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- Zapinator
Nail Gun
Type | |
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Uses ammo | Nail |
Damage | 85 (Ranged) |
Knockback | 0 (No knockback) |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 15 (Very fast) |
Velocity | 10 |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | 10 |
Research | 1 required |
Use | |
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Explosion |
- Internal Item ID: 3107


The Nail Gun is a Hardmode, post-Plantera launcher-like weapon that consumes Nails as ammunition. When a Nail makes contact with an enemy, it deals 15% damage (17 base damage) and sticks to the damaged enemy before exploding after 1.5 seconds, dealing 135% damage (155 base damage).[1] Nails will also stick to solid blocks and explode in the same manner, and their explosions do not damage the shooter. Nails are unaffected by gravity until they have flown roughly 30 tiles, at which point they fly with an arc similar to that of an arrow. If used in PvP, the Nails will not stick to players and will instead deal normal damage (115 base damage).
The Nail Gun has a 4*1/25 (4%) / 7.84*49/625 (7.84%) chance to drop from Nailheads during the Solar Eclipse event. When dropped, the Nail Gun is always accompanied by 100 to 200 Nails. Additional Nails are also sold by both the Merchant and the Arms Dealer for 1 each when the player has the Nail Gun in their inventory.
Its best modifier is Demonic, as it does not have any knockback and thus cannot get modifiers that affect it. 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.
Notes
- If an enemy dies (or a Moon Lord eye closes) while Nails are still stuck into it, these Nails will pop out, sticking to other surfaces or enemies and exploding like usual.
- The Nail Gun is considered a launcher for the purposes of Shroomite armor.
Trivia
- When fired in the air with the archery buff in velocity, it actually takes 60% of the buff's modifier longer to fall instead of speeding up.
History
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. (
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- Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. (
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- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.