Minishark

Minishark

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	6 (Ranged)
Knockback	0 (No knockback)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	8 (Insanely fast)
Velocity	7
Tooltip	33% chance to save ammo 'Half shark, half gun, completely awesome.'
Rarity	02*
Buy	35 GC
Sell	7 GC
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 98

“

I see you're eyeballin' the Minishark.. You really don't want to know how it was made.

— The Arms Dealer

The Minishark shooting Musket Balls.

The Minishark is a pre-Hardmode gun that can be bought from the Arms Dealer for 35 GC and can use any form of bullet. It is capable of autofiring and each shot has a 1/3 (33.33%) chance of not consuming any ammunition. The Minishark also has the lowest use time of all pre-Hardmode ranged weapons.

Its best modifier is Demonic, as it does not have any knockback and thus cannot get modifiers that affect it. (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) It can also get the Deadly modifier, which, while the Demonic modifier may provide the greatest damage per hit, grants a higher increase to the overall DPS.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Star Cannon	Minishark Meteorite Bar20 Fallen Star5	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Megashark	Minishark Illegal Gun Parts Shark Fin5 Soul of Might20	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Achievement

Completely Awesome • “Obtain a minishark.”

Obtain the Minishark. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Collector

Tips

• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Completely Awesome achievement can be unlocked for free by buying a Minishark and then reselling it without closing the shop window.
• The Minishark deals small amounts of damage at a rapid rate. Against enemies with higher defense, such as bosses, its damage is reduced to one per hit, causing a significant decrease in overall damage output. Armor penetration(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), e.g. via the Shark Tooth Necklace, can help alleviating this shortcoming.
  • As most Hardmode enemies have enough defense to reduce the Minishark's damage to one per hit and have significantly more health than pre-Hardmode enemies, it becomes functionally useless beyond this point and should be replaced by its upgrade, the Megashark.
  • Similarly to increased armor penetration, bullets that deal higher damage can significantly increase weapon DPS.
• Even with the 33.3% chance not to consume ammo, the Minishark can still use an entire stack of bullets very quickly, especially with modifiers that decrease its use time. However, the ammo-conserving effect of the Minishark can be increased substantially by adding certain gear, e.g. the following:

Gear	Chance not to consume ammo		Avg. yield of 9999 bullets	Avg. ammo consumption rate (continuous fire)
	Individual	Total
n/a (base weapon)	1/3 (33.33%)		14998.5 shots	1 every 0.2 seconds (12 ticks)
Necro armor((Old-gen console and 3DS versions)) or Fossil armor(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1/5 (20%)	7/15 (46.67%)	18748.1 shots	1 every 0.25 seconds (15 ticks)
Ammo Box(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	1/5 (20%)	43/75 (57.33%)	23435.2 shots	1 every 0.313 seconds (18.75 ticks)

Trivia

• The fictional hand-held minigun has been popularized in video games and films since the 1980s. In practice, a portable M134 Minigun would be nearly impossible to manage as an individual infantry weapon, and highly impractical for a human being to either carry or operate.
• The Minishark, alongside the Night's Edge, has its own Steam Trading Card.
  • It is also shown on the trading card that the Minishark has eight barrels, and that it has a similar design to the Gatling gun.
  • It also has a small handle on the front, presumably to help steady aim while firing.
• The Minishark's color and design are similar to that of the Machine Gun from the 1999 multiplayer-focused first-person shooter Quake III Arena. They are also both automatic guns with multiple barrels and low damage per bullet.
• The Clockwork Assault Rifle, the Minishark, (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) the Star Cannon and the Flintlock Pistol are some of the only guns without knockback.
• The Minishark is the first of several rapid-firing guns that were named and designed based on an aquatic creature, the others being the Gatligator, Megashark, and S.D.M.G..
• The Minishark is implied to be made from a live shark. This is supported by several details:
  • The Arms Dealer has a chance to say: "I see you're eyeballin' the Minishark. You really don't want to know how it was made.", suggesting it was created from a live shark.
  • An excerpt from the Arms Dealer's Bestiary entry says, in part, "...guns made from sharks".
  • 5 Shark Fins are required to craft a Megashark.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Sprite updated. Old sprite:

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Price lowered from 40 GC to 35 GC.
  • Now used to craft the Megashark.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Added 33% chance not to consume ammo.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Damage increased from 5 to 6.
  • Price lowered from 50 GC to 40 GC.
  • Tooltip is now contained in single quotation marks.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.