Astral Blaster

Astral Blaster

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	120 Ranged
Knockback	2.75 (Very Weak)
Critical chance	29%
Use time	15 Average
Velocity	36 effective
Tooltip	Converts musket balls into homing astral rounds
Inflicts Debuff	Astral Infection 100% chance
Debuff duration	2 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Your flesh is melting off
Rarity
Sell	16
Research	1 required

Projectile created

Astral Round

Sounds

Use

The Astral Blaster is a craftable Hardmode gun. When Musket Balls are used for ammo, bullets fired become astral rounds that home in on enemies and inflict the Astral Infection debuff.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Ancient Manipulator
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Astral Bar	6
Result
	Astral Blaster	1

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

• 2.0.1.002: Decreased sell price from 19 to 16 .

• 1.5.0.001: Now only converts Musket Balls.

• 1.4.3.002: Nerfed damage from 150 to 120.

• 1.4.2.108: Astral Round projectile now has more afterimages.

• 1.4.2.106: Astral Round now uses a sprite for its projectile instead of just dust.

• 1.4.2.104:
  • Now inflicts Astral Infection for 2 seconds instead of Frostburn for 4 seconds.
  • Projectiles now make sounds upon hitting blocks.

• 1.4.2.102:
  • Buffed damage from 100 to 150, but nerfed use time from 10 to 14.
  • Now uses the rarity instead of .
  • Increased sell price from 12 to 19 .
  • Now requires an Ancient Manipulator to craft instead of a Hardmode Anvil.
  • Added a tooltip.

• 1.4.1.001: Buffed damage from 72 to 100.

• 1.4.0.002:
  • Fixed Astral Round projectile being invisible.
  • Fixed projectiles using the wrong dust types.

• 1.4.0.001: Resprited.

• 1.3.4.101: Resprited.

• 1.2.2.001:
  • Nerfed damage from 80 to 72.
  • Lowered the range it takes for projectiles to start homing in on a target.

• 1.2.1.004: Nerfed damage from 90 to 80.

• 1.2.0.001: Nerfed damage from 100 to 90.

• 1.1.7.944: Nerfed damage from 125 to 100.

• 1.1.7.901:
  • Buffed damage from 47 to 125 and use time from 22 to 11.
  • Now uses the rarity instead of .
  • Gave it an increased critical strike chance.
  • Now uses 6 Astral Bars in its recipe instead of 3 Fallen Stars, 1 Soul of Light, 1 Soul of Night, and 7 Verstaltite Bars.

• 1.1.7.701: Now produces less dust.

• 1.1.7.51: Buffed damage from 40 to 47, use time from 23 to 21, and knockback from 2.5 to 2.75.

• 1.1.6.15: Introduced.