Meowmere

  

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Meowmere

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	200 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	14 (Very fast)
Velocity	12
Rarity	10*
Sell	20 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Meowmere
  

Sounds

Use
Ricochet

• Internal Item ID: 3063 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 502

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Moon Lord(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Moon Lord(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	22.2%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (Moon Lord)Treasure Bag (Moon Lord)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	22.2%

The Meowmere is a Hardmode broadsword that has a 2/9 (22.22%) chance of being dropped by the Moon Lord. When swung, it fires a cat head projectile with a visual rainbow trail every 0.23 seconds. The cat head deals 125% of the weapon's damage (250 base damage), is affected by gravity, and can pierce enemies or bounce off blocks up to four times. Upon bouncing off a block, the cat head makes a "meow" sound and emits damaging rainbow explosions that grow in size with each bounce.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Zenith(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Terra Blade Meowmere(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Star Wrath(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Influx Waver(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Horseman's Blade Seedler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Starfury Bee Keeper Enchanted Sword Copper Shortsword	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Notes

The Meowmere being used against Target Dummies.

• The cat head projectile applies 10 ticks of local immunity frames on hit.^[1]
• The rainbow explosions deal damage to all enemies within a 3×3-tile rectangle centered on the point of impact and grow by half a tile each bounce, up to a 5×5-tile rectangle with the final explosion.^[2]
• The cat head travels at 61 mph without melee speed bonuses.

Tips

• Its bouncing projectiles and explosions are very useful against crowds of enemies in small spaces, such as the Dungeon.
• The cat heads can be reflected by enemies like the Selenian. Care should be taken around those enemies, especially at close range.
• If the player is annoyed by the Meowmere's sound, they can alter the game's sound files to remove or change it. The relevant files are Item_57.xnb and Item_58.xnb in the sounds folder (<Steam folder>\steamapps\common\Terraria\Content\Sounds). They can be deleted or alternatively be replaced with copies of Item_8.xnb, a hardly noticeable sound.

Trivia

• Its cat projectiles are inspired by the Nyan Cat meme, which debuted on YouTube in April 2011.
• The Meowmere has the highest listed base damage of all weapons in the game, apart from explosives. However, other endgame weapons such as the Zenith, Terrarian, or Star Wrath have much higher DPS.
• It was referred to as Meowmur before its release.^[3]
• In the  Mobile version, the developers changed the game credits on April Fools' Day to mention a supposed new melee weapon that would shoot cat projectiles, referring to the Meowmere.^Verify
• The Meowmere appears as an item in three video games via crossover events: Dungeon Defenders 2, Stardew Valley, and Palworld.
• The sword itself resembles the Palladium Sword.
• The meow sound effect is identical to that of which the Meowmere Minecart plays when the player jumps while riding it.
• The Meowmere is Redigit's favorite weapon.^[4]
• The Meowmere is also featured in many in-game paintings, such as Lady Of The Lake, Cat Sword, and r/Terraria.
• Re-Logic has sent several people a physical replica of the Meowmere, including Pedguin^[5] and ReedemtheD3ad!.^[6]

See also

• Meowmere at the Dungeon Defenders 2 Wiki
• Meowmere at the Stardew Valley Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Use time reduced from 16 to 14.
  • Projectiles now deal 1.25× of the base sword damage.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now used to craft the Zenith.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Now used to craft the Zenith.

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.

References