Minishark: How to Get the Gun in Terraria

How to Get Minishark in Terraria

You can only purchase Minishar from the Arms Dealer NPC for 35 gold coins. However, if the  Arms Dealer lives in improper conditions or with neighbors he doesn't like, the price may be higher (as on the screen above). You can’t find a Minishark as a loot or drop from mobs.

To summon the Arms Dealer in Terraria you need to:

• have a weapon in the inventory
• have a free room in your world

After that, you can take 35 gold coins and buy a Minishark at any time you want. 

Minishark Stats

Minishark is an excellent ranged weapon that is almost fully automatic and does not require a constant click of the mouse button. The weapon uses bullets at high speed, quickly consumes ammo, and has a huge bullet spread.

It has a 33% chance to save ammo, and you can increase this buff. Other Minishark stats you can check in the table below:

In general, Minishark is very effective against most enemies and bosses in Pre-Hardmode, if you use it in the proper way.

Best Minishark Modifier

The best modifier for the Minishark is Demonic. You may need a lot of gold to enhance it, but it’s definitely worth it, as it upgrades the damage of Minishark, and increases the rate of fire to the maximum and your DPS.

Tips to Use Minishark and Increase DPS

I highly recommend taking some items and enchantments that increase the critical strike chance. Due to the incredible rate of fire of the Minishark, it fires many shots per second, and the higher the chance of a critical hit, the more damage per second you deal.

Increase the chance of not consuming the ammo during the fire, so as not to spend a lot of money on buying them and not being empty in the battle. In Pre-Hardmode you can do this by wearing the full set of Necro Armor or Fossil armor, which gains a +20% chance not to consume ammo.

You can also use the Shark Tooth Necklace to reduce the enemy's defense by 5. It will greatly increase the DPS of minishark, especially against bosses.

Minishark Advantages

I really like Minishark for its high rate of fire. It allows you to fire a huge amount of bullets in a short period of time and provides a very high DPS!

Minishark also has a very strong unique ability of a +33% chance not to consume ammo. This feature seems rather insignificant, but in fact, it saves lots of ammunition. Moreover, you can greatly increase this chance.

In Terraria Minishark also has a very good fire range, which allows it to keep the enemy at a distance and easily dodge the attacks. Moreover, it will be very useful during boss fights, for example against Queen Bee, Skeletron, or Eye of Cthulhu.

Minishark vs Other Pre Hardmode Guns

There are quite a few guns in prehardmode you can use. The Minishark shows up in that conversation almost every time. Not because it hits the hardest, but because of its fire rate. It just keeps shooting, almost like a tiny machine gun. However, I compared the Minishark to other popular weapons, and here is what I found.

Minishark vs Undertaker

The Undertaker is usually one of the first firearms people find, especially in Crimson worlds. You break a Crimson Heart, and there’s a chance it drops. Pretty straightforward.

The weapon itself deals noticeably stronger damage per bullet. But it also fires slower. Once you start holding down the trigger for a longer fight, the Minishark begins to catch up and often passes it. The damage stacks quickly simply because there are so many bullets flying out.

Minishark vs Boomstick

The Boomstick works more like a shotgun. It fires a group of pellets and can deal heavy damage if you’re standing close enough. Up close it can feel great. Step back a little though, and things start missing.

The Minishark doesn’t really care about that kind of distance problem. You just keep firing while backing away from enemies. It’s less about big bursts of damage and more about constant pressure.

Minishark vs Phoenix Blaster

The Phoenix Blaster is another strong Pre Hardmode option. Each shot hits harder, so it may look like the better weapon.

But the Minishark feels different when you're actually using it. You don’t stop to aim carefully between shots. You just keep the stream of bullets going while adjusting your aim. During messy fights where enemies jump around or bosses move unpredictably, that constant fire can end up working really well.

Available Crafts

Using the Minishark, you can craft 2 weapons: Star Cannon and Megashark.

Star Cannon can be useful in a Pre-Hardmode game against crowds of enemies, but it is very situational. As for the Megashark, it is a stronger version of Minishark, which is available only in a Hardmode.

Sprite	Item	Materials	Anvil
	Star Cannon	Minishark, Meteorit Bar x20, Fallen Star x5	Iron or Lead Anvil
	Megashark	Minishark, Illegal Gun Parts, Shark Fin x5, Soul of Might x20	Mythril or Orichulcum Anvil

Minishark Achievements

There is only 1 Achievement which connected with Minishark:

Sprite	Achievement Name	Achievement Description
	Completely Awesome	Obtain a Minishark.