The Ballista

The Ballista

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Statistics

Type	Weapon – Crafting material
Damage	108 Ranged
Knockback	8 (Very Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	22 Average
Velocity	20
Tooltip	Converts wooden arrows into greatarrows that crush enemy armor and break into shards
Inflicts Debuff	Armor Crunch 100% chance
Debuff duration	3 seconds (Arrow) 1 second (Fossil shard)
Debuff tooltip	Your armor is shredded
Rarity
Sell	12
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

Ballista Great Arrow

Fossil Shard

Sounds

Use

Shatter

The Ballista is a craftable Hardmode bow that auto-fires. It converts Wooden Arrows into special arrows that can pierce one enemy and shatter into fossil shards upon hitting a second, as well as upon hitting solid blocks. Fossil shards deal 25% of the weapon's base damage. All projectiles will inflict the Armor Crunch debuff.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Marrow	1
	Forbidden Fragment	1
	Ectoplasm	10
Result
	The Ballista	1

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Heavenly Gale	Planetary Annihilation Telluric Glare Clockwork Bow The Ballista Miracle Matter	Draedon's Forge

total: 1 row(s)

Notes

• The Magic Quiver increases the damage of the arrows shot by The Ballista, but doesn't increase the speed.
• Astrum Aureus takes only 65% damage from The Ballista's greatarrows.

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.

• 2.0.2.002: Nerfed damage from 120 to 108.

• 2.0.2.001:
  • Buffed damage from 99 to 120.
  • Decreased amount of shards spawned on death from 6 to 3, but buffed damage from 20% base damage to 25%.
  • The arrow now grants 10 local immunity frames instead of 12 global immunity frames.
  • Decreased sell price from 16 to 12 .

• 1.5.1.001: Converted arrow now inflicts Armor Crunch for 3 seconds instead of 6.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Buffed damage from 90 to 99.
  • Now only converts Wooden Arrows.

• 1.4.2.109:
  • Nerfed damage from 125 to 90 and use time from 20 to 22.
  • Fossil shards now deal 20% base damage instead of 75%.

• 1.4.2.108: Resprited shard and arrow projectiles.

• 1.4.2.105:
  • Nerfed damage from 145 to 125.
  • Arrow now pierces 2 times instead of 3.
  • Fixed unique arrows not being affected by the Archery Potion.

• 1.4.2.104: Projectiles now make sounds upon hitting blocks.

• 1.4.2.103: Arrows now have afterimages.

• 1.4.2.102: Added a tooltip.

• 1.4.2.101: Resprited.

• 1.4.1.001:
  • Buffed damage from 95 to 145.
  • Arrow now sets NPC immunity frames to 12 instead of 6.

• 1.3.3.001: Buffed damage from 90 to 95.

• 1.2.4.204: Nerfed damage from 110 to 90.

• 1.2.1.007: Resprited.

• 1.1.7.901: Removed tooltip "Converts all arrows fired into ballista great arrows. Ballista great arrows are powerful enough to shatter even the toughest armor".

• 1.1.7.851: Special arrow now sets NPC immunity frames to 6.

• 1.1.6.13: Resprited arrows.

• 1.1.5.0948: Introduced.