Midnight, Defiler of the Prince

Midnight, Defiler of the Prince

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	105 Melee
Knockback	10.5 (Extremely Strong)
Elemental Bonus	(Midnight, Nebula Spark) (Midnight)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	40 Very Slow
Velocity	3.7
Tooltip	Slams down in a blaze of twilight Hold left-click to charge a stronger slam, releasing Nebula stars if hitting a surface or enemy Nebula Stars slowly chase targets while spewing nebula sparks Can't create nebula stars while at least 4 are already active
Lore	'A blade crafted in the mountains of Erellon, imbued with celestial magic by an unknown source. It was used by a rebel to assassinate the heir of Erellon. Afterwards the assassin was soon caught, and the weapon was held in a museum'
Rarity
Sell	25
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

Midnight, Defiler of the Prince

Nebula Star

Sounds

Full charge

Nebula Star

Midnight, Defiler of the Prince in use.

Midnight, Defiler of the Prince is a Hardmode melee weapon. When used, it slams the weapon in front of the player, slightly pushing them forward. Holding the attack button will charge the swing, increasing its damage the longer the button is held. The damage of the charged slam is calculated using the following formula: $i*(k*2.5+1)$, where $i$ is the weapon's base damage and $k$ is the weapon's charge level. The charge level starts at 0 and is increased by 0.08 per frame of the attack button being held up to a maximum of 0.8. Reaching the maximum charge level will be indicated by a sound and a pulse.

Hitting an enemy or a tile when the charge level is at least 0.5 will generate a homing Nebula Star that deals no damage on its own. Nebula Stars pierce infinitely, ignore tiles, and randomly fire out homing Nebula Sparks. Nebula Sparks deal 37.5% of base damage, ignore tiles, and cannot pierce enemies. Reaching a charge level of 0.8 will increase the amount of Nebula Stars created to 2. Once at least 4 Nebula Stars are active at the same time, the weapon will not be able to generate more of them.

Its best modifier is Godly.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Noble's Halberd	1
	Soul of Night	10
	Ectoplasm	10
Result
	Midnight, Defiler of the Prince	1

Tips

• Midnight possesses the Axe bonus, giving it devastating strength on critical hits and making landing hits with this weapon highly effective.
  • This is doubly so on humanoid enemies, allowing Midnight to make full use of the Axe bonus' increased chance of decapitation.

Trivia

• Nebula Stars' appearance and behavior are a reference to the spell Elden Stars from Elden Ring.

History

• 0.8.0.4070: Midnight slash now deals Arcane damage.
• 0.8.0.399:
  • Increased charge damage scaling factor from 2 to 2.5.
  • Now deals Shadow damage.
  • Made the slam visually more impactful.
• 0.8.0.35: Can now cut tiles.
• 0.8:
  • Resprited. Previous sprite was:
  • Reworked:
    • No longer fires projectiles at the cursor that go through tiles.
    • Now has a custom swing animation. Holding the attack button will charge the weapon, allowing it to create homing Nebula Stars on impact with an enemy or a tile.
    • Buffed damage from 60 to 105 and knockback from 5 to 10.5. Nerfed use time from 14 to 40.
  • Made usable prior to defeating any Mechanical boss.
  • Removed the tooltip line "'This axe said to be forged out of stardust...'"
  • Added a lore tooltip.
  • Changed rarity from Deep Purple to .
  • Increased sell price from 4 to 25 .
  • Added a crafting recipe.
• 0.7.5: Nerfed damage from 95 to 60.
• 0.7:
  • Resprited. Previous sprite was:
  • Nerfed damage from 215 to 95.
• 0.5: Can now only be used after defeating any Mechanical boss.
• 0.4.7: Introduced.