Pulse Bow

  

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console, see Legacy:Pulse Bow.

Pulse Bow

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Arrows
Damage	80 (Ranged)
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Critical chance	11%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	23.25 (not affected by ammo)
Tooltip	Shoots a charged arrow
Rarity	08*
Buy	45 GC
Sell	9 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Pulse Bolt
  

Sounds

Use
Impact

• Internal Item ID: 2223 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 357

Using the Pulse Bow to attack Target Dummies. Note how the ricochet causes the bolt to pierce fewer enemies.

The Pulse Bow is a Hardmode bow that can be purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 45 GC after defeating all three mechanical bosses. When used, it converts any type of arrow into a high-velocity blue bolt. The bolt is unaffected by gravity, can either pierce enemies or bounce off blocks up to five times, and travels for 3.5 seconds (about 480 tiles) before dissipating. The Pulse Bow also has a base 11% critical strike chance as opposed to the usual 4%.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

• The Traveling Merchant will use it for self-defense once a world is in Hardmode.
• The damage of the Pulse Bow's bolt is reduced each time it hits an enemy or ricochets.
  • When piercing an enemy, its damage is reduced by 20%.^[1] For example, after piercing five enemies, the projectile will only deal 27 base damage (if used with Wooden Arrows) to the sixth and final enemy. This is only 33.75% of the original damage to the first enemy.
  • When ricocheting off a block, its damage is reduced by 10%.^[2]
• The Pulse Bow's bolts are unaffected by liquids.
• When the Pulse Bow is fired against a hammered slope, the bolt will hug the slope and follow it up, instead of ricocheting off, and shoot out at the end of the slope with the same incident angle. The height of the slope which the bolt can climb is limited.

Tips

• Its piercing and ricochet abilities make it useful in confined spaces, such as the Dungeon.
• If shot at the right angle, the Pulse Bow's projectiles can ricochet through one-block walls. This appears to happen when the projectile hits a block at an entry angle of 40 to 50° and is easier to pull off when first bouncing the projectile off of another surface. This useful trick can be used in many situations to attack enemies behind cover.
• Because the Pulse Bow cancels additional arrow effects, damage is the only factor that should be considered in choosing an arrow type. The highest base damage of 99 can be achieved with Venom Arrows.
• The Endless Quiver will work as usual, allowing the Pulse Bow to fire bolts indefinitely.

Trivia

• The Pulse Bow's color scheme is similar to that of Shroomite equipment.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage decreased from 85 to 80.
  • Now sold after defeating all three mechanical bosses, instead of after Plantera.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 65 to 85.
  • Use time decreased from 22 to 20.
  • Damage reduction for each target hit increased from 10% to 20%. The damage reduction from ricocheting off blocks remains unchanged at 10%.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Introduced.

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