Shadethrower

Shadethrower

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	21 Ranged
Knockback	1.5 (Extremely Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	30 Very Slow
Velocity	32 effective
Tooltip	Spits clouds of shade which afflict enemies with brain rot Uses gel for ammo
Inflicts Debuff	Brain Rot 100% chance
Debuff duration	5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Your neurons are popping like corn kernels
Rarity
Sell	80
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

Dropped by
Entity	Quantity	Rate
The Hive Mind	1	25% / 33.33%

The Shadethrower is a craftable Pre-Hardmode flamethrower that is also dropped by The Hive Mind. It fires shade clouds that have infinite piercing but with limited range and inflict the Brain Rot debuff for 5 seconds on contact.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Demonite Bar	4
	Rotten Matter	12
	Rotten Chunk	4
Result
	Shadethrower	1

Notes

• Unlike most flamethrowers, this weapon works underwater, as it fires shade clouds as opposed to fire.

Trivia

• This weapon's name is a pun on the slang term "throwing shade," which is to publicly but subtly insult or criticize someone.

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.

• 2.0.3.007:
  • Nerfed use animation from 10 to 30, but flames now grant 10 ID-static immunity frames.
  • No longer has a 66% chance to not consume ammo.
  • Improved its flame visuals.

• 2.0.3.005: Nerfed damage from 24 to 21, but it now inflicts Brain Rot for 5 seconds.

• 2.0.3.001: Now uses 4 Demonite Bars, 12 Rotten Matter, and 4 Rotten Chunks in its recipe instead of 7, 10, and 3.

• 2.0.2.001: Moved Rotten Chunk to the bottom of the recipe.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • Now has a tank behind the player.
  • Resprited.

• 1.4.2.104: Increased chance to not consume Gel from 33% to 66%.

• 1.3.3.001: Resprited.

• 1.1.7: Fixed a hold offset issue.

• 1.1.5.095: Resprited.

• 1.1.5.05: Fixed fire interacting strangely with tiles.

• 1.1.5: Introduced.