Pulse Rifle
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 990 Ranged |
| Knockback | 0 (No Knockback) |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 55 Snail |
| Velocity | 5 |
| Tooltip | Fires an enhanced pulse beam that dissipates into 4 high-frequency pulse orbs on hit Pulse orbs aggressively track nearby targets and track faster the more they hit Pulse orb pierce will not decrease when killing enemies or dealing low damage 'My own personal weapon, used to stamp out failed creations. I have backed up the schematics in the event of the original's destruction.' Current Charge: [CHARGE] |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 40  |
| Research | 1 required |
The Pulse Rifle is a craftable post-Moon Lord ranged weapon. When used, it fires a purple hitscan beam that dissipates into 4 pulse orbs on enemy hits that deal 50% of the weapon's damage and pierce up to 3 times before dissipating. The pulse orbs briefly pause in place before aggressively tracking nearby enemies and get faster the more enemies they hit. If the target is killed by the pulse orb, the pierce is not used up and the orb gains 1.5 additional seconds of lifetime. If no enemies are present for the pulse orbs to hit, they will travel straight in the direction they are set in.
The weapon consumes 0.24 units of charge per use and has a maximum charge of 250. As such, the weapon can be used continuously from full charge 1041 times, or for 15 minutes and 54 seconds.
Its best modifier is Unreal. However, the weapon's knockback will not be affected due to already being 0.
Crafting
Recipe
The Pulse Rifle cannot be crafted until the Encrypted Schematic from the Ice 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 Ice biome schematic must be deciphered first
| Crafting Station | ||
|---|---|---|
 Cosmic Anvil | ||
| Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
 | Mysterious Circuitry | 20 |
 | Dubious Plating | 20 |
 | Cosmilite Bar | 8 |
 | Ascendant Spirit Essence | 2 |
| Result | ||
 | Pulse Rifle | 1 |
History
- 2.0.4.002:
- Resprited.
- Fixed its firing sound not playing for other players in multiplayer.
- 2.0.4.001:
- Reworked:
- Nerfed damage from 1200 to 990, and use time from 35 to 55.
- No longer fires a hitscan beam that instantly arcs between up to 4 enemies.
- Now fires a hitscan beam that dissipates into 4 pulse orbs on hit. Pulse orbs briefly pause before aggressively tracking nearby enemies, dealing 50% base damage, and get faster the more enemies they hit.
- Pulse orbs hit up to 3 times before dissipating, but if a hit deals less than 2 damage or kills an enemy, their pierce will not decrease.
- Now has a glowmask while being used.
- Increased sell price from 28 to 40 .
- Resprited.
- Reworked:
- 2.0.3.003: Nerfed damage from 1420 to 1200, it now arcs up to 3 times instead of 5, and each arc now deals 40% previous arc damage instead of 50%. However, increased its range.
- 1.5.1.001: No longer does more damage to inorganic enemies.
- 1.5.0.001:
- Nerfed damage from 10,780 to 1420.
- Can no longer hit enemies at a 4:1 ratio.
- Now uses 2 Ascendant Spirit Essences and 8 Cosmilite Bars in its recipe instead of 4 Auric Bars.
- Now requires a Cosmic Anvil to craft instead of a Draedon's Forge.
- Fixed an issue that caused it to lose its charge when reforged.
- 1.4.5.006: Buffed damage from 6560 to 10,780 and decreased charge per use from 0.3 to 0.24.
- 1.4.5.003:
- Depletion of charge is no longer random, it now consumes 0.3 charge on every use.
- Projectiles can no longer arc off of enemies with body segments.
- 1.4.5.001:
- Now obtainable.
- Renamed from "Draedon's Pulse Rifle" to "Pulse Rifle".
- No longer consumes bullets.
- 1.4.4.001: Introduced, but unobtainable.
