Guns

There is a variety of Guns available in Terraria with increasing damage and/or speed as the player acquires stronger and stronger guns. The guns range from early to modern styles and designs, from the Flintlock Pistol to the Phoenix Blaster, Megashark or the Chain Gun.

As of the PC 1.0.6 update, the total amount of ammunition available shows up underneath the gun when in the hotbar, whether they be Musket Balls, Silver Bullets, Meteor Shot or even Sand, Snowballs and Fallen Stars for the Sandgun, Snowball Cannon and Star Cannon respectively. Guns that can use multiple types of ammunition will show a grand total of all available ammunition if more than one type is available in a player's Inventory.

Finding Guns

Some guns are easier to obtain than others. The Handgun, for example can be found in Gold Chests in the Dungeon. Some guns, like the Clockwork Assault Rifle can only be obtained by defeating certain monsters. In this case, the Wall of Flesh. Still others (as a few examples, the Minishark, Flintlock Pistol, the Gatligator, or the Shotgun) can be bought from the Arms Dealer or other NPC vendors.

The Musket.

A fantastic early weapon is the Musket. For many players, it is the first firearm they obtain. It uses a minimal amount of bullets and offers a good knockback and fair damage, although its rate of fire is quite slow. It is probably one of the most accessible guns, being found by smashing Shadow Orbs in The Corruption. It is considered a must-have because it is one of the easiest weapons to find, thus causing the Arms Dealer to spawn. It will use all common forms of ammunition (Musket Balls, Silver Bullets, or Meteor Shots and other common bullets).

In worlds that have The Crimson in place of the Corruption, players will find obtaining their first weapon even easier. There are no chasms to fall all the way down and die from fall damage, being replaced by steep but easily traversed zigzagging tunnels. Destroying the Pulsating Hearts found within will always yield The Undertaker as the first drop, as well as some Musket Balls. It does less damage than the Musket but has a higher rate of fire.

Ammunition

Most guns use Musket Balls or variations of this ammunition as well as bullets made from the Empty Bullet.

Unique firearms have their own forms of ammunition, for example:

• The Star Cannon uses Fallen Stars; which isn’t the easiest ammunition to get, but its high rate of fire and damage may make the tradeoff worth it for some players.
• The Snowball Cannon uses Snowballs, which are easily obtainable in large quantities — 15 Snowballs can be crafted from a single Snow Block. It has a high rate of fire, but does little damage compared to most firearms.
• The Stynger uses Stynger Bolts as ammunition. Both the weapon and its ammunition are first obtained from the Golem. Thereafter, the ammunition can be bought from the Arms Dealer. It is a highly effective end-game weapon that, while doing less damage directly, causes a myriad of explosions with each shot that all do damage independently.
• The Sandgun uses Sand Blocks as ammunition. The Sandgun can only be crafted, with 10 Antlion Mandible (Rare drop from Antlion), 5 Topaz, and the Illegal Gun Parts. (obtained from the Arms Dealer for 25 )
• Flare guns use flares and blue flares, both purchasable from the merchant for 7  each, both colors cost the same. However, you can only buy flares after getting a flare gun.

AoE Guns

Area of Effect weapons (i.e., explosive guns) do damage in a predetermined area which will damage more than one enemy and (depending on the gun and the ammo type) sometimes even the terrain. The Proximity Mine Launcher, Grenade Launcher, Rocket Launcher, Snowman Cannon, Celebration and Stynger are all Area of Effect weapons (although the last causes multiple explosions instead of just one, being less predictable in the exact effect area).

List of Guns

Note: Please keep in mind that "Base Damage" refers to the damage before Accessory, Armor and Buff bonuses are applied.

Name	Base Damage	Knockback	Use Time	Rarity	Auto Use	Ammo	Recipe	Value	Obtainable from	Other properties
Flare Gun	2 Ranged Damage	0 (None)	17 (Very Fast)		No		None	1	Found in Chests	Flares inflict On Fire debuff
Snowball Cannon	4 Ranged Damage	5 (Average)	11 (Very Fast)		Yes		None	2	Found in Ice Chests in Underground Snow Biome	None
Minishark	6 Ranged Damage	0 (None)	7 (Insanely Fast)		Yes		None	64	Purchased from Arms Dealer 35	Has 33% chance not to consume ammo
Flintlock Pistol	10 Ranged Damage	0 (None)	15 (Very Fast)		Yes		None	64	Purchased from Arms Dealer 5	None
Boomstick	12 Ranged Damage	5.5 (Strong)	41 (Very Slow)		No		None	2	Found in Jungle Shrine	Fires three bullets at the cost of one
Handgun	15 Ranged Damage	3 (Very Weak)	11 (Very Fast)		No		None	64	Found in Dungeon Chests	None
The Undertaker	15 Ranged Damage	0 (None)	30 (Fast)		No		None	1	Found in Pulsating Hearts at The Crimson	None
Shotgun	18 Ranged Damage	6.5 (Strong)	44 (Very Slow)		No		None	5	Purchased from Arms Dealer 25	Fires three bullets at the cost of one
Clockwork Assault Rifle	19 Ranged Damage	0 (None)	11 (Very Fast)		Yes		None	3	Drops from Wall of Flesh	Fires three bullets in quick succession at the cost of one
Red Ryder	20 Ranged Damage	3.5 (Weak)	37 (Very Slow)		Yes		None	2	Found from opening Presents	None
Revolver	20 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	21 (Fast)		No		None	2	Purchased from Travelling Merchant 10	None
Gatligator	21 Ranged Damage	1 (Extremely Weak)	7 (Insanely Fast)		Yes		None	No Value	Bought from Travelling Merchant	50% chance not to consume ammo
Musket	31 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	42 (Very Slow)		Yes		None	2	Found in Shadow Orbs	None
Phoenix Blaster	23 Ranged Damage	2 (Very Weak)	10 (Very Fast)		No		10 x	1	Crafted at an Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil	None
Megashark	23 Ranged Damage	1 (Extremely Weak)	7 (Insanely Fast)		Yes		1x 5 x 1 x 20 x	6	Crafted at a Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil	50% chance not to consume ammo
Blowgun	26 Ranged Damage	8 (Very Strong)	18 (Very Fast)		No		None	1	Purchased from Witch Doctor 5	Enables Seed collection when in inventory
Dart Rifle	52 ranged damage	5.5 (average)	38 (very slow)		Yes		None	drop from Corrupt Mimic	5
Dart Pistol	28 ranged damage	3.5 (weak)	22 (fast)		Yes		None	drop from Crimson Mimic	5
Flamethrower	27 Ranged Damage	0.3 (Extremely Weak)	29 (Average)		Yes		1 x 20 x 20 x	10	Crafted at a Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil	Inflicts On Fire debuff
Tactical Shotgun	29 Ranged Damage	7 (Strong)	33 (Slow)		Yes		None	29	Drops from Tactical Skeleton	Fires six bullets at the cost of one
Sandgun	30 Ranged Damage	5 (Average)	15 (Very Fast)		Yes		10 x 1 x 5 x	64	Crafted at a Furnace	Sand fired will be placed in the world
Uzi	30 Ranged Damage	3.5 (Average)	9 (Very Fast)		Yes		None	1	Drops from Angry Trapper	None
Chain Gun	31 Ranged Damage	1.5 (Very Weak)	4 (Insanely fast)		Yes		None	5	Drops from Santa-NK1	50% chance not to consume ammo
Piranha Gun	32 Ranged Damage	1 (Extremely Weak)	29 (Average)		No	None	None	5 50	Found in Jungle Chest	Projectile will latch onto and continue damaging enemies as long as fire button is held Projectile will chase enemies when returning
Venus Magnum	36 Ranged Damage	5.5 (Average)	8 (Insanely Fast)		No	.	None	15	Drops from Plantera	None
Elf Melter	40 Ranged Damage	0.425 (Extremely Weak)	29 (Average)		Yes		None	10	Drops from Santa-NK1	Inflicts On Fire debuff
Stynger	43 Ranged Damage	5 (Strong)	21 (Fast)		Yes		None	7	Drops from Golem	None
Proximity Mine Launcher	45 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	29 (Average)		Yes		None	7	Purchased from Cyborg 35	Drops a mine that will detonate on contact; mine turns transparent on landing
Candy Corn Rifle	44 Ranged Damage	2 (Very Weak)	8 (Insanely Fast)		Yes		None	15	Drops from Pumpking	33% chance to not consume ammo
Rocket Launcher	50 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	29 (Average)		No		None	2	Drops from Tactical Skeleton and Skeleton Commando in Dungeon	Explosion will be different based on ammo
Grenade Launcher	55 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	29 (Average)		Yes		None	2	Drops from Plantera	Does not explode on contact with world
Star Cannon	55 Ranged Damage	0 (None)	11 (Very Fast)		Yes		20 x 5 x	64	Crafted at an Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil	None
Jack 'O Lantern Launcher	64 Ranged Damage	4 (Average)	29 (Average)		Yes		None	15	Drops from Pumpking	Projectiles bounce until exploding
Snowman Cannon	67 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	14 (Very Fast)		Yes		None	20	Drops from Ice Queen	Projectiles home in on enemies
Stake Launcher	75 Ranged Damage	6.5 (Strong)	25 (Very Fast)		Yes		None	15	Drops from Mourning Wood	Pierces multiple targets / Deals bonus damage against Vampires
Sniper Rifle	125 Ranged Damage	8 (Very Strong)	59 (Snail)		No		None	2	Drops from Skeleton Sniper	Can zoom the field of view past normal when held
Coin Gun	= 25   = 50   = 100   = 200	2 (Very Weak)	7 (Insanely Fast)		No		None	6	Dropped by Pirate Captain and Pirate Deadeye	Damage differs based on coins shot
Vortex Beater	50 Ranged Damage	2 (Very Weak)	20 (Very Fast)		Yes		18 x	10	Crafted at Ancient Manipulator	66% chance not to consume ammo
Celebration	65 Ranged Damage	4 (Weak)	30 (Average)		Yes		None	10	Drops from Moon Lord	Can fire two rockets which explode after a short distance and release fireworks which also do damage.
S.D.M.G.	77 Ranged Damage	2.5 (Very Weak)	5 (Insanely Fast)		Yes		None	75	Drops from Moon Lord	50% chance not to consume ammo

It is worth noting that, although some weapons have the word "gun" in them (i.e. Space Gun, Bee Gun, Rainbow Gun), they are not technically guns as they deal magic damage and are labeled as Spells regardless.

Trivia

• The quote 'It came from the edge of space' in the S.D.M.G's tooltip is a direct reference to the game Edge of Space where the S.D.M.G originated and was introduced to terraria in a crossover event, in which introduced. The S.D.M.G stands for Space Dolphin Machine Gun.
• There is a line of iconic aquatic life based guns, containing the Minishark, Megashark and the S.D.M.G. The Toxicarp is not a part of this list, as it is in the uncommon "other" category of ranged weapons that doesn't fit the two main categories of bows and guns. This goes along with other aquatic weapons (such as the bladetongue, crystal serpent, etc.) solely due to their class.