Weapons & Equip Hand Cannon: Pre Hardmode "gun".

[TheGuideIsEvil]

The Hand Cannon is a small 12th century cannon that can be crafted with 5 Torches, 5 Iron/Lead Bars and 5 Copper/Tin Bars. This means it can be made in Pre Hardmode. Its ammunition, Rocks, can be crafted with Stone: 1 Stone = 3 Rocks.

Firing this weapon shoots a rock in an arc. This rock deals 15 damage, and a fair bit of knockback. This allows a cheap way to get a proto firearm, but it doesn't trigger the Arms Dealer to spawn.

1 in 5 shots light targets on fire for 4 seconds.

Uniquely, a Torch has to be consumed every 20 shots, when the item becomes an Unprimed Hand Cannon. There is also a slow fire rate to balance this weapon. However, its ammunition source is plentiful.

Tooltip: "Made in the Orient", nod to them coming from China in the real world.

 

[SirLOL]

Because of the times we live in, and all the crap that has happened with China lately, I am against this idea.

At first I thought you were making a, mega Man kind of hand Cannon, reference that's why I jumped in here.

I believe there's something similar already dropped by the pirates, I think I haven't done that in a while so I cannot confirm.

The mega Man hand Cannon is already in the game at least on console.

 

[Knight of Seriousness]

I believe there's something similar already dropped by the pirates, I think I haven't done that in a while so I cannot confirm.

The mega Man hand Cannon is already in the game at least on console.

The only gun-like weapon from the Pirate Invasion is the Coin Gun. The Charged Blaster Cannon is a mage weapon that's from Martian Madness.