Exploding Bullet

Exploding Bullet

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Statistics

Type	Ammunition
Damage	10 (Ranged)
Knockback	6.6 (Strong)
Base Velocity	4.7
Velocity Multiplier	3×
Tooltip	Explodes on impact
Rarity	03*
Sell	8 CC
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Explosive Bullet
  

• Internal Item ID: 1351
• Internal Projectile ID: 286

Exploding Bullets in action.

The Exploding Bullet is a Hardmode type of bullet and is one of six types of craftable bullets made from Empty Bullets, which are sold by the Arms Dealer in Hardmode. The Exploding Bullet detonates upon contact with an enemy or terrain, causing area of effect damage and knockback to all enemies caught within the blast radius, even through walls.

On the  Old-gen console version, Exploding Bullets will deal damage and knockback to the user if they explode close enough.

The cost of a stack of 50 Exploding Bullets is 14 SC50 CC, which is 29 CC per bullet. The cost of crafting 1000 Exploding Bullets (20 stacks of 50) is 2 GC90 SC.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Exploding Bullet50	Empty Bullet50 Explosive Powder	Work Bench

Notes

• (Old-gen console version) Care must be taken when fighting in close quarters as they will harm the player if too close. This is hazardous when using a strong enough weapon such as the Sniper Rifle as its damage could reach over 500, killing the player instantly.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) When fired from guns with low use time (e.g. Clockwork Assault Rifle) at a single target, some of the Exploding Bullets will not deal damage to the target and pass through due to the mechanic of piercing damage.^Verify

Tips

• Exploding Bullets are reasonably powerful bullets with a small area of effect and strong knockback, making them good for engaging large groups of enemies.
• Due to the area-of-effect of Exploding Bullets, they are especially effective against segmented enemies such as worms.
• Like most explosives, when the bullet explodes on a surface, particles will fall, lighting up the ground beneath it. This can be useful for locating ores and caves.
• Exploding Bullets can be extremely useful in early Hardmode as they are easy to obtain and possess exceptional knockback.
• The Tactical Shotgun works incredibly well with these, effectively clearing out large compact groups very quickly.
• (Old-gen console version) The self-damage of the Exploding Bullet is considered PvP damage. This means that it can only trigger 0.13 seconds (8 ticks) of invincibility frames when it damages the user, and the user can respawn at full health if they died from it. The short invincibility duration can be exploited to create a highly damaging rain of stars with a Star Cloak.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: No longer inflicts self-damage.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Now works properly with shotguns.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.