Gruesome Eminence

Gruesome Eminence

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	666 Magic
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana cost	8
Critical chance	4%
Use time	27 Slow
Velocity	9
Tooltip	Summons a gaseous conglomeration of spirits near the cursor At first, the spirits will fly wildly. This can hurt enemies and players However, over time they will begin to accumulate to create a single, controllable monstrosity 'The spirits of the amalgam could never pass on to their desired afterlife, Tainted and melded by rage as they were.'
Rarity
Sell	30
Research	1 required

Projectile created

Spirit Congregation

Sounds

Use

Small Spirit

Full Size

Gruesome Eminence Holdout

The Gruesome Eminence in use. Note the movements of the spirit monster before and after it is tame.

The Gruesome Eminence is a post-Moon Lord magic weapon. It is the exhumed form of the Ghastly Visage. It fires a spirit monster that poorly follows the cursor and occasionally moves around randomly on its own. As time passes, it spawns small spirits which deal 140 / 280 / 420 to the player and NPCs. After 14 seconds, it grows to full size and becomes fully controllable by the player, but also stop releasing spirits. The damage of the spirit gradually builds up from 1x to 1.85x as it builds up to full size, but will also deal 360 / 450 / 540 damage to the player once fully grown.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Ghastly Visage	Gruesome Eminence	Shimmer Transmutation

total: 1 row(s)

Notes

• The Gruesome Eminence's spirit congregation only deals 85% damage to XM-05 Thanatos.
• The Gruesome Eminence only consumes mana when the player first fires the spirit monster; it does not consume any mana while in use.

Trivia

• The amalgam mentioned in the item's description refers to Polterghast.
  • This would seem to indicate that the spirit congregation summoned by this weapon is comprised of the souls of Polterghast.
• The interior of the spirit monster contains two different silhouettes resembling Giygas from the EarthBound franchise, and another resembling a fetus.
• The weapon itself bears a resemblance to the trinkets dropped by The Collector from Darkest Dungeon, particularly Dismas' Head.

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.

• 2.0.3.003:
  • Nerfed damage from 888 to 666, decreased maximum damage of the Spirit Congregation from 330% base damage to 185%, and it now grants 12 local immunity frames instead of 6.
  • Now exempt from the pierce resist system.
  • Can now be shimmered to de-exhume it into Ghastly Visage.

• 2.0.2.001:
  • Now never stops being able to hurt the player.
  • Buffed damage dealt to the player from 92 to 360 / 450 / 540 at full power.

• 2.0.1.003: Fixed it not loading properly.

• 1.5.1.001:
  • Fixed an error while loading its particles.
  • Fixed a layering issue where its particles overlap over the Spirit Congregration sprite.
  • Fixed an issue spawning particles in Multiplayer.

• 1.5.0.001: Introduced.