Possessed Hatchet

Type	Weapon
Damage	80 / 90 (Melee)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	14 (Very fast)
Velocity	24 (effective)
Tooltip	Chases after your enemy
Rarity
Sell	7
Research	1 required
Use	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Item_1.wav

A player using the Possessed Hatchet. Note the homing capabilities.

The Possessed Hatchet is a Hardmode, post-Golem boomerang that homes in on enemies while flying through the air at high velocity before returning to the player when thrown. On the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version, the weapon acts similarly to stacked Light Discs, capable of throwing multiple hatchets despite being incapable of being stacked, with no limit to the number of hatchets that can be out at once. On the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, it acts as a singular boomerang and throws out only one hatchet at a time. When it has no enemy to home in on, the Possessed Hatchet returns to the player after flying a relatively short distance of only 25 tiles. The Posssessed Hatchet has a 14.29*1/7 (14.29%) / 12.5*1/8 (12.5%) chance to be dropped from the Golem.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

Notes

The Possessed Hatchet homes in on the tail segment of all worms.
The Possessed Hatchet cannot target players during PvP.
If aimed correctly, the player can attack enemies from behind a wall.
If the player dies when the Possessed Hatchet is thrown, it will hover at their death point until they respawn, then it will fly to them.
On the Old-gen console version, the weapon has no autoswing, significantly reducing its usefulness.

Tips

Due to the weapon being fast and capable of throwing multiple hatchets, it can be fired at a very rapid rate and be quite effective against certain bosses, especially Duke Fishron.
It is fairly effective against Crawltipedes, due to always targeting its tail, leading it to easily take it out with only a few hits.

Trivia

The Possessed Hatchet is one of the only weapons that have a higher damage value on the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version than on the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version.
Despite being a hatchet, it cannot chop down trees.