Resolved UG] Arms Dealer selling Holy Arrows in Pre-Hardmode after Brain of Cthulhu kill (PC Steam 1.4.4.9)

[Ruthra Philip]

Steam or GOG

Steam

Single Player/Multiplayer

Single

Controls Used

Keyboard/Mouse

Game version: Terraria PC (Steam) – latest version as of August 2025 (1.4.4.x)
Platform: PC (Steam)
Singleplayer or Multiplayer: Singleplayer
Mods: No mods, completely vanilla
World status: First world, Pre-Hardmode, Brain of Cthulhu defeated, Wall of Flesh not defeated yet
TModLoader installed: Yes, but used completely separately; vanilla Terraria files and characters are clean and separated from TModLoader

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Issue:
After defeating the Brain of Cthulhu in my first world (Pre-Hardmode), I noticed that the Arms Dealer started selling Holy Arrows (Flechas Profanas), which should only be craftable in Hardmode using Pixie Dust and Unicorn Horn.


The Holy Arrows were available for purchase at 42 copper coins each.
The shop inventory returned to normal after some time or after reopening the world.
I replicated this twice by defeating the Brain of Cthulhu and immediately checking the Arms Dealer’s shop.

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Steps to reproduce (in my case):

1. Create a new world (Pre-Hardmode, Crimson).
2. Progress normally, do not enter Hardmode.
3. Kill Brain of Cthulhu.
4. Immediately check Arms Dealer shop: Holy Arrows are available for purchase.
5. Re-enter world or after time passes, Holy Arrows disappear.

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Evidence:
(Screenshot attached – image shows Holy Arrows being sold in Pre-Hardmode world)

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Notes:
I’ve never experienced this before and I couldn’t find any other reports of this behavior online.
This happened on PC Steam, fully updated Terraria, no mods, and completely clean vanilla files (I use separate folders for TModLoader).
Could be a rare shop flag glitch or unintended behavior after Brain of Cthulhu defeat.

 

[ppowersteef]

Those aren't Holy Arrows, but Unholy Arrows, they behave very different in function (Unholy Arrows only have more pierce), and is intended to be available in pre-hardmode.

Is this a translation error? Where translation call them Holy Arrows instead?

 

[Kazzymodus]

As stated above, those appear to be Unholy Arrows, which are supposed to be obtainable at that point. Holy arrows are the Hardmode exclusive version.

 

[Dapling]

Is this a translation error? Where translation call them Holy Arrows instead?

The literal translation back into english here is "Profane Arrows" which is pretty clearly not Holy, so I'm honestly not sure what happened.