The Rotted Fork

The Rotted Fork

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	17 / 14 (Melee)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	31 (Slow)
Velocity	4
Rarity	01*
Sell	150 / 20
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• The Rotted Fork
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 802
• Internal Projectile ID: 153

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Crimson CrateCrimson Crate	1	20%
Crimson Heart Crimson Heart	1	20% / 25%
Hematic CrateHematic Crate	1	20%

Using The Rotted Fork to attack Target Dummies. Note its piercing abilities and shockwave's ability to reach an extra enemy.

Using The Rotted Fork to attack Target Dummies. Note its piercing abilities.

The Rotted Fork is a spear that drops from Crimson Hearts found in Crimson chasms, and can also be obtained by opening Crimson Crates which are found by fishing in the Crimson. It creates a small shockwave at the end of its tip when used.

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

Tips

• It is a very effective weapon against the Brain of Cthulhu, as it can easily kill the Creepers in the first phase and knock it back in the second phase.

Trivia

•     Modifier prefixes are added in front of the "The" in its name, which can result in a grammatically incorrect name such as "Keen The Rotted Fork". It shares this trait with all other items that can obtain modifiers and whose names begin with "The". This error is not present in the  Old-gen console version.
• Despite appearing to be a weapon made of Crimtane Bars and Tissue Samples, it is uncraftable.
• It resembles a real-world guandao, a type of Chinese pole weapon that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts.
• Strangely, there is no Corruption equivalent to The Rotted Fork, despite the Ball O' Hurt having a Crimson equivalent in The Meatball.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 14 to 17.
  • Now generates a shockwave at the end of the spear.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Aligned sell value with all other Crimson Heart/Shadow Orb loot, increasing it from 20 to 150.
  • Item and projectile sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 14 to 17.
  • Using it now causes small shockwave at the end of the spear.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 14 to 17.
  • Using it now causes small shockwave at the end of the spear.

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 14 to 17.
  • Using it now causes small shockwave at the end of the spear.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.