Wasp Gun

  

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Wasp Gun

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	31 (Magic)
Knockback	0.25 (Extremely weak)
Mana	10
Critical chance	4%
Use time	18 (Very fast)
Velocity	36 (effective)
Tooltip	Ignores 10 points of enemy Defense
Rarity	08*
Sell	10 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Wasp
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1155
• Internal Projectile ID: 189

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Plantera (Second Form)  Plantera (Second Form)	1	14.29%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (Plantera)Treasure Bag (Plantera)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	14.29%

The Wasp Gun attacking a Mimic and Target Dummies. Note how the projectiles home in on the Mimic and ricochet off of blocks.

The Wasp Gun is a Hardmode magic gun that has a 1/7 (14.29%) chance of being dropped by Plantera. When used, it fires 2–4 homing wasp projectiles that ricochet or hit enemies a maximum of three times before dissipating. The wasp projectiles also have 10 armor penetration.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• The wasp projectiles apply 10 ticks^[1] of static invincibility frames upon hit.
• The Hive Pack increases the armor penetration of wasps from 10 to 15, as well as the final damage of the wasps by 5. This bonus is not listed in-game.
• Like the bees of the Bee Gun and many other similar weapons, the wasps will dissipate upon contact with water and lava, but not honey.
• Modifiers that increase the Wasp Gun's speed have little positive impact because it deals piercing damage, which limits how often it can hit the same enemy no matter how quickly its projectiles are fired.

Tips

• The Wasp Gun is highly effective for farming money with the Lucky Coin during events. Its low damage per hit results in a greater number of hits, netting more money overall.
• The Wasp Gun works incredibly well with the set bonus of the Spectre armor (with Mask), as every time a wasp hits an enemy it creates multiple projectiles, allowing for more potential DPS, which makes it quite well at dealing with bosses with multiple parts (e.g. Golem).
• Unlike most magic weapons, the Wasp Gun benefits more from Mana Regeneration Potions as opposed to Mana Potions. As the weapon shoots a lingering projectile that can deal damage while the player's mana regenerates, Mana Potions fail to keep up with its quick mana usage and will lead to a lower damage output due to the heavy amount of Mana Sickness.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Wasps move roughly 25% faster.
  • Wasps now cause static invincibility frames, meaning they will no longer interfere with other sources of piercing damage.
  • Now has a token knockback value, allowing access to better modifiers.
  • The Hive Pack now increases the damage of Wasp Gun by from 31 to 36, and increases the armor penetration of wasps from 10 to 15.

• Desktop 1.4.2: Removed tooltip.

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Now has 10 armor penetration.
  • Added tooltip "Wasp Gun".

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Item and projectile sprites updated.
  • Damage increased from 21 to 31.
  • Use time increased from 11 to 18.
  • Mana cost increased from 6 to 10.
  • Wasps can now bounce/pierce only 3 times instead of 4.
  • Reduced maximum possible wasps per cast from 6 to 4.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 19 to 21.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Damage increased from 14 to 19.

• 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.