Phantasm

  

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Phantasm

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Arrows
Damage	50 (Ranged)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	12 (Very fast)
Velocity	20
Tooltip	66% chance to save ammo
Rarity	10*
Sell	10 GC
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

• Phantasm
  
• Phantasm Arrow
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3540 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 630, 631

This article is about the endgame bow. For other uses, see Phantasm (disambiguation).

Attacking a Mimic with the Phantasm.

The Phantasm is a Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist bow that auto-fires four arrows at once, while only consuming a single arrow from the player's inventory. Arrows are loosely grouped and can fire with varied velocities and ranges (similar to the Chlorophyte Shotbow). Constantly shooting with the Phantasm will gradually increase its fire rate from once per 24 ticks up to once per 18 ticks, regardless of use time, meaning that the Phantasm does not benefit from speed bonuses. Stopping the attack or switching to another item will reset this effect immediately, making switching weapons inefficient.

In addition, each successful hit on an enemy causes three Phantasm Arrow projectiles to fire and home in on the target that was hit initially, each one dealing 30% of the original projectile's damage, without any additional ammo or mana cost. The rate of fire of these projectiles depends on the current rate of fire of the Phantasm. The Phamtasm also has a 2/3 (66.67%) chance of not consuming ammunition.

Its best modifier is Unreal. Since it does not benefit from speed modifiers, Godly and Demonic provide the same DPS bonus as Unreal.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Phantasm(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Vortex Fragment(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)18	Ancient Manipulator(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

• Technically, when the Phantasm is being used, it spawns a bow projectile which can deal 100% of the weapon's damage (50 base damage) on contact. The bow projectile then spawns arrows (based on built-in fire rates) and Phantasm Arrows (when landing successful hits).
• The Phantasm will fire 2 volleys at each lower speed stage before reaching its maximum speed of once per 18 ticks. These 6 volleys will take a total of 24 ticks more than the Phantasm would have if it were permanently at max speed; thus, the Phantasm incurs a 0.4 second DPS penalty when it stops and restarts firing.

Tips

• The Phantasm has great accuracy at range and fires projectiles extremely quickly. This makes it a great option against the Celestial Pillars from a distance; thanks to their low Defense, the Phantasm can destroy a single pillar within a few seconds.
• The Phantasm is most effective against single targets, as the extra arrows do not have any piercing ability.
• Try not to use piercing arrows, as they will give enemies brief periods of invincibility frames and many arrows will pass through without causing damage. The one exception is Luminite Arrows.
• Due to the high rate of fire and low base damage of Phantasm Arrows, stacking extra armor penetration through Ichor and Betsy's Wrath is highly recommended.
  • Ichor Arrows allow the player to apply Ichor without swapping weapons and recharging the Phantasm, as well as having good base damage.
• Venom Arrows can theoretically improve the low damage of Phantasm Arrows, but are generally worse due to not inflicting Ichor.
• With its natural ammo conservation, the Phantasm is the most ammo-efficient bow by a wide margin.
  • Post-Moon Lord, Luminite Arrows are a fantastic option with the Phantasm. With its ammo conservation bonus, one Moon Lord kill can provide enough Luminite Arrows for more than two hours of continuous firing.

Trivia

• The Phantasm is the only arrow-consuming weapon in the game that has an inherent chance of ammo conservation.
• The Phantasm is the only weapon made from Lunar Fragments that does not have a special tooltip.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.5:
  • Buffed Phantasm in mechanics slightly.
  • Reduced damage from 60 to 50.

• Desktop 1.3.0.4:
  • Reduced damage from 70 to 60.
  • Fixed bug that caused unintentionally high damage.
  • Can no longer be fired while Stoned, Webbed or Frozen if the attack button was held before the debuff was inflicted.

• Desktop 1.3.0.3: Fixed exploit allowing the player to get more arrows than they use.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced with mechanics from 1.3.0.5. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced with mechanics from 1.3.0.5. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.