Tome of Infinite Wisdom

  

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Tome of Infinite Wisdom

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	36 (Magic)
Knockback	9 (Very strong)
Mana	20
Critical chance	4%
Use time	25 (Fast)
Velocity	22 (effective)
Tooltip	Gotta wonder who stuck a tome of infinite wisdom on a stick... Right click to cast a powerful tornado
Rarity	05*
Sell	1 GC
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

• Tome of Infinite Wisdom
  
• Whirlwind of Infinite Wisdom
  

Sounds

Use
Whirlwind

• Internal Item ID: 3852 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 712, 704

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ogre(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (T2)  Ogre(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (T2)	1	10%20%
Ogre(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (T3)  Ogre(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (T3)	1	5%

The Tome of Infinite Wisdom in use.

The Tome of Infinite Wisdom is a Hardmode, post-one mechanical boss wand that possesses two different modes of attack. When used with ⚒ Use / Attack, it fires bursts of four high-velocity pages that dissipate upon contact with enemies or blocks. When used with ⚷ Open / Activate, it summons a large, high-velocity tornado that deals 175% of the weapon's damage (63 damage), pierces infinite enemies, travels along blocks and through one-block low roofs, and dissipates after a duration of four seconds or upon being stopped by a wall of solid blocks. The Tome of Infinite Wisdom is dropped by Ogres during the Old One's Army event, with a 1/10 (10%) / 1/5 (20%) chance during Tier 2, and a 1/20 (5%) chance during Tier 3.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• The tornado projectile applies -1 tick^[1] of local invincibility frames upon hit, which means it cannot damage the same target more than once.^[2]
• The tornado projectile is 13.125 tiles tall and 3.75 tiles wide.^[2]

Tips

• The primary attack is highly effective against single enemies, while the secondary attack is effective for clearing out multiple targets, including the Old One's Army event.
• Its secondary attack is great for clearing out vegetation in the evil biomes and Jungle, helping with flower collection or finding Life Fruit.
• This weapon can defeat The Destroyer with ease, even in Master Mode. However, it requires that The Twins or Skeletron Prime be defeated first.

Trivia

• Like the other Old One's Army weapons, the Tome of Infinite Wisdom is a direct reference to the weapon of the same name in Dungeon Defenders 2, due to its implementation as part of a crossover event.
  • The Tome of Infinite Wisdom's right-click attack resembles the Apprentice's second ability in Dungeon Defenders 2, Tornado. It also uses the same animation as both the Forbidden armor's set bonus and the Sand Elemental's "Ancient Storm" attack.
• The Brand of the Inferno, the Sergeant United Shield, the Sky Dragon's Fury, and the Tome of Infinite Wisdom are the only weapons in Terraria to have two separate means of attack triggered by two different buttons.
• "In all their infinite wisdom" is an expression that is used almost exclusively in a derogatory or sarcastic context to denote a particularly foolish decision made by someone or something. The Tome of Infinite Wisdom's tooltip of "Gotta wonder who stuck a tome of infinite wisdom on a stick..." is clearly a parody of this.

See also

• Tome of Infinite Wisdom at the Dungeon Defenders 2 Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 32 to 36.
  • Tornado damage reduced from 2× base damage to 1.75× base damage.

• Desktop 1.4.0.5:
  • Fixed a bug where it could consume and waste mana when using its right-click functionality.
  • Now auto-uses its right-click functionality.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 24 to 32.
  • Use time decreased from 30 to 25.

• Desktop 1.3.4: 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 with changes up to Desktop 1.4.0.5.

References