Scourge of the Corruptor

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Scourge of the Corruptor
  • Scourge of the Corruptor item sprite
Autoswing
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Weapon
Damage70 (Melee)
Knockback5 (Average)
Critical chance4%
Use time20 (Very fast)
Velocity28 (effective)
TooltipA powerful javelin that unleashes tiny eaters
RarityRarity level: 8
Sell20 GC
Research1 required
Projectiles created
  • Eater's Bite
    Eater's Bite
  • Tiny Eater
    Tiny Eater
Sounds
Use
Eater's Bite impact
See also: Corruptor
The Scourge of the Corruptor in use.

The Scourge of the Corruptor is a Hardmode, post-Plantera melee weapon that is always found in the Dungeon's Corruption Chest. When used, it fires an Eater's Bite that splits into Tiny Eaters upon impact with enemies or blocks. Tiny Eaters home in on enemies, can travel ~350 tiles, and bounce up to five times before dissipating. Both the Eater's Bite and Tiny Eaters are unaffected by gravity.

Its Crimson counterpart are the Vampire Knives.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount. However, Ruthless might be preferred if the player already has very high critical strike chance.

Notes

  • The Tiny Eaters deal 75% base damage (52 base damage).[1]
  • The Tiny Eaters also deal 35% base knockback (a knockback of 1 (Extremely weak))[1].
  • The number of Tiny Eaters spawned each time is determined randomly as displayed in the following table. Afterwards, there is a 1/100 (1%) chance for the number of Tiny Eaters spawned to be set to 15.[1]
Number Chance
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
2 33/100 (33%)
3 33/100 (33%)
4 33/100 (33%)
15 1/100 (1%)
Average 3.12
  • Tiny Eaters home in on Mimics and Nymphs before they become hostile.
  • When shot at a one-tile thick wall from the right or below, there is a chance for the Tiny Eaters to spawn on the other side of it.
  • Tiny Eaters do not damage critters, Cobwebs, or Target Dummies.
  • Like all homing projectiles, Tiny Eaters do not home in on players, even while in PvP.

Tips

  • The weapon can be repeatedly fired at a nearby surface to release a continuous swarm of Tiny Eaters.

Trivia

  • Despite the word scourge often meaning a multi-lashed whip used for punishment, the Scourge of the Corruptor is not a whip(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions); but rather a javelin according to its tooltip.
    • A scourge is also used to refer to someone or something that causes great trouble or suffering.
  • The weapon's firing sound and impact sound do not occur at the same rate, and will become misaligned as it is fired.
  • Despite its name, the Scourge of the Corruptor does not deal extra damage to Corruptors.
    • Its name could be interpreted that it is from a Corruptor, although it is not a drop from that enemy.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4:
    • Tiny Eaters now move and track enemies faster.
    • The average number of Tiny Eaters has been increased from 2.67 to 3.12.
    • Now has a 1/100 (1%) chance to spawn 15 Tiny Eaters.
  • Desktop 1.4.1:
    • Damage increased from 64 to 70.
    • Damage of Tiny Eaters increased from 70% to 75% base damage.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Sprite updated.
    • Maximum number of Tiny Eaters spawned from each shot decreased from 5 to 4, and average number increased from 2.3 to 2.67.
  • Desktop 1.2.3:
    • Damage increased from 57 to 64.
    • Damage of Tiny Eaters increased from 55% to 70% base damage.
    • Knockback of Tiny Eaters increased from 30% to 35% base knockback (This made no functional difference due to rounding).
    • Maximum number of Tiny Eaters spawned from each shot increased from 4 to 5, and average number increased from 2.2 to 2.3.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method Kill() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.
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