Onyx Blaster

  

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Onyx Blaster

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	24 (Ranged)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	48 (Extremely slow)
Velocity	14 (not affected by ammo)
Rarity	04*
Sell	5 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Onyx Blaster
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3788 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 661

The Onyx Blaster in action.

The Onyx Blaster is a Hardmode gun that, as a direct upgrade to the Shotgun, fires a spread of 4 bullets while only consuming one unit of ammunition, while also firing a single dark energy crystal projectile. The dark crystal explodes upon impact with an enemy or a block, or after traveling for 0.67 seconds (35 tiles by default; more with higher velocity). The explosive projectile deals 48 base damage, twice the listed damage of the weapon.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Onyx Blaster(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shotgun Dark Shard2 Soul of Night10	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Tips

• The Onyx Blaster can be crafted before defeating any of the mechanical bosses, making it a particularly effective weapon for the point in the game at which it can be acquired. Its ingredients are not hard to farm, and it can be used to good effect in much of the early Hardmode content, being an excellent candidate against the mechanical bosses and even being capable of holding its own against later bosses such as Golem and Duke Fishron.
• It can one-shot many common Hardmode enemies, and the explosion is particularly devastating against worms, being capable of one-shotting anything up to and including a Dune Splicer or dramatically speeding up the fight against The Destroyer.
• Using a combination of this weapon, the Megashark, and the Endless Musket Pouch could be helpful in maximizing crowd control.

Trivia

A close up of the onyx blast.

• Onyx is a mineral commonly found around the world, and the name "Onyx Blaster" might be coming from both the stone and weapon being black.
  • Despite being named the Onyx Blaster, no onyx is used to craft the weapon, nor does onyx exist in Terraria.
• This is one of a small "set" of weapons made with two shards apiece, the other members being the Sky Fracture and the Dao of Pow. Their recipes, names and appearances link the weapons to themes of Darkness, Light, and Balance, with the Onyx Blaster representing Darkness. The set also includes one weapon for each of the three "classic" damage types (melee, magic, and ranged), where the Onyx Blaster is the ranged weapon.
• According to lead developer Yoraiz0r, the design of the Onyx Blaster was directly inspired by the dark, "evil" half of Monokuma, the main antagonist of the Japanese video game series Danganronpa.
• It is one of two firearms in Terraria to feature an operating secondary gun, the other being the Vortex Beater.
• The purple stripes on the Onyx Blaster appear to glow while the weapon is being used.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Damage decreased from 28 to 24.
  • Use time increased from 45 to 48.

• Desktop 1.3.4.4: Fixed frame drops related to the Onyx Blaster.

• Desktop 1.3.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.