Shifting Sands

Shifting Sands

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	76 Magic
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana cost	20
Critical chance	4%
Use time	29 Slow
Velocity	21 effective
Tooltip	Casts a sand shard that follows the mouse cursor
Rarity
Sell	9  60
Research	1 required

Projectile created

Shifting Sand Shard

Sounds

Use

Explosion

The Shifting Sands is a craftable Hardmode wand that is a direct upgrade to the Magic Missile. Upon use, it fires a swift projectile that follows the mouse cursor and pierces up-to 4 enemies, and will explode on the fifth enemy or upon tile contact. Unlike the Magic Missile, the weapon auto-fires and the projectile does not home. The weapon cannot be used again until the current projectile dissipates.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Magic Missile	1
	Grand Scale	1
	Forbidden Fragment	2
	Spectre Bar	5
Result
	Shifting Sands	1

Trivia

• The Shifting Sands was implemented based on a community suggestion made by ijones72 and ThatGuy on the mod's Discord server.

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.

• 2.0.3.005: Nerfed damage from 92 to 76.

• 2.0.2.001:
  • Buffed damage from 61 to 92.
  • Decreased sell price from 12 to 9  60 .

• 1.4.5.001: Nerfed damage from 85 to 61, and it can now only spawn up to one projectile when continuously held.

• 1.4.4.004:
  • Nerfed damage from 90 to 85, and use time from 18 to 30.
  • Now has auto use and projectiles grant 10 local immunity frames instead of 5 global immunity frames.

• 1.4.2.105: Explosion now pierces infinitely and grants 10 local immunity frames.

• 1.4.2.103: Sand Darts now have afterimages.

• 1.4.1.001: Buffed damage from 90 to 95.

• 1.3.3.011: Introduced.