Highest chance not to consume ammo?

[ray ray]

What is the highest chance not to consume ammo?I mean by using armor set bonuses or guns or the ammo box combined?

[zimberzimber]

i think about 70%, not sure though.

(oh you have no idea how much i wish for 100%...)

[zimberzimber]

ok, heres the answr, highest is 95%, which is a lot.

[cpc8472]

"When combining the Chlorophyte Helmet, Shroomite Breastplate, Megashark/Chain Gun and this item (ammo box) you can achieve a 74.4% chance to not consume ammo." - per the official Terraria wiki on the page for the ammo box. There might be other combos that are higher.

[cpc8472]

Originally posted by TF2x10 zimberzimber:

ok, heres the answr, highest is 95%, which is a lot.

Which combination of weapon / gear do you need for that?

[Tealtyr]

Originally posted by cpc8472:

"When combining the Chlorophyte Helmet, Shroomite Breastplate, Megashark/Chain Gun and this item (ammo box) you can achieve a 74.4% chance to not consume ammo." - per the official Terraria wiki on the page for the ammo box. There might be other combos that are higher.

Those are the only items in the game that boost that stat.

Originally posted by TF2x10 zimberzimber:

ok, heres the answr, highest is 95%, which is a lot.

Ammo consumption reduction percentages are multiplicative- You realize the total addition of the percentages would have to be in the hundreds to actually achieve 95%

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by TF2x10 zimberzimber:

ok, heres the answr, highest is 95%, which is a lot.

You can't just add up bonuses. Most bonuses aren't additive, they're multiplicative.

If you had two items that each gave 50% chance to not consume ammo, it would *not* add up to 100%. They would only give you two separate 50% chances to avoid consuming ammo, which would result in a 75% chance in total.

[zimberzimber]

adamantite ranged set (25%) + any machine gun (50%) + ammo box (20%) = 95%

[Tealtyr]

Originally posted by TF2x10 zimberzimber:

adamantite ranged set (25%) + any machine gun (50%) + ammo box (20%) = 95%

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[zimberzimber]

oh darn, still a lot though.

[✪ CMP]

imo ammo consumtion is not really something you need to focus on, most bullets can be bought if you have a decent mob farm and just farming the jungle for a while gets you enough chlorophyte for a ton of bullets.

[cpc8472]

Originally posted by LoED Marius:

imo ammo consumtion is not really something you need to focus on, most bullets can be bought if you have a decent mob farm and just farming the jungle for a while gets you enough chlorophyte for a ton of bullets.

Agreed. If you're far enough along in the game to have the best stuff that reduces ammo consumption, then buying / crafting more ammo shouldn't be a huge challenge to you.

[DropYoPants]

You can get 100%.
Chlorophyte helmet(20%) + Shroomite Breast Armor (20%) + Gun(50%) + Ammo box(20%) = 110%.

Apparently, game has some kind of max value to it. so it still consumes ammo by some rate.

[vAlar-]

Originally posted by Ebola12345:

You can get 100%.
Chlorophyte helmet(20%) + Shroomite Breast Armor (20%) + Gun(50%) + Ammo box(20%) = 110%.

Apparently, game has some kind of max value to it. so it still consumes ammo by some rate.

thats not how the mechanism work I guess, the percentage is added multiplicatively

[Honor Guard]

Originally posted by cpc8472:

"When combining the Chlorophyte Helmet, Shroomite Breastplate, Megashark/Chain Gun and this item (ammo box) you can achieve a 74.4% chance to not consume ammo." - per the official Terraria wiki on the page for the ammo box. There might be other combos that are higher.

and also there is a potion that does 20%

[Ojciec Dyrektor]

I know that this post is a bit old, but it's first site Google found me for words "terraria not consume ammo", so I guess many people sees this post trying to find out how is ammo consumption exacly works.

So I think that all of those comments doesn't give us an answer, but you guys just tell your guesses.

First: The chances doesn't stack. You can't get over 100%, because you don't get more ammo from firing using the maximum chance to not consume ammo.

I want to bring here some matchs to give the correct answer.
The formula for ammo consumption :

A-Weapon
B-Helmet
C-Breastplate
D-Ammobox
E-Potion

1*(1-A)*(1-B)*(1-C)*(1-D)*(1-E)=ammo consumption

So chance to not consume ammo is: 1-[1*(1-A)*(1-B)*(1-C)*(1-D)*(1-E)]=chance to not consume ammo

So if you use Megashark/Gattlingator/Chaingun/S.D.M.G. (50%), Chloroplate helmet (20%), Shroomite Breastplate (20%), Ammobox buff (20%), Ammoreservation buff (20%), it would be:
1-[1*(1-0.5)*(1-0.2)*(1-0.2)*(1-0.2)*(1-0.2)]=1-(1*0.5*0.8*0.8*0.8*0.8)=1-0.2048=0.7952*100%=79.52% <- the same as on official terraria wiki on Ammobox page.