Charon's Beacon

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Charon's BeaconHardmode exclusive

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	60 (Magic)
Knockback	6 (Average)
Mana	20
Critical chance	4%
Use time	50 (Extremely Slow)
Velocity	2
Tooltip	'A weathered, magical lantern once belonging to a wandering protector'
Inflicts Debuff	Hellfire
Debuff duration	3 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Rarity
Sell	100000*10
Research	1 required

Dropped by
Entity	Quantity	Rate
Mourning Wood	1	10%

Charon's Beacon is a Hardmode magic weapon that is dropped by the Mourning Wood during the Pumpkin Moon event. On use, it rapidly releases 5 flaming projectiles that, after a short delay, home towards the nearest enemy. The fireballs inflict the Hellfire debuff on hit. While held out, the area around the player will be illuminated.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• If the Show Donator Item Color configuration option is disabled, Charon's Beacon will have a rarity of instead of the standard .

Trivia

• In Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of Hades, who guides the souls of the newly dead across the rivers of the Underworld.

History

• 1.6.2.0: Nerfed damage from 76 to 60, crit from 10% to 4%, use time from 45 to 50, mana cost from 15 to 20, and removed its ability to go through walls.
• 1.6.0.0: Introduced.