Minishark

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Minishark
  • Minishark item sprite old Minishark item sprite
Autofire
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
WeaponCrafting material
Uses ammoBullets
Damage6 (Ranged)
Knockback0 (No knockback)
Critical chance4%
Use time8 (Insanely fast)
Velocity7
Tooltip33% chance to save ammo
'Half shark, half gun, completely awesome.'
RarityRarity level: 2
Buy35 GC
Sell7 GC
Research1 required
Sounds
Use
“

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

— Emote Town Arms Dealer.gif The Arms Dealer

The Minishark shooting Musket Balls.

The Minishark is a pre-Hardmode gun that can be purchased from the Arms Dealer for 35 GC. It uses bullets as ammunition and is capable of autofiring, with each shot having 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 Agile, as it does not have any knockback and thus cannot get modifiers that affect it. On the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS version version It can also get the Deadly modifier, which grants a higher increase to the overall DPS.

Crafting

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Star CannonStar CannonIron AnvilIron Anvil
or
Lead AnvilLead Anvil
MegasharkMegasharkMythril AnvilMythril Anvil
or
Orichalcum AnvilOrichalcum Anvil

Achievement

Achievement Completely Awesome.png
Completely Awesome • “Obtain a minishark.”
Obtain the Minishark. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Category: Collector 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 and/or ammo with higher base damage (Silver Bullets or Tungsten Bullets(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)), 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[1])
Necro armorNecro armor((Old-gen console and 3DS versions)) or Fossil armorFossil armor(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 1/5 (20%) 7/15 (46.67%) 18748.1 shots 1 every 0.25 seconds
(15 ticks[1])
Ammo BoxAmmo 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[1])

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.
  • Despite being a shark, it sinks when thrown into a body of water.
  • 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 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.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A tick is a time unit countable by the software. Most of Terraria's updating logic happens every tick. A tick has the length of 1/60th of a second, hence there are 60 ticks in a second and 3600 ticks in a minute.
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