Counterweights

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Counterweights
  • Red Counterweight.png Blue Counterweight.png Green Counterweight.png Purple Counterweight.png Black Counterweight.png Yellow Counterweight.png
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Statistics
Type
TooltipThrows a counterweight after hitting an enemy with a yoyo
RarityRarity level: 2
Buy5 GC
Sell1 GC
Research1 required
Projectiles created
  • Black Counterweight
    Black Counterweight
  • Blue Counterweight
    Blue Counterweight
  • Green Counterweight
    Green Counterweight
  • Purple Counterweight
    Purple Counterweight
  • Red Counterweight
    Red Counterweight
  • Yellow Counterweight
    Yellow Counterweight
  • Internal Item ID: 3309–3314 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Internal Projectile ID: 556–561
A Yellow Counterweight being used with The Eye of Cthulhu on two Target Dummies, one being behind the player.

Counterweights are accessories sold by the Traveling Merchant and the Skeleton Merchant. They fire a second yoyo-type projectile after hitting an enemy with a yoyo, dealing the same damage of the yoyo and traveling towards it, then arcing over the player.

There are 6 variants, all functioning identically.

Types

From Traveling Merchant

Counterweight
Black Counterweight Black Counterweight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3309
Yellow Counterweight Yellow Counterweight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3314

From Skeleton Merchant

Counterweight Availability
Blue Counterweight Blue Counterweight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3310 During Moon phases 1 (full) and 5 (new) Moon phase 1 (Full Moon) Moon phase 5 (New Moon).
Red Counterweight Red Counterweight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3313 During Moon phase 2 and 6 Moon phase 2 (Waning Gibbous) Moon phase 6 (Waxing Crescent).
Purple Counterweight Purple Counterweight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3312 During Moon phase 3 and 7 Moon phase 3 (Third Quarter) Moon phase 7 (First Quarter).
Green Counterweight Green Counterweight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3311 During Moon phase 4 and 8 Moon phase 4 (Waning Crescent) Moon phase 8 (Waxing Gibbous).

Crafting

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Yoyo BagYoyo Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Tinkerer's WorkshopTinkerer's Workshop

Notes

  • Multiple equipped counterweights do not stack. Only one will function at a time.
  • The particular color equipped will display on a character, unlike the Yoyo Bag, which shows a random color.
  • A counterweight does not stack with the Yoyo Bag.

Trivia

  • Counterweights are real-world yo-yo accessories used to aid in tricks where the yo-yo is swung from the middle of the string rather than its end. Real-world counterweights are often patterned after (or made out of) polyhedral dice, and Terraria's follow suit: the Blue and Red Counterweights are four-sided (tetrahedral) dice, the Purple and Green Counterweights are six-sided (cubic/hexahedral) dice, and the Black and Yellow Counterweights are twelve-sided (dodecahedral) dice.

History