Bee Keeper guide: stats, crafting and tips (Terraria 1.4.5)

Stats

Type	Melee weapon
Rarity	Orange
Damage	30 melee
Knockback	5.3
Critical strike chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Buy price	10 gold
Sell price	2 gold

Used in 1 recipe

Makes		Ingredients	At
Zenith		1 × Terra Blade, 1 × Meowmere, 1 × Star Wrath, 1 × Influx Waver, 1 × The Horseman's Blade, 1 × Seedler, 1 × Starfury, 1 × Bee Keeper, 1 × Enchanted Sword, 1 × Copper Shortsword	Mythril Anvil

Dropped by

NPC	Chance	Amount	Modes	Condition
Queen Bee	33.3% (1 in 3)	1	Classic only

Queen Bee reward and confused insect swarming

The Bee Keeper is obtained as a direct reward for slaying Queen Bee, dropping with a 33.3% probability. This pre-Hardmode broadsword inflicts 30 base melee damage per swing and has a 90% chance to afflict vulnerable targets with the Confused debuff. Furthermore, every successful strike releases a swarm of 1 to 3 friendly homing bees that persistently buzz around nearby hostiles, inflicting secondary chip damage.

Crowd disruption and Zenith crafting lineage

Executing with a Very fast use time of 20 ticks and reliable knockback of 5.3, the blade offers outstanding defensive security by disorienting charging monsters. Its homing insect spawns continue damaging elusive flyers even if the player steps backward to dodge incoming attacks. Long after outgrowing its pre-Hardmode combat utility, the weapon remains critically relevant as a required ingredient in the ultimate endgame recipe for Zenith. Reforging to the Legendary prefix delivers peak speed, critical strike chance, and blade scale.

Trivia

The Bee Keeper is one of ten distinct swords required at a Mythril or Orichalcum Anvil to forge the Zenith.

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