Meowmere
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Obtained from
Classic
Expert
Master
Meowmere
Statistics
Type | |
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Damage | 200 (Melee) |
Knockback | 6.5 (Strong) |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 14 (Very fast) |
Velocity | 12 |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | 20 GC |
Research | 1 required |
Projectile created
- Meowmere
Sounds
Use | |
---|---|
Ricochet |
- Internal Item ID: 3063 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Internal Projectile ID: 502





Entity | Qty. | Rate |
---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 22.2% |
(Moon Lord) ![]() (Moon Lord)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 1 | 22.2% |
The Meowmere is a Hardmode, post-Moon Lord sword that has a 2/9 (22.22%) chance of being dropped by the Moon Lord. When used, it fires a cat head projectile with a visual rainbow trail every 0.23 seconds. The cat head deals 125% of the weapon's damage (250 base damage), is affected by gravity, and can pierce enemies or bounce off blocks up to four times. Upon bouncing off a block, the cat head makes a "meow" sound and emits damaging rainbow explosions that grow in size with each bounce.
Its best modifier is Legendary.
Crafting
Used in
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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Notes

The Meowmere being used against Target Dummies.
- The cat head projectile applies 10 ticks of local immunity frames on hit.[1]
- The rainbow explosions deal damage to all enemies within a 3×3-tile rectangle centered on the point of impact and grow by half a tile each bounce, up to a 5×5-tile rectangle with the final explosion.[2]
- The cat head travels at 61 mph without attack speed bonuses.
Tips
- Its bouncing projectiles and explosions are very useful against crowds of enemies in small spaces, such as the Dungeon.
- The cat heads can be reflected by enemies like the Selenian. Care should be taken around those enemies, especially at close range.
- If the player is annoyed by the Meowmere's sound, they can alter the game's sound files to remove or change it. The relevant files are
Item_57.xnb
andItem_58.xnb
in the sounds folder (<Steam folder>\steamapps\common\Terraria\Content\Sounds
). They can be deleted or alternatively be replaced with copies ofItem_8.xnb
, a hardly noticeable sound.
Trivia
- Its cat projectiles are inspired by the Nyan Cat meme, which debuted on YouTube in April 2011.
- The Meowmere has the highest listed base damage of all weapons in the game, apart from explosives. However, other endgame weapons such as the Zenith, Terrarian, or Star Wrath have much higher DPS.
- It was referred to as Meowmur before its release.[3]
- In the
Mobile version, the developers changed the game credits on April Fools' Day to mention a supposed new melee weapon that would shoot cat projectiles, referring to the Meowmere.Verify
- The Meowmere appears as an item in three video games via crossover events: Dungeon Defenders 2, Stardew Valley, and Palworld.
- The sword itself resembles the Palladium Sword.
- The meow sound effect is identical to that of which the Meowmere Minecart plays when the player jumps while riding it.
- The Meowmere is Redigit's favorite weapon.[4]
- The Meowmere is also featured in many in-game paintings, such as Lady Of The Lake, Cat Sword, and r/Terraria.
- Re-Logic has sent several people a physical replica of the Meowmere, including Pedguin[5] and ReedemtheD3ad![6]
See also
History
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Use time reduced from 16 to 14.
- Projectiles now deal 1.25× of the base sword damage.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now used to craft the Zenith.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. (
)
- Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. (
)
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Now used to craft the Zenith.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.
References
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method
SetDefaults()
inTerraria.Projectile.cs
. - ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method
HandleMovement()
inTerraria.Projectile.cs
. - ↑ Redigit via IRC: "There is a new sword called Meowmur" August 29, 2013
- ↑ Redigit on Reddit May 17, 2021
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Pedguin/status/1501177987852640262
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ReedemtheD3ad/status/1513923283602739205