starlight

How it works

The cyan blade and pink hilt reference Terraria’s Starlight. During an attack, the user repeatedly stabs and cycles through rainbow colors. Releasing the attack starts a half-second cooldown. The article describes a longer hitbox than many other melee weapons, so its practical spacing differs from a short punch even though both occupy the first inventory slot.

The item card lists three damage per stab and separately lists four-point-two-five for the synergy. The functionality is more specific: each successful hit gains an additional four-point-two-five damage after a one-second delay when bossraid or ultra instinct is equipped. The number is therefore an extra delayed effect, not a replacement base damage. That distinction is preserved instead of reducing both states to a single misleading damage cell.

The wiki highlights enclosed spaces for sustained stabbing, while warning that zombie maul combos in ZS can interrupt the attack. Its visual interactions include rainbow smoke with bossraid and Terraria-style damage indicators. A temporary version once made the synergy always active, but that event change was later reverted. Compare footage using the version history before assuming the bonus is present in an ordinary inventory. The current entry does not establish starlight as the strongest melee item.

The sustained attack and delayed bonus also produce different timing cues, which can make a hit appear stronger after its initial contact.

Stats and conditions

Recorded changes

• photon blades
• spike grinders
• Item directory

• Update log and version disagreements