Flails are weapons that fly out from the player and drop sharply almost
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instantly, dealing massive amounts of damage and returning to the player after being thrown, passing through and damaging even more enemies.
They lie somewhere between melee and ranged weapons. They aren't good for fighting off enemies from multiple angles or single, fast-moving enemies. They are devastating against enemies with many segments or tightly-packed clusters of enemies, such as the Eater of Worlds.
As of patch 1.0.6, if you hold down the left mouse button the flail will now stay
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out and not return to you, and, will continue to damage enemies while it is out. Also, the size of the flail's spiked ball has been reduced. As of version 1.1.1, flails can no longer be reforged with any size modifiers, ruling out Legendary and leaving the best prefix as "Godly".
As of 1.4, you can now spin a flail before throwing it.
| Name | Base Damage | Knockback | Use Time | Rarity | AutoUse | Recipe | Value | Obtainable from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chain Knife
|
11 Melee Damage | Weak | Very Fast |  |
No | None | 2  |
Has a chance of dropping from Cave Bats |
| Ball O' Hurt
|
15 Melee Damage | Strong | Very Slow |  |
No | None | 54 |
Found in Chests and Drops from Shadow Orb |
| The Meatball
|
16 Melee Damage | Strong | Very Slow | |
No | 10 Crimtane Bar 5 Tissue Sample |
54 |
Crafted at an Anvil |
| Blue Moon
|
23 Melee Damage | Average | Average | |
No | None | 54 |
Found in Chests in the Dungeon |
Harpoon |
25 Ranged Damage | Average | Average | |
Yes | None | 54 |
Has a chance of dropping during Goblin Invasions |
 |
30 Melee Damage | Average | Average | 
|
No | None | 1 
|
Found in Wooden Crates or from fishing in the Ocean |
Sunfury
|
33 Melee Damage | Strong | Very Slow |
|
No | None | 54
|
Found in Shadow Chests |
KO Cannon
|
35 Melee Damage | Strong | Average |  |
Yes | None | 34 |
Possible drop during Blood Moon event in Hardmode |
Chain Guillotines
|
43 Melee Damage | Weak | Very Fast |  |
Yes | None | 2 |
Possible drop from Corrupt Mimics |
Dao of Pow
|
63 Melee Damage | Strong | Very Slow | |
No | 1 Dark Shard 1 Light Shard 7 Souls of Light 7 Souls of Night |
2 88 |
Crafted at a Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil |
Flower Pow
|
65 Melee Damage | Very Strong | Very Slow |  |
No | None | 6 |
Possible drop from Plantera |
Golem Fist |
76 Melee Damage | Very Strong | Average | |
Yes | None | 5 |
Possible drop for the Golem boss |
| 66 Melee Damage | Average | Very Fast |  |
Yes | None | 5 |
Possible drop from Duke Fishron | |
| 105 Melee Damage | Very Weak | Very Fast |  |
Yes | 18 Solar Fragments | 10 |
Crafted at an Ancient Manipulator |
