Luxor's Gift

Luxor's Gift

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Statistics

Type	Accessory
Tooltip	Weapons fire unique projectiles based on the damage type they have Some weapons are unable to receive this bonus
Rarity
Sell	80
Research	1 required

Summons Minion
Green Sign

Luxor's Gift is a Pre-Hardmode accessory that is obtained from the Sandstone Chest found in the Underground Desert shrine. When equipped, most weapons will release 1 of 5 projectiles that change based on the weapon's damage type with each use.

Projectile Types

Type	Damage Type	Description
Red Orb	Melee	Red orbs bounce off tiles, pierce twice, dissipate after 5 seconds and deal 25% of the weapon's base damage.
Blue Lightning Bolt	Ranged	Blue lightning bolts deal 15% of the weapon's base damage and hits the enemy twice.
Orange Pendant	Magic	Orange pendants pierce once and slow down by 75% on hit. They deal 30% of the weapon's base damage.
Green Sign	Summon	A green hieroglyph minion which dashes into enemies, similar to the Deadly Sphere Staff's minion. Damage dealt is shared with the initial weapon used to summon it, and only 1 hieroglyph can exist at a time.
Purple Scorpion	Rogue	Purple scorpions are affected by gravity, bounce and pierce 3 times, and deal 20% of the weapon's base damage.

Notes

• All projectiles from this accessory inflict 10 local immunity frames.
  • Due to this, and the fact that magic pendants slow down considerably after hitting a target, the pendants are able to hit the same target twice.
• Most channeling and true melee weapons are not affected as well as various vanilla weapons.
  • True melee spears and shortswords are still affected by Luxor's Gift.
• The projectiles deal less damage when used with weapons with a use time less than 10.
  • The damage decreases by 10% for each point of use time below 10, (i.e. a use time of 4 would deal 60% less damage).
• When used with certain broadswords that use a separate cooldown timer for firing their projectile, such as the Enchanted Sword, the accessory's projectile will share that cooldown.
• The projectiles' velocity scales with the velocity of the used weapon.
• Unlike most minions, the green sign does not have an associated buff.
  • The green sign can be canceled by unequipping the accessory; otherwise, it will not dissipate until the player dies.
  • Despite behaving like an extra minion, it is possible to produce a green sign with whips due to them dealing summon damage.
• As the extra projectiles' damages are dictated solely by the weapon's base damage and its use time, weapons that fire projectiles with a fraction of their base damage such as the Blade of Grass synergize especially well with this accessory.
  • Conversely, weapons that fire multiple projectiles or deal more than their base damage each shot, such as the Boomstick and the Fungicide, synergize badly.

Trivia

• This accessory is a reference to the video game Luxor, in which the player aims to break chains of colored balls before they reach a certain endpoint. The game is in turn a reference to the Egyptian city of Luxor.
  • The item appearing in the Underground Desert is also a reference to the game's ancient Egyptian style and the city it is named after.
• The green summon sign is the Egyptian hieroglyph for "Feather" or "E".
• The red melee orb is the Egyptian hieroglyph for "Sun" or "sun-disc".
• The orange magic pendant bears similarities to the Egyptian hieroglyph known as the Ankh, which symbolizes life.

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: Resprited melee, ranged, magic, and rogue projectiles. Previous sprites were

• 2.0.1.002: No longer functions on channeling items.

• 2.0.0.003: Fixed a bug that allowed its projectiles to be rapidly fired when using Titanium Railgun.

• 1.4.5.006:
  • Reverted nerfs:
    • Buffed melee Red Orb damage from 40% base damage to 60%.
    • Buffed ranged Blue Lightning Bolt damage from 27.5% base damage to 40%.
    • Buffed magic Pendant damage from 52.5% base damage to 80%.
    • Buffed rogue Scorpion damage from 35% base damage to 50%.
  • Resprited. Previous sprite was

• 1.4.5.004:
  • Nerfed melee Red Orb damage from 60% base damage to 40%.
  • Nerfed ranged Blue Lightning Bolt damage from 40% base damage to 27.5%.
  • Nerfed magic Pendant damage from 80% base damage to 52.5%.
  • Nerfed rogue Scorpion damage from 50% base damage to 35%.
  • Resprited all five projectiles. Previous sprites were

• 1.4.5.003:
  • Melee orbs now have a soft damage cap of 60.
  • Ranged lightning bolts now have a soft damage cap of 40.
  • Magic pendants now have a soft damage cap of 80.
  • Rogue scorpions now have a soft damage cap of 50.

• 1.4.3.001: Fixed minion not benefitting from increased all-class damage.

• 1.4.2.105:
  • Ranged projectile explosions now pierce infinitely and grant 10 local immunity frames.
  • Projectiles now deal less damage when created by weapons with a use time of less than 9.
  • Rogue projectiles now deal 50% weapon damage instead of 80%.
  • Ranged projectiles now deal 40% weapon damage instead of 50%.

• 1.4.2.103: Now has afterimages.

• 1.4.2.102: Summoner glyph now disappears when the player dies.

• 1.4.2.101: Introduced.