Daedalus Stormbow

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Arrows
Damage	38 (Ranged)
Knockback	2.25 (Very weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	19 (Very fast)
Velocity	12.5
Tooltip	Shoots arrows from the sky
Rarity
Sell	8 GC
Research	1 required
Use

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

The Daedalus Stormbow in action.

The Daedalus Stormbow is a Hardmode bow that has a 1/4 (25%) chance of being dropped by Hallowed Mimics. When used, it causes a wide spread of arrows to rain from the sky, directed towards the cursor. It fires two to four arrows per use, while only consuming a single arrow from the player's inventory.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

The base number of arrows fired per use of the Daedalus Stormbow is 3. When firing Holy, Unholy, Hellfire, or Jester's Arrows, there is a 1/3 (33.33%) chance that this number is reduced to 2. With all other arrows, there is a 1/3 (33.33%) chance to increase this number to 4 instead.
- As a result, the bow fires an average of 2.67 arrows per use with Holy, Unholy, Hellfire, and Jester's Arrows, and an average of 3.33 arrows per use with all other arrow types.
The closer the cursor is to the bottom of the screen, the more accurate the arrows are, and the closer it is to the top, the less accurate. This allows focusing down a strong enemy or cluster of enemies, or shooting arrows to hit more spread-out enemies.
If fired at the top of the world, the bow will only shoot one arrow at a time.
On the Console version, the bow will point upwards instead of towards the cursor.
The Magic Quiver's velocity boost affects arrows shot by the Daedalus Stormbow, despite the weapon's unusual direction of fire.

Tips

The Daedalus Stormbow synergizes well with Unholy Arrows or Jester's Arrows against The Destroyer, and Ichor Arrows against The Twins and Skeletron Prime.

Trivia

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a skillful craftsman and artist and was seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and power. He invented and built the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete, but shortly after finishing it, Minos had Daedalus imprisoned within the Labyrinth. He and his son, Icarus, devised a plan to escape by using wings made of wax that Daedalus had invented. They escaped, but Icarus did not heed his father's warnings and flew too close to the sun. The wax melted and Icarus fell to his death.
- The wings that Daedalus crafted were made of feathers and curved to look like those of a bird. Fittingly, the Daedalus Stormbow's limbs appear as a pair of feathery wings.
It can be considered an indirect upgrade to the Blood Rain Bow, a bow with a similar function.
When fired with Holy Arrows, a maximum of nine projectiles can be fired while only consuming a single arrow.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Damage reduced from 43 to 38.
- When using Holy, Unholy, Hellfire, or Jester's Arrows, the bow fires an average of 2.67 arrows per use instead of the normal average of 3.33 arrows.