Megashark

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	25 / 23 (Ranged)
Knockback	1 (Extremely weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	7 (Insanely fast)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	50% chance to save ammo; 'Minishark's older brother'
Rarity
Sell	7 ; 6
Research	1 required
Use

The Megashark is a Hardmode gun that fires bullets. It is a stronger version of the Minishark and is one of the strongest pre-Plantera guns in the game. It fires at an insanely fast speed and has a 50% chance not to consume ammo.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Megashark	Minishark Illegal Gun Parts Shark Fin5 Soul of Might20	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Comparison to Uzi[]

Aspect	Megashark	Uzi
Base damage	25	30
Knockback	1 (Extremely weak)	3.5 (Weak)
Critical strike chance	4%	4%
Use time	7 (Insanely fast)	9 (Very fast)
Velocity	10	7
Chance not to consume ammo	50%	0%
Base DPS^[1] (with Musket balls)	285	256

Tips[]

If The Destroyer is fought before any other mechanical boss, the Megashark can be used to defeat the other two, making the fights much easier.
If the reduced 50% ammo consumption of this weapon is combined with a ranged bonus of 20% reduced ammo usage (such as the Fossil armor's, Shroomite armor's or Ammo Box's), or with a 25% reduced ammo usage (such as the Hallowed armor's or Adamantite armor's), the observed final bonus is multiplicative between the two, resulting in a 60% ammo reduction or 62.5% ammo reduction respectively (That means that a stack of 999 bullets will yield about 2498 and 2664 shots on average, respectively). In case it is used with the Titan armor, the resultant bonus will be 78% less ammo consumption (3842 shots on average).
- Using an Endless Musket Pouch renders the ammo usage reduction useless, which allows one to wear other sets of armor in favor of different bonuses.
Compared to the Gatligator and the Uzi, the Megashark is the gun with the highest accuracy, lowest use time, and is the easiest to obtain. The Gatligator is very fast but has low accuracy and can be rare at times, and the Uzi has high velocity bullets and a good amount of damage, but is slower and much more rare. That said, both the Gatligator and the Uzi can be obtained before defeating The Destroyer (Megashark requires 20 Souls of Might, whereas Gatligator can be bought and Uzi drops from Angry Trapper), which can be seen as a point in their favor.
Paired with a Golden Shower or Ichor Bullets, the Megashark is a powerful weapon that can last all the way up to the Martian Madness.

Trivia[]

The Minishark has the same sell value as the Megashark, despite being weaker and an ingredient in its crafting recipe.
The S.D.M.G. is a direct upgrade to the Megashark, though unlike the Megashark, it is an exclusive drop.
When firing straight down, one can see that the bullets appear just above the barrel, near the fins.
Since Lepus has a 1% chance to drop 3 Souls of Might, it is possible to obtain the crafting ingredients for the Megashark pre-Hardmode. However, it will still require a Hardmode Anvil to craft.

History[]

PC version

Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sell value increased from 6 to 7.

Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 23 to 25.

Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

Console version

Console-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced.

Footnotes[]

↑ Note that DPS is rarely considered a suitable stat for comparison due to being affected by numerous variable, thus unreliable factors.

[1] Note that DPS is rarely considered a suitable stat for comparison due to being affected by numerous variable, thus unreliable factors.

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