can a harpoon be used in a gunslinger challenge?

[CharmingRax]

its a ranged..... its a flail ?
its no rocketlauncher nor a bow. but its a gun actually...
so.

[Jaded AF]

what kind of damage does it deal, if it says ranged you have your answer

[Snek]

I'd assume not; It's not a gun. It probably falls under the 'Exotic' Ranged category (Darts, Toxicarp, etc.).

[bubbagamer]

Some Youtubers define a melee/ranged/magic only playthrough as only weapons that say "__ Melee Damage" for melee, and etc. For example, they wouldn't count summoner weapons on a magic playthrough, since those do "summon damage", but honestly imo you can define it however you want.

Also, technically the Harpoon is a ranged weapon, but is considered neither a gun (bullet-shooting), bow/repeater (arrow-shooting), nor launcher (rocket-shooting) for the pupose of bonuses for specific types of ranged weapons (e.g. Shroomite Armor, Magic Quiver).

[Blargo]

Originally posted by bubbagamer:

but honestly imo you can define it however you want.

Not really; damage types do have a mechanic. If you want to buff the damage of a harpoon, you need to use ranged accessories/armor, therefore it's a ranged weapon.

Similarly, the Solar Eruption and Daybreak are also "ranged" weapons but are classed as dealing melee damage, so you need melee accessories/armor to buff them.