Aqua Scepter

Dungeon chest recovery and pressurized water piercing

The Aqua Scepter is recovered from Locked Gold Chests inside the Dungeon with Golden Keys, or acquired from post-Skeletron Dungeon Crates. It expends 7 mana per stream cast at Very fast attack speed (16 use time), projecting a high-velocity stream of water droplets. Each droplet strikes for 27 base magic damage with 7 knockback, piercing multiple adversaries along an arcing path before dropping under gravity.

Horde suppression, Wall of Flesh utility, and prefix selection

The weapon excels at sweeping aside swarms of Dungeon skeletons and melting the Hungry during the Wall of Flesh battle. Its arced trajectory requires players to aim upward when targeting distant enemies, unlike straight-shooting magic weapons like the Space Gun. High piercing frequency can trigger enemy invulnerability frames, so leading targets is critical. Mythical is the optimal modifier, improving damage, velocity, and critical strike chance while lowering mana drain.

Trivia

• Water droplets from the scepter extinguish campfires in older builds, while in modern versions they provide illumination.
• The trajectory of the liquid stream inherits horizontal player velocity when cast while running.