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Bigger and Boulder update brings nine powerful new whips to Terraria, completely revolutionizing Summoner gameplay and covering all stages of the game.

Whether you're a Terraria newbie or looking to optimize your gear late game, mastering how to obtain all the new whips and Summoner damage optimization strategies is crucial. This guide will take you through a detailed breakdown of these nine whips.

Special Features

Before the update, Summoners had limited whip choices at key progression points in Terraria. After the update, these new whips perfectly fill this gap, giving you more options from the start of collecting gels to defeating the post-Moon Lord.

These whips not only enhance your own attributes, but each whip also possesses a unique mechanic that changes how your summons interact with enemies. For example, Electric Eel generates bouncing lightning effects, while Star Crash summons meteors when your summons hit marked enemies.

Friendly Reminder: Unlike before the update, after Bigger and Boulder update, the stacking effect of whips no longer works. Now, the effect of each whip is overridden by other whips. Therefore, please remember to choose the most suitable Terraria Items.

Early Game Whips

Cobwhip

This whip is definitely a good starting point. You can craft it on Loom using 30 Cobwebs and 10 Wood. Cobwebs generate naturally in caves, making it very easy to obtain even in the first few hours of the game.

Cobwhip is not only inexpensive but also deals considerable damage early in the game, with an impressive attack range. The only drawback might be that it lacks special effects.

Slime Whip

This whip requires 50 Gels to craft on a Solidifier. The number of Gels needed to craft a Slime Whip early on might seem like a lot, but once you understand its generation mechanism, it becomes quite easy. Therefore, in most cases, its performance is superior to Cobwhip.

Slime Whip deals fire damage with each hit, providing an extra damage bonus to your early summons, especially important against Goblin invasions or boss fights.

Pre-Hardmode Progression Whips

Soulscourge & Vasculash

Evil Biome Variants of your world determine which whip you craft next:

Soulscourge (Corruption): Crafted on an Anvil using 12 Demonite Bars.

Vasculash (Crimson): Crafted on an Anvil using Crimtane Bars.

Both whips deal the same damage but have different visuals. The key is timing - you need to defeat Evil Boss in your world first to ensure a sufficient supply of ore.

Starcrash

This whip stands out for its unique mechanics. Crafted from 20 Meteorite Bars, 10 Chains, and 10 Fallen Stars on Anvil, this whip unleashes a spectacular meteor shower when your summons hit a target. The meteor shower effect requires coordinated attacks from both whip and your summons. Falling Meteorites deal area-of-effect damage, clearing entire waves of enemies.

Hardmode Boss Drops

Vulgar Display of Flower

This whip boasts an extremely long attack range and can hit multiple enemies simultaneously, making it excellent for crowd control. It played a crucial role in Old One's Army events and Pumpkin Moon invasions.

Simply adjust your positioning, utilizing its attack range to ensure your safety while simultaneously unleashing your summons to deal significant damage.

Electric Eel

Dropped by Duke Fishron, this whip produces a bouncing electric shock effect that can hit multiple enemies. Its Chain Lightning Mechanic makes it incredibly powerful in enemy-heavy invasion scenarios.

In Hardmode, you can choose to challenge Duke Fishron relatively early, allowing you to obtain it before many other Endgame Whips become available.

Endgame Whips

Constellation Whip

This whip, crafted from 18 Stardust Fragments from Ancient Manipulator, scatters Friendly Stars upon attacking enemies. Star Effects provide an additional source of damage, complementing your existing army of summoned creatures.

While Constellation Whip isn't the strongest in every aspect, it offers consistent damage output against all enemy types and in various situations.

Possession

This whip can be obtained by defeating Moon Lord, but only with a 20% drop rate. With the right trinkets, it can deal nearly 30,000 DPS, representing the pinnacle of whip design.

Optimization Strategies

Since whips no longer have stacking effects, your combat strategy becomes crucial. First, you need to mark enemies with your main whip. Second, adjust the positioning of your minions for optimal damage output. Then re-mark after the mark effect disappears. Finally, remember to only switch whips when facing different types of enemies.

Different players can specialize in different whips, creating powerful combos to maximize team damage output.

Whip selection largely depends on the specific situation, so it's recommended that players carry several whips in their inventory. For example, low-level whips are very suitable for cave exploration.

This concludes the article about the nine new whips introduced in Terraria Bigger and Boulder update. They are not just new weapons, but also completely reshape the summoner's progression system. Each whip has its own value; the best whip isn't always the one with the highest damage. You can experiment with different combinations.