Wasp Gun

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Wasp Gun.
Wasp Gun
  • Wasp Gun item sprite
Autofire
1
Statistics
Type
Weapon
Damage31 (Magic)
Knockback0.25 (Extremely weak)
Mana10
Critical chance4%
Use time18 (Very fast)
Velocity36 (effective)
TooltipIgnores 10 points of enemy Defense
RarityYellow (Rarity level: 8)
Sell10 GC
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Wasp
    Wasp
Sounds
Use
Obtained from Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Plantera
(Second Form)
Plantera Plantera
(Second Form)
114.29%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
(Plantera)Treasure Bag (Plantera)Treasure Bag
(Plantera)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		114.29%
The Wasp Gun attacking a Mimic and Target Dummies. Note how the projectiles home in on the Mimic and ricochet off of blocks.

The Wasp Gun is a Hardmode magic gun that has a 1/7 (14.29%) chance of being dropped by Plantera. When used, it fires 2–4 homing wasp projectiles that ricochet or hit enemies a maximum of three times before dissipating. The wasp projectiles also have 10 armor penetration.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

  • Half a second after being fired, the wasps start homing in on the closest enemy within a Manhattan distance of 50 tiles, and can change their target if another enemy comes closer.[1]
  • The wasps have a top speed of 46 mph.[2]
  • The wasps have an acceleration of 61 mph per second, which is calculated and applied separately in the horizontal and vertical directions.[2]
    • When their horizontal or vertical velocity is opposite to the direction of the target, they receive triple the acceleration.[3]
  • The wasp projectiles apply 10 ticks[4] of static invincibility frames upon hit.
  • The Hive Pack increases the armor penetration of wasps from 10 to 15, as well as the final damage of the wasps by 5. This bonus is not listed in-game.
  • Like the bees of the Bee Gun and similar weapons, the wasps will dissipate upon contact with water and lava, but not honey.

Tips

  • The Wasp Gun is highly effective for farming money with the Lucky Coin during events. Its low damage per hit results in a greater number of hits, netting more money overall.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4:
    • Wasps move roughly 25% faster.
    • Wasps now cause static invincibility frames, meaning they will no longer interfere with other sources of piercing damage.
    • Now has a token knockback value, allowing access to better modifiers.
    • The Hive Pack now increases the damage of Wasp Gun by from 31 to 36, and increases the armor penetration of wasps from 10 to 15.
    • Added tooltip "Ignores 10 points of enemy Defense".
  • Desktop 1.4.1:
    • Now has 10 armor penetration.
    • Added tooltip "Wasp Gun".
  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Item and projectile sprites updated.
    • Damage increased from 21 to 31.
    • Use time increased from 11 to 18.
    • Mana cost increased from 6 to 10.
    • Wasps can now bounce/pierce only 3 times instead of 4.
    • Reduced maximum possible wasps per cast from 6 to 4.
  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The relevant part is the aiStyle == 36 code block. The wasps can home in on an enemy if the sum of their horizontal and vertical distance from that enemy is less than 800 pixels (50 tiles).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The relevant part is the aiStyle == 36 code block.
  3. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The relevant part is the aiStyle == 36 code block. When their horizontal or vertical velocity is less than the target's velocity, they first receive a normal acceleration. Then, if the velocity is opposite to the target's direction at that point, they receive an additional double acceleration.
  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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