Cosmic Shiv

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Cosmic Shiv

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	270 Melee
Knockback	9 (Very Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	40 Extremely Slow
Velocity	2.4
Tooltip	Fires a cosmic star that homes in on enemies Upon hitting an enemy, a barrage of blades will persistently strike Landing more stars causes more blades to strike
Inflicts Debuff	God Slayer Inferno 100% chance
Debuff duration	4 seconds (Contact) 2 seconds (Blade) 1 second (Star)
Debuff tooltip	Your flesh is burning off
Rarity
Sell	40
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

Cosmic Star

Cosmic Blade

Sounds

Use

The Cosmic Shiv is a craftable post-Moon Lord shortsword that is the direct upgrade to the Elemental Shiv. When used, it fires a cosmic star that homes on nearby enemies and does not pierce. Striking up to 3 enemies with the shortsword itself or with the homing star causes the target to be attacked by 4-9 cosmic blades from random directions for the next 4 seconds. Cosmic blades can pierce up to 4 times. Hits from the stars or sword also have a chance to produce a purely visual star-shaped explosion which can vary in shape and size.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Cosmic Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Elemental Shiv	1
	Cosmilite Bar	8
Result
	Cosmic Shiv	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.

• 2.0.4.001:
  • Reworked:
    • Buffed damage from 98 to 270, but nerfed use time from 18 to 40. The shortsword now grants -1 local immunity frames instead of 8.
    • No longer shoots a fast orb that spawns several blades from the sides and rains down several stars on hit.
    • Now shoots homing stars that spawn an invisible aura over the hit enemy for 4 seconds. This aura continuously summons blade projectiles from all directions for its duration, and multiple auras can be stacked on a single enemy to summon more blades.
  • Increased sell price from 28 to 40 .

• 2.0.3.007: Nerfed damage from 109 to 98. Blades now grant 7 local immunity frames instead of 5.

• 2.0.3.005:
  • Nerfed damage from 218 to 109, but main projectile now deals 100% base damage instead of 50%.
  • The shortsword now grants 8 local immunity frames.
  • Main projectile no longer travels in a sinusoidal pattern or loses Y velocity as it travels, now spawns 2 blades on hit instead of 3, and explosions now deal 150% main projectile damage instead of 180%.
  • Blades no longer have their damage divided by 15 on the first hit, now grant 5 local immunity frames instead of 0 immunity frames, and now deal 80% main projectile damage instead of 100%.
  • Stars now have 2 extra updates, and deal 100% main projectile damage instead of 50%.
  • Fixed it not being able to receive size modifiers.

• 2.0.2.001: Now only inflicts God Slayer Inferno. Increased duration from blade projectiles from 1 second to 2.

• 2.0.1.003: No longer falsely counts as true melee.

• 2.0.1.001:
  • Now only receives 33% of melee swing speed bonuses.
  • Can now be used in any direction.
  • Removed the "Don't underestimate the …" flavor text.

• 1.5.1.001:
  • Direct hit now inflicts God Slayer Inferno for 2 seconds instead of 6, and Brimstone Flames, Frostburn, and Holy Flames for 2 seconds instead of 7.
  • Cosmic orb now inflicts God Slayer Inferno for 1 second instead of 4, and Brimstone Flames, Frostburn, and Holy Flames for 1 second instead of 6.
  • Cosmic blade now inflicts God Slayer Inferno for 1 second instead of 3, and Brimstone Flames, Frostburn, and Holy Flames for 1 second instead of 3.
  • No longer inflicts Plague.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Nerfed damage from 666 to 218.
  • Orb projectiles now grant enemies 8 local immunity frames instead of 4.
  • No longer inflicts Glacial State.
  • Projectile now inflicts Frostburn for 6 seconds and the weapon itself inflicts Frostburn for 7 seconds.
  • Increased homing speed and range.
  • No longer uses Ascendant Spirit Essence or Darksun Fragments in its recipe, and now requires a Cosmic Anvil to craft instead of a Draedon's Forge.

• 1.4.5.002: Now uses 1 Ascendant Spirit Essence in its recipe instead of 5 Nightmare Fuel, 5 Endothermic Energy, and 5 Phantoplasm.

• 1.4.5.001:
  • Nerfed damage from 800 to 666.
  • Fixed a grammar error in its tooltip.

• 1.4.3.002: Fixed a typo in tooltip.

• 1.4.3.001: Introduced.