Polaris Parrotfish

Polaris Parrotfish

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	35 Ranged
Knockback	0.5 (Extremely Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	6 Very Fast
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Rapidly fires an array of colorful star shots that bounce off tiles However, only two shots can exist at once 'It carries the mark of the Northern Star'
Rarity
Sell	2  40
Research	1 required

Projectile created

Star Shot

Sounds

Use

The Polaris Parrotfish is a Hardmode ranged weapon that can be fished up in the Astral Infection. When used, it rapidly fires pink and blue lasers that vanish in a star-shaped flash after traveling a fixed distance or upon hitting enemies or tiles. It will not fire if two lasers already exist.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

• In the Get fixed boi seed, Polaris Parrotfish receives several changes:
  • Adds a secondary fire (Right Click) to pet the fish, causing a squeak sound and a pop-up text ^-^, as well as one of the following status messages:
    • "You give Polaris belly rubs"
    • "You give Polaris a small treat"
    • "You tell Polaris she's a good girl"
    • "You let Polaris cuddle your arm"
    • "You pet Polaris"
  • Petting doubles the fire rate of the weapon. Each attack has a 1% chance for the effect to wear off, signaled by a squeak sound and a pop-up text >~<.
  • Petting while already happy has a 2% chance for the player to be inflicted with the Obstructed debuff, causing two sounds and a status message "Too much love...". The player is then surrounded by 50 Astral Crystals which damage the player for 1000 / 2000 / 3000 damage.
  • The last line of the tooltip is replaced with the following:
    Right click to give the little girl some attention
    'She is a happy girl'

Tips

• As there can only be two lasers at a time, being closer to targets causes the projectiles to hit sooner, thus increasing the fire rate.

Trivia

• The Polaris Parrotfish is a reference to the "Polar Star" gun from the game Cave Story. The last line of the tooltip is directly quoted from its tooltip in Cave Story.
  • The firing sound is a modified version of the Level 3 Polar Star's firing sound, and the squeaking sound is a generic hurt sound from Cave Story.
  • The older version of the weapon getting more powerful as hits are landed without being hit was somewhat reminiscent of Cave Story's weapon EXP mechanic. In it, weapons level up when enough EXP crystals are picked up, but the equipped weapon loses EXP when getting hit, and can level down.
  • The Get fixed boi version of the weapon uses a common squeaking sound found throughout Cave Story.
• Additionally, the name is a reference to Polaris, also known as the North Star.
• In the Get fixed boi seed, the Dragoon Drizzlefish and Polaris Parrotfish both cause sound effects and pop-up text when fed or petted. Their tooltips also suggest they are counterparts: the former is a "hungry boy", and the latter is a "happy girl".

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.

• 2.0.4.002: Star shots can no longer bounce off tiles.

• 2.0.4.001:
  • Reworked:
    • Nerfed damage from 72 to 35, knockback from 2.25 to 0.5, and shot speed from 15 to 10, but buffed use time from 21 to 6.
    • No longer fires lasers which grant the Polaris Boost buff or get stronger on successive hits.
    • Now rapidly fires star shots which can bounce off tiles. However, only 2 projectiles can exist at once, requiring staying close to constantly fire.
  • Now considered a specialist weapon.
  • Removed Polaris Boost.

• 2.0.2.001: Polaris Boost's buff tooltip now states that it increases life regeneration.

• 2.0.0.001: Taking damage now reduces the counter by 10 instead of completely resetting the counter.

• 1.5.1.001:
  • Now uses the rarity instead of .
  • No longer considered a nature weapon.

• 1.4.5.001: Nerfed damage from 60 to 50.

• 1.4.2.109: Polaris Boost buff no longer displays a timer.

• 1.4.2.108: Now counted as a nature weapon.

• 1.4.2.106: Introduced.