Scourge of the Corruptor

  

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Scourge of the Corruptor.

Scourge of the Corruptor

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	70 (Melee)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	28 (effective)
Tooltip	A powerful javelin that unleashes tiny eaters
Rarity	08*
Sell	20 GC
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

• Eater's Bite
  
• Tiny Eater
  

Sounds

Use
Eater's Bite impact

• Internal Item ID: 1571
• Internal Projectile ID: 306, 307

The Scourge of the Corruptor in use.

The Scourge of the Corruptor is a Hardmode, post-Plantera melee weapon that is always found in the Dungeon's Corruption Chest. When used, it fires an Eater's Bite, a fast javelin-like projectile, that splits into Tiny Eater projectiles upon impact with enemies or blocks. Tiny Eaters home in on enemies, can travel approximately 350 tiles, and bounce up to five times before dissipating. Both the Eater's Bite and Tiny Eaters are unaffected by gravity.

Its Crimson counterpart are the Vampire Knives.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount. However, Ruthless might be preferred if the player already has very high critical strike chance.

Notes

• The Tiny Eaters deal 75% of the weapon's damage (52 base damage),^[1] inflict 35% of its knockback (rounded down; base knockback of 1 (Extremely weak)),^[1] and move at a speed of 66 mph.^[2]
• The number of Tiny Eaters spawned is determined randomly each time as displayed in the following table.^[1]

Number	Chance
2	33/100 (33%)
3	33/100 (33%)
4	33/100 (33%)
15	1/100 (1%)
Average	3.12

• Tiny Eaters home in on Mimics and Nymphs before they become hostile.
• When shot at a one-tile thick wall from the right or below, there is a chance for the Tiny Eaters to spawn on the other side of it.
• Tiny Eaters do not damage critters, Cobwebs, or Target Dummies.
• Like all homing projectiles, Tiny Eaters do not home in on players in PvP.

Tips

• The weapon can be repeatedly fired at a nearby surface to release a continuous swarm of Tiny Eaters.

Trivia

• Despite the word scourge often meaning a multi-lashed whip used for punishment, the Scourge of the Corruptor is not a whip(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions); but rather a javelin according to its tooltip.
  • Scourge is also used to refer to someone or something that causes great trouble or suffering.
• The weapon's firing sound and impact sound do not occur at the same rate, and will become misaligned as it is fired.
• Despite its name, the Scourge of the Corruptor does not deal extra damage to Corruptors.
  • Its name could be interpreted that it is from a Corruptor, although it is not a drop from that enemy.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Tiny Eaters now move and track enemies faster. Increased their velocity from 46 mph to 66 mph.
  • Increased the average number of Tiny Eaters from 2.67 to 3.12.
    • Tiny Eaters are now spawned in groups of 2, 3, 4 (33/100 (33%) chance each), or 15 (1/100 (1%) chance).

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Damage increased from 64 to 70.
  • Damage of Tiny Eaters increased from 70% to 75% of the weapon's damage.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Increased the average number of Tiny Eaters from 2.3 to 2.67.
    • Tiny Eaters are now only spawned in groups of 2, 3 (4/9 (44.44%) chance each), or 4 (1/9 (11.11%) chance), no longer 5.
  • Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage increased from 57 to 64.
  • Damage of Tiny Eaters increased from 55% to 70% of the weapon's damage.
  • Knockback of Tiny Eaters increased from 30% to 35% of the weapon's knockback. Due to rounding down, this rarely makes a difference.
  • Increased the average number of Tiny Eaters from 2.2 to 2.3.
    • Tiny Eaters are now spawned in groups of 2 (729/1000 (72.9%) chance), 3 (243/1000 (24.3%) chance), 4 (27/1000 (2.7%) chance), or 5 (1/1000 (0.1%) chance). Previously, only 2 (81/100 (81%) chance), 3 (18/100 (18%) chance), or 4 (1/100 (1%) chance) Tiny Eaters could be spawned.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Eaters now only emit light from the Frost armor set when homing in on an enemy.

• 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 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.

References