Tactical Plague Engine

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Tactical Plague Engine
  • Tactical Plague Engine.png
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Statistics
TypeWeaponCrafting material
Damage140 Summon
Knockback0.5 (Extremely Weak)
Mana cost10
Use time14 Fast
Velocity14 effective
TooltipSummons a plague jet to pummel your enemies into submission
Jets will fire bullets from your inventory
Sometimes shoots a missile instead of a bullet
50% chance to save ammo
Missiles do not consume ammo
Grants BuffTactical Plague Engine (buff)Tactical Plague Engine
Buff tooltipA giant plague jet is following you
Inflicts DebuffPlaguePlague
100% chance

Debuff duration3 seconds (Missile)
Debuff tooltipRotting from the inside
RarityRarity Level: 10
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Research1 required
Projectile created
Mini Plaguebringer Homing Rocket
Plague Rocket
Sounds
Summons Minion
Plague Jet
Plague Jet.gif

The Tactical Plague Engine is a craftable post-Moon Lord summon weapon. When used, it summons a Plague Jet minion that fires and consumes bullets. It will attempt to fire from above, and will occasionally fire homing missiles instead of bullets, which inflict the Plague debuff and deal 150% of the weapon's base damage. Additionally, it will always align itself horizontally when idle.

Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits. The only lasting advantage a Mythical Tactical Plague Engine has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Crafting

Recipe

Used in

Tips

  • It is recommended to use the Endless Musket Pouch with this weapon as it gives the player infinite ammo, negating the need to have several stacks of bullets in the player's inventory to use the weapon effectively.
  • This summon weapon can be used to great effect when paired with Ichor Bullets as it can inflict Ichor on enemies without the player having to switch weapons.
    • However, as the minions shoot quite fast, this can be quite expensive.

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.
  • 2.0.2.001:
    • Nerfed damage from 160 to 140.
    • Now fires Plague rockets every 2 shots instead of 20.
    • No longer uses Infected Remote, 15 Plague Cell Canisters, or 8 Infected Armor Plating in its recipe.
  • 2.0.1.003: Nerfed damage from 200 to 160 and minion firing rate by 40%.
  • 2.0.1.002:
    • Buffed damage from 52 to 200.
    • Fixed it not scaling with summon damage.
  • 1.5.0.001:
    • Buffed damage from 45 to 52 and they now update twice as fast.
    • Now has a use time of 14 instead of 15.
    • Can no longer fire two bullets at the same time.
    • Fixed an issue that caused its bullet damage to scale several times in its damage calculation.
  • 1.4.5.001:
    • Now uses 5 Luminite Bars in its recipe instead of 10.
    • Fixed minions not teleporting to the player if too far.
  • 1.4.4.003: Nerfed damage from 54 to 45, but increased missile damage from 100% base damage to 150%.