Punctus

Dedicated Content Infernum Developer This item is dedicated to: Toasty

Punctus

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	950 Melee
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	32 Very Slow
Tooltip	Left clicks fires a spear that shatters when hitting a target. It will reform into an orbiting rock, for a maximum of 6 at once Right clicks launch all of the rocks alongside the spear. At 3, left click will home. At 6, the rocks will home An unholy spear found only among the most devout and powerful of her followers
Sell	16
Research	1 required

Punctus is a post-Moon Lord melee weapon dropped by the Profaned Guardians.

When used with left-click, the player rears back a profaned spear for half a second, then throws it. Holding left-click prevents the spear from being thrown until it is released. When the spear strikes an enemy, it shatters into profaned debris, which quickly reforms into a profaned rock that orbits the player.

Rocks will begin shaking after existing for 9 seconds and crumble to dust 3 seconds later. Striking an enemy with the spear resets the rocks' lifetimes. Up to 6 rocks can be active at once. If the player possesses at least 3 rocks, left-click spear throws will chase enemies.

Right-clicking throws the spear as normal, but also causes all active rocks to project a glowing line at the cursor and then launch towards it, shattering on impact. Rocks deal from 50% to 80% of the weapon's damage depending on how many were thrown at once. The rocks themselves will home in on enemies if there are 6 of them. Additionally, if the player possesses 6 rocks and successfully hits an enemy with the spear, they will gain 3 rocks back.

Its best modifier is Godly.

Trivia

• Punctus makes visual references to all three Profaned Guardians:
  • The weapon's sprite is a shortened version of the Guardian Commander's spear.
  • The rocks and their glowing lines are nearly identical to the Guardian Defender's.
  • The rocks emit a crystal-colored trail while homing, representing the Guardian Healer.