Shroomerang

Spore Bat hunting and glowing mushroom flight

The Shroomerang is a pre-Hardmode boomerang dropped by Spore Bat enemies within underground Glowing Mushroom biomes. Striking for 23 base melee damage with a swift Very fast recovery of 20 ticks, it traces an illuminated blue arc through the darkness. The weapon sheds glowing mushroom spores along its flight path, lighting up dark corridors during subterranean spelunking while fending off incoming cavern predators. Because it returns promptly upon impact, skilled players can position themselves close to walls to trigger rapid rebound strikes.

Trimarang synthesis and early ranged melee power

The Shroomerang functions as an essential crafting component for assembling the Trimarang alongside the Enchanted Boomerang and Ice Boomerang at an anvil. Compared to single-target metal boomerangs, its high base damage and swift return rate keep cave crawlers and bats at bay. Because boomerangs do not gain attack rate boosts from attack speed prefixes, the Godly modifier is the best reforge target for damage, knockback, and critical strike chance.

Trivia

• Introduced in update 1.4.4, the Shroomerang allowed players to craft the tri-throwing Trimarang during pre-Hardmode.