Golden Shower
| Debuff |  Ichor |
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| Debuff tooltip | Reduced defense |
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| Chance | 100% |
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| Duration | 10 seconds |
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Obtained from
The Golden Shower is a Hardmode magic weapon that fires an arching piercing golden stream, similar to the Aqua Scepter. The projectile can pierce up to 4 targets, hitting a total of 5 targets. The Golden Shower fires three times per use. The player can change the direction of aim between these sprays. Enemies hit will be inflicted with the Ichor debuff, which lowers their defense by 15 / 20 and causes them to glow gold, even in complete darkness. However, this cannot be used to explore the map, as the enemy coated in ichor does not actually emit light.
Crafting the Golden Shower requires ingredients found only in worlds containing Crimson. In worlds originally generated with Corruption, Crimson Seeds can be purchased from the Dryad while in a Graveyard in a Hardmode world in order to create the Underground Crimson biome in which Ichor can be obtained. On the 
Desktop version, 
Console version, and 
Mobile version, it has a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to be dropped by Jungle Mimics, which spawn in Celebrationmk10 and Get fixed boi worlds.
Its best modifier is Mythical. For players who just want to benefit from the Ichor debuff, Manic may be preferable.
Crafting
Recipes
Notes
- With modifiers that increase 10% speed or more, the streams fired per use are increased to four.
- In Expert Mode, the Golden Shower can only deal 75% base damage to the Destroyer and its Probes.[1]
- When fighting any worm-type enemy, the debuff only applies to segments that are hit by the stream.
- Despite firing 3 projectiles per use, only up to 2 of them can hit a single enemy due to piercing damage mechanics, reducing the theoretical base DPS of this weapon from 233/339 to 154/227 without/with the defense reducing debuff, respectively.
- While in-game testing may make it seem like this weapon can pierce more than four times, its individual streams cannot. This is a misconception caused by piercing damage mechanics. The invincibility frames granted to the first few enemies pierced by this weapon will allow the third stream to pass through and strike more enemies behind them, but no stream will damage more than 5 enemies.
Tips
- The Golden Shower's fast speed and piercing ability make it a great item for fighting large groups of enemies (e.g. events).
- Its ability to reduce defenses makes it effective against bosses, as one can attack with it and then equip a stronger weapon to deal even more damage. Alternatively, one can use Flask of Ichor, Ichor Bullets, Ichor Arrows, or the Bladetongue, though the Golden Shower and Bladetongue retains the advantage of not being consumable.
- However, crafting the Golden Shower requires farming 15 Souls of Night first, while the craftable alternatives only require some Ichor and resources that are easier to obtain.
- It is one of the best magic weapons for taking out worm-type enemies before obtaining a Magical Harp.
- The Ichor debuff vastly improves the DPS of weapons that deal many hits per second, such as the Crystal Storm, Cursed Flames, or the Magnet Sphere.
- Enemies hit by the stream will glow even in complete darkness, and the glow is bright enough to match that of a Hunter Potion.
- It is one of very few weapons acquired in early Hardmode (or in the game at all) that remains valuable at the end of the game. Although its damage will be very minor, the debuff can be used to increase one's DPS.
- Since it is easily obtained early on in Hardmode, and is very useful for surviving the increased difficulty, obtaining it should be a priority as soon as the Wall of Flesh is defeated in Crimson worlds.
- Even though the Destroyer is immune to the Ichor debuff, the Golden Shower is effective against it because it can damage many segments at once.
- In Expert Mode, the effectiveness of the Golden Shower is reduced, due to it only being able to deal 75% base damage.
- If used along with the Betsy's Wrath, the player can subtract a maximum of 55 defense from enemies, allowing for even more damage.
Trivia
- It is the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Cursed Flames, since it is crafted from a Spell Tome and unique ingredients that drop from a few of the Underground Corruption's enemies, and is also the crimson counterpart to the Hallow's Crystal Storm which, like the Corruption's Cursed Flames, requires a spell tome and ingredients exclusive to the Underground Hallow.
- In Greek mythology, Zeus approached Danaë in the form of golden showers, a union from which she begat the legendary hero Perseus.
- "Golden shower" is a slang term for urolagnia, a sexual fetish. The name in Terraria is likely referring to the fact that the attack resembles a stream of urine.
History
- Desktop 1.2.3:
- Debuff duration decreased.
- Penetration reduced from infinite to 5.
- Damage reduced from 28 to 21.
References
- ↑ Information taken from the Desktop 1.4.3.6 source code, method
Damage() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.
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