-Hardmode
* Ball of Flesh
* Eyesore
* Fungus Rod