Blood Rain Bow

Blood Moon angling and descending crimson showers

Snagged from the murky depths by defeating the Wandering Eye Fish or Zombie Merman during a Blood Moon, the Blood Rain Bow alters standard archery mechanics. Instead of shooting arrows directly forward, drawing the string calls down a torrential volley of bloody projectiles from the sky. These descending streams inflict 14 base ranged damage and 3 knockback at a Very fast rate.

Open arena coverage and unreal enhancement

Because the arrow shower originates overhead with a wide horizontal spread, solid ceilings block the entire attack, making the bow impractical in cramped cavern tunnels. In broad open-air arenas, however, the deluge covers wide areas and shreds large-hitbox bosses like the Eater of Worlds and Brain of Cthulhu. Reforging to Unreal produces the best performance by increasing projectile velocity, critical chance, and damage.

Trivia

• The Blood Rain Bow acts as a pre-Hardmode conceptual counterpart to the Daedalus Stormbow.
• Arrows falling from the crimson clouds emit red light that briefly brightens the surrounding terrain.