Nadir

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Nadir
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Statistics
TypeWeapon
Damage365 Melee
Knockback8 (Very Strong)
Critical chance4%
Use time18 Average
Velocity12
TooltipFires void essences which flay nearby enemies with tentacles
Ignores immunity frames
'The abyss has stared back at you long enough. It now speaks, and it does not speak softly'
RarityRarity Level: 15
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Research1 required
Projectiles created
Nadir Spear
Nadir
Void Essence
Void Essence
Sounds

Nadir is a craftable post-Moon Lord spear. Each use fires a writhing void essence which deals 25% of the weapon's damage, passes through walls, weakly homes in on enemies and erupts into gray void tentacles after traveling some distance. Void essences slow down rapidly upon touching an enemy and quickly disintegrate, dealing damage several times in the process. When near or touching enemies, the essences constantly spawn void tentacles which impale any nearby targets.

The spear itself, the void essences it fires, and their spawned void tentacles all ignore NPC immunity frames.

Its best modifier is Godly. It cannot get modifiers that affect size. Ruthless might be preferred if the player already has 100% critical strike chance.

Crafting

Recipe

Notes

  • Despite being able to go through tiles, the void essences do not home in on enemies behind solid tiles.

Trivia

  • A nadir is the lowest point of something, the opposite of a zenith.
    • Coincidentally, this draws a parallel with Zenith despite Nadir existing long before Terraria 1.4's release, as Zenith is Vanilla Terraria's ultimate sword, while Nadir is Calamity's strongest spear.
  • The item's tooltip references part of a quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: "Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."
  • The void essences fired by the spear are modeled after Humanity Phantoms from Dark Souls, an enemy commonly found in an area called Chasm of the Abyss.

History

These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.
  • 2.0.3.007: Fixed it lingering for extra animation cycles when switching to another spear while in use.
  • 2.0.3.003:
    • Nerfed damage from 390 to 365, but void tentacles now grant 4 effective local immunity frames instead of 10.
    • Now uses the Rarity Level: 15 rarity instead of Rarity Level: 14.
  • 2.0.3.001:
    • Buffed damage from 280 to 390, increased projectile speed by 66.6% and void projectile duration by 200%. Changed how the void projectiles fade.
    • Now uses 5 Auric Bars in its recipe instead of 8 Cosmilite Bars.
  • 2.0.0.001: Void tentacles now grant 10 effective local immunity frames instead of 1.
  • 1.5.0.001:
    • Nerfed damage from 700 to 280.
    • Now uses 8 Cosmilite Bars and 8 Darksun Fragments in its recipe instead of 10 Cosmilite Bars, 15 Darksun Fragments, and 3 Ascendant Spirit Essences.
    • Now requires a Cosmic Anvil to craft instead of a Draedon's Forge.
  • 1.4.5.002: Now uses 3 Ascendant Spirit Essences in its recipe instead of 15 Phantoplasm.
  • 1.4.5.001:
    • Nerfed damage from 800 to 700, and the spear now grants 4 local immunity frames instead of 2.
    • Void Essences now deal 25% base damage instead of a flat 160 damage.
  • 1.4.2.107: Projectiles are now briefly invisible upon spawning.
  • 1.4.2.105: Decreased sell price from 50 Gold Coin to 36 Gold Coin.