Galaxy Slingshot

Galaxy Slingshot

Type	Weapon
Type	Slingshot
Damage	Depends on ammo used
Crit Chance	2%
Location	Unobtainable

The Galaxy Slingshot is the one Galaxy weapon that never made it into play. It sits in the game's own weapon data beside the Galaxy Sword, Hammer and Dagger, carrying the same cosmic look and a description that says only that it looks really powerful, but nothing in the valley hands one over. No chest holds it, Marlon never stocks it, and the three pillars in the Calico Desert produce only the sword. Its entry survives as a curiosity for anyone reading the full weapon list and wondering why the ranged weapons stop at two.

Location

The two working slingshots are found in the Mines. The plain Slingshot waits in the Treasure Chest on floor 40, and the Master Slingshot in the chest on floor 70. Both also appear on Marlon's shelf at the Adventurer's Guild once those floors have been reached, priced modestly, which is useful since neither can be sold and a binned one is awkward to replace.

Stats

Like every slingshot, it would do no damage of its own. A slingshot's hit is decided entirely by what is loaded into it, and the weapon type only sets how that ammunition is multiplied. The Slingshot takes the ammo's value once, and the Master Slingshot doubles it, which is why the same handful of iridium behaves so differently in each.

The ammunition ladder runs a long way. Fruit, vegetables and eggs barely bruise anything. Wood is a little better, stone noticeably so, and from there copper, coal, iron, gold and iridium each hit harder than the last, with Iridium Ore at the top by a wide margin. Explosive Ammo sits near the upper end and adds a blast on impact, which is what makes it worth the 300g Marlon charges for it once a farmer has reached the eighth combat level.

Critical hits are possible, at the same slim chance carried by most weapons in the game.

Notes

Ranged fighting divides players. A slingshot keeps Serpents and Bats at a distance, and a pocket of Iridium Ore turns the Master Slingshot into the hardest-hitting weapon in the game, which is why it is often rated alongside the Infinity weapons. The objections are practical: aiming is fiddly, the ammunition has to be carried, and every stack of ore in the bag is a stack not being used at the Furnace.

For a farm set on ranged combat, the Master Slingshot with Explosive Ammo is the end of that road. The Galaxy Slingshot would have been the next rung, and the game never built it.

All Slingshots

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Type	Level	Damage
Galaxy Slingshot	Slingshot	-	Depends on ammo used
Master Slingshot	Slingshot	-	Depends on ammo used
Slingshot	Slingshot	-	Depends on ammo used