Ares' Exoskeleton

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Ares' Exoskeleton
  • Ares' Exoskeleton.png
  • Ares' Exoskeleton equipped
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
TypeWeapon
Damage625 Summon
Knockback1 (Extremely Weak)
Mana cost80
Use time9 Very Fast
Velocity10
TooltipCreates a panel with four slots and four choices above it: Plasma, Tesla, Laser, and Gauss
Clicking one of the choices and then clicking one of the slots summons a cannon of that type
Clicking on a slot that's already occupied destroys its associated cannon and clears the slot
Cannons take 3 minion slots each
Grants BuffAres' CannonsAres' Cannons
Buff tooltipPulse cannon not included
RarityRarity Level: 15
Sell 30 Gold Coin.png
Research1 required
Sounds
Ares Summon Crate.gif
When used
Ares' Exoskeleton UI.png
Cannon UI
Dropped by
EntityQuantityRate
Exo Mechs (Ares)
XB-∞ Hekate
1100%

Ares' Exoskeleton is a post-Moon Lord summon weapon that is dropped by the Exo Mechs after XF-09 Ares has been defeated last. When used, the player throws out a box which opens up a control panel. The control panel features four weapon choices on top and weapon slots on the bottom. Each weapon slot takes up three minion slots and summons a cannon attached to an arm outwards from the player. The order of the weapon's positions are fixed onto the player. From the leftmost slot to rightmost slot, the cannons appear at the bottom right, bottom left, top right, and top left of the player respectively.

Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits. The only lasting advantage a Mythical Ares' Exoskeleton has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Minion Types

Icon Type Description
Exoskeleton Plasma Icon.gif Exoskeleton Plasma Cannon Exoskeleton Plasma Cannon Fires a homing Volatile Plasma BlastVolatile Plasma Blast every 0.5 seconds which explodes into a cloud of 15 damaging plasma gas particles on hit or upon colliding with a solid tile. The plasma blast and gas deal 90% of the weapon's damage.
Exoskeleton Tesla Icon.gif Exoskeleton Tesla Cannon Exoskeleton Tesla Cannon Fires an infinitely piercing Tesla SphereTesla Sphere every 0.6 seconds which creates a connecting electric arc with other spheres within a 93.75-tile radius. The cannon aims ahead of its target by accounting for its movement and can attack through solid tiles.
Exoskeleton Laser Icon.gif Exoskeleton Laser Cannon Exoskeleton Laser Cannon Fires an infinitely piercing Red Exo Pulse LaserExothermal Laser every 0.25 seconds five times, then fire an Thanatos BeamExothermal Deathray which lasts for 1.25 seconds. Neither attacks can pass through tiles. The laser and deathray deal 110% of the weapon's damage.
Exoskeleton Gauss Icon.gif Exoskeleton Gauss Nuke Exoskeleton Gauss Nuke Launches itself towards an enemy every 4 seconds with strong homing. Creates an enormous damaging explosion on hit or upon colliding with a solid tile.

Notes

  • When a cannon is present, the item sprite changes from Ares' Exoskeleton.png to Ares' Exoskeleton (Remote).png, and vice versa.

Trivia

  • The item's tooltip is a reference to the Draedon's Arsenal weapons correlating with certain themes, namely Plasma, Laser, Tesla, Gauss and Pulse. The former four are present in Ares' weapons, while the last one is missing as per the Ares' Cannons buff tooltip.
    • The buff tooltip references the Infernum Mod, where Ares' Gauss Nuke is replaced by a Pulse Cannon during the Exo Mechs battle.

History

These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.
  • 2.0.3.008: Plasma gas no longer performs lighting checks on multiplayer servers to prevent exceptions.
  • 2.0.3.007: Fixed it crashing the game when rendered in the configuration option menu.
  • 2.0.1.003: Fixed its UI being unable to be interacted.
  • 2.0.1.002: Removed 1.1x damage multiplier for Tesla Cannons.