Shell Hammer (Avalon)

Shell Hammer

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	98 (Melee)
Knockback	12 (Insane)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	35 (Slow)
Velocity	7
Tooltip	Lobs shells
Rarity	07*
Sell	620
Research	1 required

Creates Projectile

• Shell
  

Sounds

Use

The Shell Hammer is a Hardmode projectile melee weapon which lobs a shell projectile that slides along the ground, traversing inclines up to one block in height, otherwise bouncing off the side of blocks and changing directions. The shell will pierce an unlimited amount of enemies, disappearing after 15 seconds.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result Ingredients Crafting station Shell Hammer Chlorophyte Bar (18) Turtle Shell Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil or Naquadah Anvil total: 1 row(s)

Notes

• The Shell Hammer does not fire a shell projectile at the start of each use, instead firing one every 50 game ticks while the hammer is being swung as opposed to every 35 game ticks, which would align with the start of each swing.
• If the shell projectile is slowed down, such as by entering a liquid or from being initially fired upwards or downwards, it will slowly speed up until it reaches its maximum horizontal velocity.

Trivia

• Despite being called the Shell Hammer, it has no hammer capabilities.
• The original idea and sprites for this weapon came from a forum post by user Milt69466, as an additional use for Turtle Shells.
  • The Spirit Mod also has a Shell Hammer weapon, based upon the same forum post.
• The shell projectile bouncing off of walls is a reference to the Koopa Shells from the Mario video game series.

History

• 1.0.0: Introduced.