Counterweights

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Counterweights
  • Black Counterweight.png Blue Counterweight.png Green Counterweight.png Purple Counterweight.png Red Counterweight.png Yellow Counterweight.png
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Statistics
Type
AccessoryCrafting material
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, which travels towards it, then arcs over the player. Counterweights deal 80% of the yoyo's damage. All counterweights are functionally identical.

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

  • Counterweights do not stack with each other, or with the Yoyo Bag.
  • The particular color equipped will display on a character, unlike the Yoyo Bag, which shows a random color.
  • Counterweights have a maximum range of 7.8 tiles.[1]
    • Having a string or Yoyo Bag equipped increases this range to 10.4 tiles.

Trivia

  • Counterweights are real-life 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

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI_099_1() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.
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