The Microwave

The Microwave

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	111 Melee
Knockback	3 (Very Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	22 Average
Reach (tiles)	32
Attack duration	∞
Velocity	28 effective
Tooltip	Fries nearby enemies with radiation An exceptionally agile yoyo 'Cooking, Astral Infection style'
Inflicts Debuff	Astral Infection 100% chance
Debuff duration	4 seconds (Yoyo) 3 seconds (Aura)
Debuff tooltip	Your flesh is melting off
Rarity
Sell	16
Research	1 required

Projectile created

The Microwave

Sounds

Use

Hum

Beep

Dropped by
Entity	Quantity	Rate
Astrum Deus	1	25% / 33.33%

The Microwave is a Hardmode yoyo that is dropped by Astrum Deus. While the yoyo is in the air, a small aura surrounds it which continuously damages nearby enemies, dealing 35% of the yoyo's base damage and inflicting the Astral Infection debuff.

Its best modifier is Godly. It cannot get modifiers that affect size.

Trivia

• The Microwave emits a notable humming noise as it travels, and a beep sound when enemies are killed with it, mimicking that of a real-life microwave oven. Its tooltip makes reference to this, mentioning cooking.
• The Microwave could also be a reference to the Cosmic microwave background radiation in space, supported by the weapon's related boss being themed around space.

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.

• 2.0.3.002: Buffed range from 28.125 tiles to 32 and effective top speed from 28 to 54.

• 2.0.2.001: Buffed damage from 65 to 111.

• 2.0.1.002: Decreased sell price from 19 to 16 .

• 1.5.1.001: Yoyo now inflicts Astral Infection for 4 seconds instead of 5.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Yoyo projectile now grants 20 local immunity frames instead of 10.
  • Kill sound now has an internal 0.75 second cooldown.

• 1.4.5.004: Buffed yoyo range from 19.5 tiles to 28.25, nerfed aura damage from 50% base damage to 35%.

• 1.4.5.001: Added a sound for when the yoyo returns to the player.

• 1.4.4.001: Removed extraneous dust-only projectiles.

• 1.4.3.001: Now obtainable.

• 1.4.2.109: Introduced, but unobtainable.