Hellfire Arrow

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Statistics

Type	AmmunitionCrafting material
Damage	13 / 10 (Ranged)
Knockback	8 (Very strong)
Velocity	6.5
Rarity	02*
Buy	1
Sell	20
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Hellfire Arrow
  

• Internal Item ID: 265
• Internal Projectile ID: 41

Hellfire Arrows are a type of ammunition which creates a small explosion upon impact similar to Grenades, damaging everything in the area except the player and NPCs. These arrows can be very useful against tight packs of enemies and worms such as Bone Serpents, as the explosion may damage multiple segments.

They are always destroyed on impact, and have a noticeably higher velocity than other arrows.

They can be found in Shadow Chests and Pots in The Underworld, crafted at an anvil, or purchased from the Demolitionist for 1 each, once the Wall of Flesh has been defeated.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Hellfire Arrow 100	Wooden Arrow100 Hellstone Bar	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Hellfire Arrow 25	Wooden Arrow25 Torch5 Hellstone Bar

Notes[]

• Despite the name, Hellfire Arrows do not ignite enemies. Only Flaming Arrows, Frostburn Arrows and Cursed Arrows do.
• Due to the nature of the explosion, if a Hellfire Arrow kills an enemy that spawns other enemies on defeat (E.g. Mother Slime), it will also damage the newly spawned enemies.
• The appearance of the Hellfire Arrows is different on PC/New-gen console and Old-gen console/3DS, although the effect is the same.

Tips[]

• Hellfire Arrows can be used with the Chlorophyte Shotbow or with the Tsunami for heavy area damage.
• The sell price of the Hellstone Bars required to craft only 25 of these arrows is equal to the purchase price of 40 of them. It is more efficient to sell the bars and buy the arrows from the Demolitionist during Hardmode.
• Compared to Explosive Bullets, Hellfire Arrows were much safer to use since they did not harm the player, though this is no longer the case as of Update 1.4.4

Trivia[]

• The name of Hellfire Arrows may be a reference to the AGM-114 Hellfire Missile.

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated. Original sprite was .

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 10 to 13.
  • Crafting recipe changed.
  • No longer damages the player.

• Desktop 1.2: Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.1: Now is craftable and can be bought after killing the Wall of Flesh.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.