Bug Zapper
–Wurt
The Bug Zapper is a melee electrical weapon. It requires 1 Spear, 2 Electrical Doodads, and 2 Saffron Feathers to craft and an Alchemy Engine to prototype.
Like the Morning Star, the Bug Zapper loses durability constantly while held, and doesn't break when it hits 0%. It can be recharged with an Energy Cell, adding 50% durability, or at a Charged Lightning Rod and any of Winona's Generators, recovering 33% of its durability, and wasting all charge from a Lightning Rod, 25% Fuel of Winona's Generator and 5.5% Fuel of Winona's G.E.M.erator each use. Unlike the Morning Star, the Bug Zapper doesn't protect the player or recharges from lightning, nor does it attract lightning while on the ground.
The Bug Zapper's base damage is 25. However, the passive electric modifier boosts the damage to x1.5, dealing 37.5 damage. If the target Mob is wet however, the electric modifier will instead boost the damage to x2.5, dealing 62.5 damage.
It also deals a flat 30 extra damage to insects, like Bees, Aphids and Scorpions, dealing from 67.5 to 92.5 damage if the insect target is wet. Spiders, however, receive less damage from the Bug Zapper than other insects, only adding 15 extra damage, which translates to 52.5 damage to 77.5 damage while the target's wet. Additionally, attacking any of these creatures triggers an AOE attack, that deals 5 extra damage to any other Insects or Spiders close to the main target. The extra damage and AOE damage to Insects and Spiders cannot be affected by any damage multipliers, being always either a flat +15 or +30 on attack, and 5 AOE damage, no matter if you're Mighty Wolfgang or Wes.
| Type | Bosses | Mobs | Player |
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Hooded Widow and Spider Queen. | Spider (all variants) and Bush Crab. | Webber. |
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Antlion, Bee Queen, Dragonfly, Lord of The Fruit Flies. | Aphid, Nymph, Bee (all variants), Scorpion, Lavae, Mosquito, Butterfly, Moon Moth, Friendly Fruit Fly, Bulbous Lightbug. |
Tips
- The Bug Zapper is best used against insects, it's especially handy against large groups of mobs like Bees and Spiders, due to its AOE effect, and for boss fights like Bee Queen, Antlion and the Hooded Widow, thanks to its insane electrical damage when the mobs are wet.
- This item is harder to use against Raid Dragonfly if it's not raining while the fight occurs, because of her special wetness mechanic. But it does come with the advantage of being able to use Water Balloons to make her wet with no need for rain.
- Although the Bug Zapper deals a larger amount of damage to Insects/Spiders, the Morning Star is still more effective against mobs that don't fit in neither of those categories, including Beehives and Spider Dens.
- Once the Player obtains the Drowning Conch or Practical Rain Rituals as Wickerbottom, they can freely force rain to use the Bug Zapper with full effectiveness.
Trivia
- Bug Zapper's crafting recipe used to be 1 Torch, 2 Electric Doodads and 2 Crimson Feathers. This was done to make the craft more accessible, but was later changed in the Squeaky Clean update. Its appearance also got changed to reflect its new recipe, with the Red in the center of the Zapper being replaced with a Saffron Feather sprite.
- The Bug Zapper used to not waste durability when it strikes a target, instead it had 6 minutes of fuel, just like the Morning Star.
- Wixie had a different quote for this item. The quote was "You remind me of... me!"
Credits
| Idea | Klei | 
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| Code | Scrimbles and Axe |  
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| Art | Scrimbles |
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| Quotes | Lux | 
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Gallery
Wilson wielding a Bug Zapper
Bug Zapper's original appearance before the Squeaky Clean update.
Bug Zapper's sprite when on the ground.
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