Minishark

  

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:Minishark.

Minishark

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	6 (Ranged)
Knockback	0 (No knockback)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	8 (Insanely fast)
Velocity	7
Tooltip	33% chance to save ammo 'Half shark, half gun, completely awesome.'
Rarity	02*
Buy	35 GC
Sell	7 GC
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 98

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I see you're eyeballin' the Minishark.. You really don't want to know how it was made.

— The Arms Dealer

The Minishark shooting Musket Balls.

The Minishark is a pre-Hardmode gun that can be purchased from the Arms Dealer for 35 GC. When used, it rapidly fires bullets at a slight spread, with each shot having a 1/3 (33.33%) chance of not consuming any ammunition. The Minishark has the lowest use time of all pre-Hardmode ranged weapons.

Its best modifier is Demonic, as it does not have any knockback and thus cannot get modifiers that affect it.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Star Cannon	Minishark Meteorite Bar20 Fallen Star5	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Megashark	Minishark Illegal Gun Parts Shark Fin5 Soul of Might20	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Achievement

Completely Awesome • “Obtain a minishark.”

Obtain the Minishark. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Collector

Tips

• The Completely Awesome achievement can be unlocked for free by buying a Minishark and then reselling it without closing the shop window.
• The Minishark deals small amounts of damage at a rapid rate. Against enemies with higher defense, such as bosses, its damage is reduced to one per hit, causing a significant decrease in overall damage output. Armor penetration(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), e.g. via the Shark Tooth Necklace and/or ammo with higher base damage (Silver Bullets or Tungsten Bullets(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)), can help alleviating this shortcoming.
  • As most Hardmode enemies have enough defense to reduce the Minishark's damage to one per hit and have significantly more health than pre-Hardmode enemies, it becomes functionally useless beyond this point and should be replaced by its upgrade, the Megashark.
  • Similarly to increased armor penetration, bullets that deal higher damage can significantly increase weapon DPS.
• Even with the 33.3% chance not to consume ammo, the Minishark can still use an entire stack of bullets very quickly, especially with modifiers that decrease its use time. However, the ammo-conserving effect of the Minishark can be increased substantially by adding certain gear, e.g. the following:

Gear	Chance not to consume ammo		Avg. yield of 9999 bullets	Avg. ammo consumption rate (continuous fire)
	Individual	Total
n/a (base weapon)	1/3 (33.33%)		14998.5 shots	1 every 0.2 seconds (12 ticks[1])
Fossil armor(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1/5 (20%)	7/15 (46.67%)	18748.1 shots	1 every 0.25 seconds (15 ticks[1])
Ammo Box(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	1/5 (20%)	43/75 (57.33%)	23435.2 shots	1 every 0.313 seconds (18.75 ticks[1])

Trivia

• The fictional hand-held minigun has been popularized in video games and films since the 1980s. In practice, a portable M134 Minigun would be nearly impossible to manage as an individual infantry weapon, and highly impractical for a human being to either carry or operate.
• The Minishark has its own Steam Trading Card.
  • The trading card art depicts the Minishark as having eight barrels and a small handle on the front.
• The Clockwork Assault Rifle and the Minishark are the only guns without knockback.
• The Minishark is the first of several rapid-firing guns that were named and designed based on an aquatic creature, the others being the Gatligator, Megashark, and S.D.M.G..
• The Minishark is strongly implied to be made from a live shark. This is supported by several details:
  • The Arms Dealer has a chance to say: "I see you're eyeballin' the Minishark. You really don't want to know how it was made."
  • An excerpt from the Arms Dealer's Bestiary entry says, in part, "...guns made from sharks".
  • 5 Shark Fins are required to craft a Megashark.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Sprite updated. Old sprite:

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Price lowered from 40 GC to 35 GC.
  • Now used to craft the Megashark.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Added 33% chance not to consume ammo.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Damage increased from 5 to 6.
  • Price lowered from 50 GC to 40 GC.
  • Tooltip is now contained in single quotation marks.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.

Footnotes