Onyx Blaster

Dark desert crafting and explosive onyx energy orbs

Crafted at a Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil by combining a Shotgun, Dark Shard fragments from evil deserts, and Soul of Night essences. In addition to a spread of four standard shotgun pellets, each shot fires a large dark onyx projectile that travels forward. The dark energy orb pierces through several enemies before detonating on impact, dealing double the weapon's base damage in an explosive area-of-effect blast alongside the spread. It deals 24 base ranged damage at Extremely slow speed.

Devastating close-range burst and early ranger progression

The combination of high pellet count and an explosive heavy projectile gives this weapon formidable burst damage in early Hardmode. When paired with Crystal Bullets, the resulting shrapnel and dark explosion dismantle large targets like The Destroyer and dense invasion swarms. It easily outclasses the standard Shotgun and rivals the Megashark in early boss encounters. It pairs effectively with Frost armor or Titanium armor for ranger builds. The best modifier is Unreal, boosting damage, velocity, and critical chance.

Trivia

• The heavy onyx projectile penetrates through two enemies before detonating upon contacting a third target or solid block.
• It serves as the dark counterpart to the Sky Fracture, matching light and dark desert materials across early Hardmode crafting.