Mounted Scanner
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 41 Summon |
| Knockback | 2 (Very Weak) |
| Mana cost | 10 |
| Use time | 24 Slow |
| Tooltip | Summons a powerful scanner module above your head that fires lasers at nearby enemies Current Charge: [CHARGE] |
| Grants Buff |  Mounted Scanner |
| Buff tooltip | Powerful machinery surrounds you |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 4  80  |
| Research | 1 required |
| Summons Minion |
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| Mounted Scanner |
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The Mounted Scanner is a craftable Hardmode summon weapon. It summons a floating machine that surrounds the player. When an enemy is nearby, the machine fires red laser beams at them. The beam's damage is reduced by 40% every hit.
The weapon consumes 0.85 units of charge per use and has a maximum charge of 85. As such, the weapon can be used continuously from full charge 100 times, or for 40 seconds.
Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits. The only lasting advantage a Mythical Mounted Scanner has over a Ruthless one is knockback.
Crafting
Recipe
The Mounted Scanner 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 | 15 |
 | Dubious Plating | 5 |
 | Any Mythril Bar | 10 |
 | Soul of Fright | 20 |
| Result | ||
 | Mounted Scanner | 1 |
History
- 2.0.1.003: Nerfed minion firing rate by 73.33%.
- 2.0.1.002: Minions and their projectiles now deal minion damage, preventing them from unintentionally critically striking.
- 1.5.1.001:
- No longer deals decreased damage based on enemy defense, and updated tooltip to reflect this.
- Minions no longer respawn with the player.
- Removed the period from the first line of its tooltip.
- 1.5.0.001:
- Now has a use time of 24 instead of 25.
- 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.
- Fixed an oversight that caused it to exponentially increase its minion damage while losing charge.
- 1.4.5.003: Now uses charge with a maximum of 85, consuming 0.85 charge for every minion summoned.
- 1.4.5.001: Introduced.
