Snowball Launcher

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This is the main page whose information applies to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.
For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Snowball Launcher.
Snowball Launcher
  • Snowball Launcher item sprite
  • Snowball Launcher placed
Auto-use
9999
Statistics
Type
FurnitureWeaponMechanism
Placeable✔️ (3 wide × 3 high)
Use time15 (Very fast)
TooltipRapidly launches snowballs
RarityGreen (Rarity level: 2)
Sell1 GC
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Snow Ball (friendly)
    Snow Ball (friendly)
Sounds
Use
Impact
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Snow FlinxSnow Flinx.gif Snow Flinx14%
Using the Snowball Launcher to attack Target Dummies. Note how they dissipate upon impact with both enemies and tiles.
Not to be confused with Snowball Cannon or Snowman Cannon.

The Snowball Launcher is a pre-Hardmode furniture item and placeable weapon that has a 1/25 (4%) chance of being dropped by Snow Flinx. Once placed, interacting with it using the ⚒ Use / Attack button causes it to fire a Snowball that damages enemies, and holding the button will cause it to release a rapid fire of Snowballs with a spread of roughly 30°. The Snowball Launcher has a firing cooldown of 0.12 seconds,[1] giving it a maximum fire rate of 8.57 Snowballs per second. Snowballs have a base damage of 35 and knockback of 3.5 (Weak).[2] This is not affected by the default base damage (−1) or knockback (0) of the Snowball Launcher item.

The Snowball Launcher can also be triggered by wire. Depending on the lateral position of the connected wire within the sprite of the Snowball Launcher, it will either shoot a Snowball (with a cooldown of 0.17 seconds[3]) or turn to the side the wire is on.

Notes

  • Snowballs fired from the Snowball Launcher are affected by ranged bonuses, including damage, critical strike bonus, and the set bonus of Frost armor.

Tips

  • In multiplayer, the Snowball Launcher can be used by multiple players at the same time.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.5.0:
    • Snowballs fired by a wired Snowball Launcher now deal damage. It shares its fire cooldown with the cannons.
    • Drop chance increased from 1/150 (0.67%) to 1/25 (4%).
  • Desktop 1.4.4:
    • Stack limit increased from 99 to 9999.
    • Placed sprite updated.
    • No longer requires Snowballs as ammo.
    • When triggered by player, firing cooldown reduced from 10 to 7 ticks[4].
    • Better projectile range and arc.
  • Desktop 1.3.1:
    • Item sprite updated.
    • Can now be toggled with wire and can shoot harmless Snowballs when doing so.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method TileInteractionsUse() in Terraria.Player.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version Desktop version is 1.4.5.5.
  2. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method TileInteractionsUse() in Terraria.Player.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version Desktop version is 1.4.5.5.
  3. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method HitWireSingle() in Terraria.Wiring.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version Desktop version is 1.4.5.5.
  4. ↑ A tick is a time unit countable by the software. Most of Terraria's updating logic happens every tick. A tick has the length of 1/60th of a second, hence there are 60 ticks in a second and 3600 ticks in a minute.
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