Backfire

Type	Weapon
Damage	175 (Ranged)
Knockback	1.4 (Extremely weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	24 (Fast)
Velocity	18.4
Tooltip	'Now try it again, this time facing the right way'
Rarity
Sell	12

Cross-compatibility Item

The content described on this page is only available with the Calamity Mod enabled.

The Backfire is a Hardmode bow. While it has no special arrows or any synergies with other items, it is unique in that any arrow it fires will be fired backwards.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting[]

Recipe[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Backfire	Ashes of Calamity (6) Unholy Core (4) Cobweb (34)	Ashen Altar

History[]

1.0.0.4: Recipe updated: now takes Unholy Cores and takes Cobwebs instead of String.
1.0.0.0: Introduced.

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Spears	Midnight Glaive • Spike of the Blessed
Flails	Starved Leash • Golem Fist
Calamity	Swords	Flameburst Shortsword • Excalibur Shortsword
	Spear	Unholy Shatterlance
	Yoyos	Cremini Clock • Pressurizer • Oblivion • Thermo-Static • Depth's Toss • Terra Throw • Saturn's String • Bumbleblitz

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Bows	Starborne Archer • Marksman's Medullary • Fleshette Flinger • Golden Oak Bow • Midnight Energy Crossbow • Heavenly Breeze
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Flamethrowers	Eater's Breath • Spazmi's Fury • The Purifier
Other	Gastropistol • Stynger
Calamity	Bow	Backfire
	Guns	Luminous Corinth • Excaliber • Gunshot
	Other	Chaos Bullet • Dryad's Flame

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Wands	Magic Missile • Cane of Canine • Golden Oak Crystal Staff • Frost Staff • Rainbow Rod • Hallowed Crystal Cane
Tomes	Hallowed Storm • Duststorm in a Book
Magic Guns	Reti's Predictor • UV Ray
Other	Crystal Serpent
Calamity	Wands	Cryonic Staff • Perennial Staff • Entropy Staff • Exodia's Wrath • Snow Miser's Fury
	Tome	The Impossibook

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Minions	Gluttony Scepter • Pixie Call • Staff of Earth
Other	Fireball Staff

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Consumable	Kitchen Knife • Midnight Throwing Axe • Greenlight Knife • Hallowed Throwing Spear • Typhoon Disk
Non-Consumable	Bloodstained Tooth • Golden Oak Boomerang • Spirit Knife • Enchanted Unicorn Horn • Disarray's End • Star Smasher
Calamity	Consumable	Infected Daggerfish

Rogue Weapons
Bombs	Wulfrum Energy Bomb • Toxican
Boomerangs	Sulfurang • Deadman's Harvest
Daggers	Pigron Teeth • Ash Knife • Shooting Star
Javelins	Sizzling Splicer • Black Dwarf Lance
Others	Tarock Deck • Feather Glove

Backfire

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