Aerial Bane

  

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Aerial Bane

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Arrows
Damage	39 (Ranged)
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	7%
Use time	30 (Average)
Velocity	22 (not affected by ammo)
Tooltip	Shoots splitting arrows, deals more damage to airborne enemies
Rarity	08*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Aerial Bane
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3859
• Internal Projectile ID: 710

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Betsy Betsy	1	25%
Treasure Bag (Betsy)Treasure Bag (Betsy)	1	25%

The Aerial Bane attacking Target Dummies. Note how the initial arrow splits down into five more.

The Aerial Bane is a Hardmode, post-Golem bow which is dropped by Betsy during the Old One's Army event. It converts any type of arrow into six special arrows every time the bow is fired. The special arrows deal 150% base damage (58 base damage) to airborne enemies.

The special arrows drop off sharply and will disappear in midair if they fall enough distance. Upon hitting an enemy, an arrow splits into five, angled downward in a symmetrical 90-degree spread with the center arrow firing straight downward, regardless of what angle the enemy was hit at. These five new arrows will not split again when they hit an enemy.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

• The bow determines whether an enemy is airborne or not by checking if there is a solid block within 12 tiles below the point of impact. As such, if a "non-airborne" enemy is more than 12 tiles above a solid block, it will be considered airborne and the bow will deal extra damage.

Tips

• It is a good alternative to other powerful bows like the Pulse Bow, Eventide, Tsunami, or Phantasm because of its unique ability.
• This bow should be angled somewhat upward to maximize range and DPS. It generally will not reach enemies off the screen.
• Using wings can help compensate for the bow's lack of range and sharp drop-off.
• The Aerial Bane is very useful against most bosses, as they are typically airborne. It is particularly efficient during events, where there are a lot of ground enemies that can be hit by the additional projectiles.
• On the  Console version, both the splitting and special arrows can hit the same target, resulting in absurdly high damage.^Verify For the best results, fire from an upwards position.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Changed tooltip to show ground damage instead of air damage.

• Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.