Dao of Pow

Dao of Pow*

Statistics

Inflicts Debuff

Projectile created* The Dao of Pow
Sounds

* Internal Item ID: **389**
* Internal Buff ID: **31**
* Internal Projectile ID: **63**

The **Dao of Pow** is a Hardmode flail. Upon striking an enemy, it has a ~~80\*~~4/5 (80%) chance of inflicting the Confused debuff.

Its best modifier is **Godly** or **Demonic**. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

## Crafting

### Recipes

* Light Shard
* Soul of Night7
* Soul of Light7

## Tips

* Obtaining this weapon requires the player to visit both a Corrupted/Crimson Desert and a Hallowed Desert in order to obtain both shards, and the Underground Crimson/Corruption and Underground Hallow to get both soul variations.
* The Dao of Pow is available early into Hardmode, and is available without defeating any Hardmode bosses, making it a suitable upgrade from late pre-Hardmode weapons.
* While the Confused debuff can help keep certain enemies at bay, particularly groups of fighters, many other enemies are immune to this debuff.
* Like all flails, holding the `⚒ Use / Attack` button will cause the head to remain deployed, dealing full damage to enemies that make contact with it.
* The chance to inflict the Confused debuff is calculated once for each attack, meaning that either every enemy hit during one attack sequence will get it or every enemy will not get it.
* All thrown flails are very effective against worm-type enemies. The Dao of Pow, having a good reach and velocity, is notably effective against Wyverns, and a good method of obtaining Souls of Flight.
* The Dao of Pow pairs well with flasks and other sources of lingering damage, which will wear enemies down as they travel in the opposite direction of the player while Confused.

## Trivia

* This is one of a small "set" of weapons made with two shards apiece, the other members being the Onyx Blaster and the Sky Fracture. Their recipes, names and appearances link the weapons to themes of Darkness, Light, and Balance, with the Dao of Pow representing Balance. The set also includes one weapon for each of the three "classic" damage types (melee, magic, and ranged), where the Dao of Pow is the melee weapon.
* The Dao of Pow is colored black and white in a *taijitu* or "yin-yang"-style design commonly associated with Daoism. The Chinese word 道 means "way" or "path", and can also mean "philosophy". The word is often romanized to either "tao" or "dao".
* The tooltip, *'Find your inner pieces'*, is a play on the phrase "Find your inner peace", referring to the inherent objective that Taoists should strive towards.
* The Dao of Pow is one of two flails that has pow used as the pun of the name, the other being the Flower Pow.

## History

PC version
* Desktop 1.4.0.1:
	+ Damage increased from 63 to 100.
	+ Functionality of flails reworked.

* Desktop 1.3.3: Projectile sprite updated.

* Desktop 1.3.1: Inventory sprite updated.

* Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 49 to 63.

* Desktop 1.1.1: Spelling mistake ("you" instead of "your") in the tooltip corrected.

* Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

Console version
* Console-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version
* Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version
* Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DSversion
* 3DS-Release: Introduced.