Houndius Shootius

  

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Houndius Shootius

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	24 (Summon)
Knockback	7.5 (Very strong)
Mana	20
Use time	30 (Average)
Velocity	14
Tooltip	Summons a sentry Summons an arcane construct to shoot optic blasts at your enemies 'Oh me oh my, look at that eye!'
Rarity	02*
Sell	1 GC50 SC
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

• Houndius Shootius
  
• Houndius Shootius Fireball
  

Sounds

Use
Fireball
Fireball impact

• Internal Item ID: 5119 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 966, 967

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Deerclops(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Deerclops(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	25%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (Deerclops)Treasure Bag (Deerclops)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	25%

The Houndius Shootius attacking a Skeleton.

The Houndius Shootius is a pre-Hardmode sentry summon weapon. It can summon the Houndius Shootius sentry, which lasts for 10 minutes, remains stationary, and does not count against the player's minion capacity. The Houndius Shootius shoots small fireballs at enemies from its floating eyeball that dissipate upon hitting an enemy or surface. The eyeball will always gaze toward the nearest player unless an enemy is close enough to attack, in which case it will gaze toward the targeted enemy. When used, the sentry will attempt to be summoned at the cursor, however, if used while the cursor is midair, the sentry will spawn on the closest blocks directly downwards of the cursor. The Houndius Shootius has a 1/4 (25%) chance of being dropped by Deerclops.

Its best modifiers are Mythical, Furious, or Godly. Rounding reveals that these modifiers provide the same increase to damage as the Ruthless modifier, increasing it from 24 to 28.

Trivia

• The Houndius Shootius is the only pre-Hardmode sentry which is not a Tavernkeep's Sentry.
• The tooltip is a reference to Wortox's examination quote for the Houndius Shootius in Don't Starve Together.

See also

• Houndius Shootius at the Don't Starve Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Now has a short delay on firing after being summoned.

• Desktop 1.4.3.2: Increased projectile speed from 8.5 to 12.5.

• Desktop 1.4.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.