Paintball Gun

Type	Weapon
Damage	12 (Ranged)
Knockback	1.25 (Extremely weak)
Critical chance	11%
Use time	24 (Fast)
Velocity	10
Rarity
Sell	50
Research	1 required
Use	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Item_5.wav

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The Paintball Gun is a ranged weapon which has a 10*1/10 (10%) chance of being dropped by the Painter. It fires a three-shot burst of slow-moving, arcing projectiles which consume no mana or ammunition.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

This content is transcluded from NPCs/dropnote.Since town NPCs cannot be damaged by players normally, external damage sources must be used to obtain this item. The Flymeal is one of the easiest options; other effective options include traps, lava, drowning, Boulders or Rolling Cacti, enemies, Explosive Bunnies, Land Mines, or the Halloween-exclusive Rotten Eggs (in tandem with Frost armor).
The Painter will use the Paintball Gun to defend himself.
The Paintball Gun's projectiles will have a slight "waver" when in the air.

The paintball gun being used on some Skeletons.

Tips

Though it is somewhat inaccurate at longer ranges, the respectable damage output, increased critical strike chance and lack of needing ammunition or mana makes the Paintball Gun a potent and reliable early-game weapon.
It is comparable to Minishark since it has an effective use time of 8 (3 shots per one use). While its base damage of 12 is lower than 13 of Minishark+Musket Ball, it has a higher critical chance and is affected more by the weapon modifier. Megashark is more accurate on longer ranges and autofires, while Paintball Gun has the benefit of consuming no ammunition.
- Like Minishark, its performance significantly drops against enemies with high defense. Armor penetration, e.g. via the Shark Tooth Necklace, can help alleviating this shortcoming.