Dark Wave
Statistics
Type | Weapon – Crafting material |
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Damage | 18 Magic |
Knockback | 3 Very Weak |
Mana | 8 |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 23 Fast |
Velocity | 10 |
Tooltip | Sends out a wave of dark energy, that eats away at enemies it hits briefly |
Inflicts Debuff | ![]() |
Debuff duration | 2 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | Pure darkness is melting this enemy |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | ![]() |

Dark Wave casting animation.
The Dark Wave is a Pre-Hardmode magic weapon that is crafted from Demonite Bars. It fires a wave of dark energy that will damage enemies and inflict them with the Light Curse debuff for 2 seconds.
It is one of the four staves needed to craft Light's Lament, the ultimate pre-hardmode staff for Corruption worlds.
Its best modifier is Mythical.
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Crafting[]
Recipe[]
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Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
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Demonite Bar | 8 |
Result | ||
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Dark Wave | 1 |
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Notes[]
- The Crimson counterpart for Dark Wave is Vessel Buster.
- Consequently, Dark Wave cannot be used to craft Bloodboil, the Crimson counterpart to Light's Lament.
- Aesthetically, it matches the Shadow armor and all other Demonite-based weaponry.