The Ballista
Statistics
| Type | Weapon – Crafting material |
|---|---|
| Damage | 99 Ranged |
| Knockback | 8 (Very Strong) |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 22 Fast |
| Velocity | 20 |
| Tooltip | Converts wooden arrows into greatarrows that crush enemy armor and break into shards on death |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Armor Crunch100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 3 seconds (Arrow) 1 second (Fossil shard) |
| Debuff tooltip | Your armor is shredded |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 16  |
Projectiles created
Ballista Great Arrow
Fossil Shard
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 20% of the weapon's base damage. All projectiles will inflict the Armor Crunch debuff.
Its best modifier is Unreal.
Contents
Crafting[]
Recipe[]
| Crafting Station | ||
|---|---|---|
 Mythril Anvilor  Orichalcum Anvil | ||
| Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
 | Marrow | 1 |
 | Forbidden Fragment | 1 |
 | Ectoplasm | 10 |
| Result | ||
 | The Ballista | 1 |
Used in[]
Notes[]
- The Magic Quiver increases the damage of the arrows shot by The Ballista, but doesn't increase the speed.
- The Ballista nets massive damage output against large ground-based enemies such as Astrum Aureus when fired at from above, due to both the arrows and the shrapnel all hitting the target.
