Meteor Shot

Type	Ammunition
Damage	8 (Ranged)
Knockback	1 (Extremely weak)
Base Velocity	3
Velocity Multiplier	2×
Rarity
Sell	1 CC
Research	99 required

The Meteor Shot being used with The Undertaker. Note how the shot cannot bounce after piercing through an enemy nor penetrate an enemy after bouncing.

The Meteor Shot is a pre-Hardmode bullet. When fired, it can either bounce from a solid block once or pierce through one enemy.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Meteor Shot70	Musket Ball70 Meteorite Bar	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Tips

Meteor Shots are available early, cheap to make, and good for dealing with large crowds of enemies, due to their ability to hit two enemies per shot. This makes them useful for surviving early events such as a Blood Moon or a Goblin Army.
Like all piercing projectiles, Meteor Shots are strong against worm-type enemies and large bosses.
Meteor Shots are useful for locating Floating Islands: a bullet fired upward will bounce off the bottom of one, back towards the ground.

Trivia

Meteor Shots are the slowest bullets in the game.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.4: Stack limit increased from 999 to 9999.

Desktop 1.4.1:
- Damage decreased from 9 to 8.
- Shots will no longer fail to hit their targets due to immunity frames caused by other projectiles.

Desktop 1.2: Crafting recipe changed from 1 Meteorite Bar and 25 Musket Balls for 25 Meteor Shot to 70 Musket Balls and 1 Meteorite Bar for 70 Meteor Shot.

Desktop 1.0.5: Crafting recipe changed from 1 Meteorite Bar (and no Musket Balls) for 100 Meteor Shot to 25 Musket Balls and 1 Meteorite Bar for 25 Meteor Shot.