Bee Gun
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Obtained from
Classic
Expert
Master
Bee Gun
Statistics
Type | |
---|---|
Damage | 9 (Magic) |
Knockback | 0.25 (Extremely weak) |
Mana | 5 |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 12 (Very fast) |
Velocity | 32 (effective) |
Tooltip | Shoots bees that will chase your enemy |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | 2 GC |
Research | 1 required |
Projectile created
- Bee
Sounds
Use | |
---|---|
- Internal Item ID: 1121
- Internal Projectile ID: 181





Entity | Qty. | Rate |
---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 33% |
(Queen Bee) ![]() (Queen Bee)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 1 | 33% |

The Bee Gun attacking Target Dummies and a Skeleton.
The Bee Gun is a pre-Hardmode magic gun that has a 1/3 (33.33%) chance of being dropped by the Queen Bee. When used, it fires a burst of Bee projectiles that home in on enemies, can pierce enemies twice or bounce on blocks three times, and have a 1/2 (50%) chance to deal 1 extra damage.
Its best modifier is Mythical.
Notes
- The Bee projectiles last for 10 seconds and dissipate upon contact with water or lava.
- With the Hive Pack(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) equipped, all Bee projectiles have a 1/2 (50%) chance to be converted into Giant Bee projectiles that deal 1–3 extra damage, have a knockback of 0.5 (Extremely weak), can pierce enemies or ricochet off solid blocks four times in total, fly noticeably faster, and last for 11 seconds.[1]
- The Bee Gun fires 1–3 Bee projectiles per shot and has two independent 1/6 (16.67%) chances to fire an extra Bee. With the Hive Pack equipped, this is increased to 1–4 Bees per use with an extra 1/3 (33.33%) chance to fire another Bee.[2]
No. of
BeesChance Regular With Hive Pack
1 75/324 (23.15%) 50/324 (15.43%) 2 105/324 (32.41%) 95/324 (29.32%) 3 108/324 (33.33%) 107/324 (33.02%) 4 33/324 (10.19%) 58/324 (17.9%) 5 3/324 (0.93%) 13/324 (4.01%) 6 n/a 1/324 (0.31%)
- On average, the Bee Gun fires 2.33 Bee projectiles per use, increased to 2.67 with the Hive Pack equipped.
Achievements

Not the Bees! • “Fire a Bee Gun while wearing a full set of Bee Armor.”
Category:
Challenger

Tips
- The Bee Gun provides excellent crowd control especially when focusing the bees against enemies in a confined space, such as the Dungeon.
- Due to the weapon's low damage and fast firing rate, it should be paired with items that grant armor penetration, such as the Shark Tooth Necklace(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).
Trivia
- Despite having an achievement associated with it, the Bee Gun is not affected by the Bee armor.
See also
History
- Desktop 1.4.4: Now has a token knockback value, allowing access to better modifiers.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Sprite updated.
- Sell value reduced from 3 GC to 2 GC.
- Desktop 1.3.0.3: Fixed being unable to critically hit.
- Desktop 1.2.4:
- Damage increased from 8 to 9.
- Mana usage decreased from 6 to 5.
- Desktop 1.2.3:
- Damage increased from 7 to 8.
- Sell price reduced from 7 GC to 3 GC.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
References
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.3.6 source code, methods
beeType()
inTerraria.Player.cs
,beeDamage()
inTerraria.Player.cs
,beeKB()
inTerraria.Player.cs
,SetDefaults()
inTerraria.Projectile.cs
, andItemCheck_Shoot()
inTerraria.Player.cs
. Although the actual knockback of Giant Bees is0.5 + Bee knockback × 1.1
, all normal Bees have 0 base knockback, making the 1.1× multiplier never effective. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method
ItemCheck_Shoot()
inTerraria.Player.cs
.