Onyx Blaster

  

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Onyx Blaster

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	24 (Ranged)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	48 (Extremely slow)
Velocity	14 (not affected by ammo)
Rarity	04*
Sell	5 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Onyx Blaster
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3788 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 661

The Onyx Blaster in action.

The Onyx Blaster is a Hardmode gun and the direct upgrade to the Shotgun. When used, it fires a spread of 4 bullets, consuming one piece of ammunition. It also fires an onyx crystal that explodes upon impact with an enemy or a block, or after traveling for 0.33 seconds.^[1] The projectile deals 200% of the weapon's damage, e.g. 62 damage when using Musket Ball.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Onyx Blaster(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shotgun Dark Shard2 Soul of Night10	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Notes

• The dark crystal projectile inherits velocity from the ammo used, but does not inherit its extraUpdates stat. This can lead to unintuitive results, like the Luminite Bullet being the slowest bullet for the crystal or the High Velocity Bullet being identical in crystal speed to the regular Musket Ball.
• The dark crystal applies 4 ticks^[2] of local immunity frames upon hit.^[3]
  • This means it will not interfere with other piercing projectiles, but the global immunity frames from other sources such as Exploding Bullets can interfere with the dark crystal and prevent it from dealing damage.
• The dark crystal explosion covers a 10×10-tile rectangular area centered on the point of impact.^[4]

Tips

• The Onyx Blaster can be crafted before defeating any of the mechanical bosses, and it is effective against many early Hardmode bosses.
• It can one-shot many common Hardmode enemies, and the explosion is particularly devastating against worm enemies, being capable of one-shotting even a Dune Splicer.

Trivia

A close up of the onyx blast.

• Onyx is a real-life black gemstone.
• This is one of a small "set" of weapons made with two shards apiece, the other members being the Sky Fracture and the Dao of Pow. Their recipes, names and appearances link the weapons to themes of Darkness, Light, and Balance, with the Onyx Blaster representing Darkness. The set also includes one weapon for each of the three "classic" damage types (melee, magic, and ranged), where the Onyx Blaster is the ranged weapon.
• According to lead developer Yoraiz0r, the design of the Onyx Blaster was directly inspired by the dark, "evil" half of Monokuma, the main antagonist of the Japanese video game series Danganronpa.^[5]
• It is one of two firearms in Terraria to feature an operating secondary gun, the other being the Vortex Beater.
• The purple stripes on the Onyx Blaster appear to glow while the weapon is being used.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Damage decreased from 28 to 24.
  • Use time increased from 45 to 48.

• Desktop 1.3.4.4: Fixed frame drops related to the Onyx Blaster.

• Desktop 1.3.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.

References