Wooden Boomerang

Wooden Boomerang
  • Wooden Boomerang item sprite old Wooden Boomerang item sprite
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Statistics
Type
WeaponCrafting material
Damage10 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 7 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Melee)
Knockback5 (Average)
Critical chance4%
Use time20 (Very fast) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 16 (Very fast) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Velocity6.5
RarityBlue (Rarity level: 1)
Buy1 GC
Sell20 SC
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Wooden Boomerang
    Wooden Boomerang
Sounds
Use
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
ChestChestChest11/10 (10%) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
1/8 (12.5%) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Wooden Boomerang in action.

The Wooden Boomerang is a pre-Hardmode boomerang that can be found in Wooden Chests located on the surface and within the underground layer. It can also be purchased from the Skeleton Merchant(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) for 1 GC during a full moon.

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.

Crafting

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Desktop version Console version Mobile version only:
Enchanted BoomerangEnchanted Boomerang		By Hand

Notes

  • The Wooden Boomerang can travel for 0.5 seconds before it starts decelerating, and eventually turning around to return towards the player. This results in having a maximum range of roughly 13.64 tiles.[1]
    • Melee speed bonuses increase the boomerang's velocity, which in turn increases its range.
      • Conversely, liquids will slow down the boomerang and reduce its range.
    • As soon as the boomerang begins decelerating, it gains infinite piercing and becomes capable of going through solid tiles. This allows it to hit enemies multiple times near end of its maximum range and slightly penetrate into tiles.
  • The Wooden Boomerang has a top speed of 46 mph when returning to the player, and can only exist for up to 1 minute before despawning. It will also despawn if its distance from the player is more than 187.5 tiles.

Tips

  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Enchanted Boomerang is a cheap and effective upgrade, which should be made as soon as possible.

Trivia

  • It cannot be obtained from Wooden Crates, despite the fact that many of the other rare items found in Wooden Chests can.

History

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The relevant part is the aiStyle == 3 code block.
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