Gauss Pistol
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 150 Magic |
| Knockback | 11 (Extremely Strong) |
| Mana cost | 6 |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 20 Average |
| Velocity | 14 |
| Tooltip | Fires a devastating high-velocity blast with extreme knockback 'Though this arcane pistol may seem mundane, it is deceivingly powerful. One of the many advantages of magical firearms is that size does not equal power.' Current Charge: [CHARGE] |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 4  80  |
| Research | 1 required |
The Gauss Pistol is a craftable Hardmode magic gun. When used, it fires a sharpened green blast that is initially immobilized. After half a second, the blast travels towards the direction of the cursor when the item is used.
The weapon consumes 0.05 units of charge per use and has a maximum charge of 85. As such, the weapon can be used continuously from full charge 1700 times, or for 9 minutes and 26 seconds.
Its best modifier is Mythical.
Crafting
Recipe
The Gauss Pistol cannot be crafted until the Encrypted Schematic from the Space Bio-center Lab is decrypted. If the requirement has not been met, two lines of tooltip are added at the bottom of the item:
You don't have sufficient knowledge to create this yet
The Planetoid schematic must be deciphered first
| Crafting Station | ||
|---|---|---|
 Mythril Anvilor  Orichalcum Anvil | ||
| Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
 | Mysterious Circuitry | 12 |
 | Dubious Plating | 8 |
 | Any Mythril Bar | 10 |
 | Soul of Might | 20 |
| Result | ||
 | Gauss Pistol | 1 |
Trivia
- The Gauss Pistol is a reference to the weapon of the same name from Fallout 2 and uses the sound effect of the Gauss Rifle from the series' later installments.
History
- 2.0.1.002: Buffed damage from 110 to 150.
- 1.5.1.001: Removed the period from the first line of its tooltip.
- 1.5.0.001:
- Now uses 10 Any Mythril Bars in its recipe instead of 10 Hallowed Bars.
- Fixed an issue that caused it to lose its charge when reforged.
- 1.4.5.006: Nerfed damage from 130 to 110, but the green blast projectile now stays still for 50% less time.
- 1.4.5.003: Depletion of charge is no longer random, it now consumes 0.05 charge on every use.
- 1.4.5.001: Introduced.
