Golden Shower

Type	Weapon
Damage	30 (Magic)
Knockback	4 (Weak)
Mana	7
Critical chance	4%
Use time	18 (Very fast)
Velocity	30 (effective)
Tooltip	Sprays a shower of ichor; Decreases target's defense
Rarity
Sell	4 GC
Research	1 required
Debuff	Ichor
Debuff tooltip	Reduced defense
Chance	100%
Duration	10 seconds
Use

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:Golden Shower.

The Golden Shower attacking Target Dummies.

The Golden Shower is a Hardmode spell book that fires arcing golden ichor streams in quick succession. Each stream can hit up to 5 targets. The streams inflict the Ichor debuff for 10 seconds (15 seconds in PvP), which adds 15 armor penetration.

The Golden Shower is the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Cursed Flames and the Hallow's Crystal Storm, all of which require a Spell Tome and ingredients exclusive to their underground biome counterparts.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Golden Shower	Spell Tome Ichor20 Soul of Night15	Bookcase

Notes

Internally, the Golden Shower has a useTime of 6 and a useAnimation of 18, causing it to fire 3 ichor streams per press of the ⚒ Use / Attack button.
The Golden Shower applies 10 ticks^[1] of global invincibility frames upon hit, meaning adjacent ichor streams cannot hit same target normally.
- However, the previous ichor stream cannot apply invincibility frames to the fifth target because it only pierces 4 targets, which means the fifth target will be hit twice by two streams.
In Expert Mode, the Golden Shower only deals 75% damage to The Destroyer and its Probes.^[2]

Tips

The Golden Shower's fast speed and piercing ability make it a great item for fighting large groups of enemies (e.g. during events).
Its ability to reduce defenses makes it effective against bosses, as one can attack with it and then equip a stronger weapon to deal even more damage. Alternatively, one can use a Flask of Ichor, Ichor Bullets, Ichor Arrows, or the Bladetongue, though the Golden Shower and Bladetongue retain the advantage of not being consumable.
- However, crafting the Golden Shower requires farming 15 Souls of Night first, while the craftable alternatives only require some Ichor and resources that are easier to obtain.
It is one of the best magic weapons for taking out worm enemies before obtaining a Magical Harp.
The Ichor debuff vastly improves the DPS of weapons that deal many hits per second, such as the Crystal Storm, Cursed Flames, or the Magnet Sphere.
Enemies hit by the stream will glow even in complete darkness, and the glow is bright enough to match that of a Hunter Potion.
It is one of very few weapons acquirable in early Hardmode (or in the game at all) that remains valuable at the end of the game. Although its damage will be very minor, the debuff can be used to increase one's DPS.
Since it is easily obtained early on in Hardmode, and is very useful for surviving the increased difficulty, obtaining it should be a priority as soon as the Wall of Flesh is defeated in Crimson worlds.
Even though The Destroyer is immune to the Ichor debuff, the Golden Shower is effective against it because it can damage many segments at once.
- However, the Golden Shower can only deal 75% base damage to it in Expert Mode, reducing its effectiveness.
If used along with Betsy's Wrath, the player can subtract a maximum of 55 defense from enemies, allowing for even more damage.

Trivia

The Golden Shower's ichor streams, in terms of appearance, are completely identical to the ichor streams fired by Ichor Stickers.
In Greek mythology, Zeus approached Danaë in the form of golden showers, a union from which she begat the legendary hero Perseus.
"Golden shower" is a slang term for urolagnia, a sexual fetish. The name in Terraria is likely referring to the fact that the attack resembles a stream of urine.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.4: Damage increased from 21 to 30.

Desktop 1.4.2.3: Can now be dropped by Jungle Mimics.

Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now only requires 20 Ichor to craft instead of 30.

Desktop 1.2.3:
- Damage reduced from 28 to 21.
- Can now pierce enemies only up to 4 times, instead of infinitely.
- Reduced the duration of the Ichor debuff on enemies from 15 to 10 seconds. The debuff duration when inflicted on other players in PvP remains unchanged.

Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

Console version

Console 1.02: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced.

References

↑ 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.
↑ Information taken from the Desktop 1.4.3.6 source code, method Damage() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.

[tick_desc-1] 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.

[sourcecode_1-2] Information taken from the Desktop 1.4.3.6 source code, method Damage() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.

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