What do you think is the best gun in Terraria?

[Jethro2021]

For starters, my first gun was a snowball cannon, then I got the Undertaker and then a Minishark, which is my favourite. What's yours?

[Tygra]

I like megashark but my newly aquired sniper rifle pwn everything:D

[profit by frog]

Me and my friend beat the Eye of Cthulu with snowball cannons/turrets. Also, the best gun I've ever gotten was the clockwork assault rifle. It's amazing.

[Surfing Avocado]

Coin gun :3 It may take awhile to farm with platinum coins, but with 500-600 damage and 3-4 ticks per second, the damage is insane!

[Joker]

In terms of actual guns, I'd say Megashark w/ special bullets. In term of overall ranged weapons I'd have to say Stake Launcher or Stynger.

[SYMPHONY]

The best gun is the S.D.M.G aka space dolphin machine gun its not accesible in the game without invetory edit

[Darth Cannabis]

Well somebodys need to throw some love out there for the shotgun (until I find the assualt shotgun), particularly with special bullets.
My character Cannabis with terra blade and shotty, angel wings and sunglasses is the perfect cross between kid icarus and duke nukem.

[Encrypted Liger]

yeah that is super op

[FaelisongTalim]

There is a lot of competition between which is the best "RANGED" weapon in Terraria.

Arrows:

• Chlorophyte Shotbow (Holy Arrows). This thing will wreck anyone you come across in PvP, and wear down boss health like no tommarow.
  
• Stake Launcher. Piercing and Passively High Damage in exchange for absurd rarity and no use of special ammunition makes this weapon a rewarding weapon for the precise and accurate.
  
• Hallowed Repeater (Venom Arrows). Very similar to Stake Launcher, albeit with the ability to poison.

Guns:

• Megashark/Uzi (All Bullets). Absurdly high fire rate combined with high base damage PER BULLET makes this a popular choice amongst the Terraria Community. Chlorophyte Bullets ARE recommended, but in fights where there are multiple enemies that do not contribute to killing the actual boss itself (Destroyer's Probes, Skeletron Prime's Arms, Plantera's Tentacles, Scarecrows/Hellhounds/Poltergeist/Splinterlings in Pumpkin Moon, etc), it can be detrimental and a waste of chlorophyte.
  
• Flamethrower. High Fire Rate and Pyrotechnic Demolishment in PvP makes this weapon a great contender, even against Coin Gun with Hacked Platinum Coins. Gel is slightly hard to come by in Hardmode, so farming Slime Statues for Gel is recommended.
  
• Star Cannon. Best weapon in terms of DPS, with piercing, over 50 damage PER STAR, and absurdly high fire rates, in exchange for being one of the weapons that have the most trouble acquiring ammunition for.
  
• Tatical Shotgun (Crystal Bullets). Auto-Fire and Obscene Base Damage makes this a even greater contender when combined with Crystal Bullets, as the ~18 Crystal Shards produced by the intitial impact will make it extremely hard to escape in PvP. With the Best Ranger Gear, it can kill Pumpking in absolute seconds.
  
• Sniper Rifle (Crystal Bullets). Extremely Slow Fire Rate but Absurdly High Base Damage makes this a notorious weapon in PvP. Combined with Crystal Bullets, and you can deal over 1000 Damage in a single shot due to Crystal Shard Spread (not even taking into account about Criticals). Chlorophyte Bullets is also a good alternative.

Heavy Ordnance:

• Rocket Launcher. Known to deal over ~500 in a critical hit, it can be absurdly deadly in long ranges due to it's fast speeds. Close Range combat with this weapon is suicidal, and not advised.
  
• Proximity Mine Launcher. It is amazing for carpeting arenas with Mines in preperation for the Pumpkin Moon, Destroyer, Plantera, or Golem.
  
• Stynger. One of the Best weapons in the game, it can kill almost anything in a matter of seconds. High Fire Rate with even Higher damage and the fact that it explodes into sharpnel makes it even more deadly.
  
  
  

[Encrypted Liger]

i love dah space dolphin machince gun faster then mega shark and coin gun does 53 damge base no reworks no gear and i got it to crit 200 and adding the fact that it has clrophyte bullets i melt skeletron prime about 1-2 mins but best melee wep for 200 skeletron prime is pala hammer op as ♥♥♥♥ add frost armor and fire glove makes it even more deadly

[ArcBurn99]

Originally posted by FlyingBigfoot:

The best gun is the S.D.M.G aka space dolphin machine gun its not accesible in the game without invetory edit

Now in 1.3, the Moon Lord has and 11.1% chance of dropping it

[ArcBurn99]

Originally posted by SuperPhat:

i love dah space dolphin machince gun faster then mega shark and coin gun does 53 damge base no reworks no gear and i got it to crit 200 and adding the fact that it has clrophyte bullets i melt skeletron prime about 1-2 mins but best melee wep for 200 skeletron prime is pala hammer op as ♥♥♥♥ add frost armor and fire glove makes it even more deadly

targeting the last weapon in this comment, the Terra Blade now is stronger than the paladins hammer, and there also a weapon stronger then the terra blade

[Apex]

Phantasm is the best bow hands down, sorry. Used with basic arrows I reach 5-10k dps easy. With cursed arrows it only goes up, I'm currently using hellfire arrows with it just to farm bosses because the explosive radius procs the extra ability it grants. Nuking end game bosses in a few seconds easy. No inventory edit was used and it's actually pretty easy to get from the pillar events.

[Newb]

Oooooooooo! Scary Necro, guys.

[Bissy]

Coin gun

[plugwalk]

Originally posted by FlyingBigfoot:

The best gun is the S.D.M.G aka space dolphin machine gun its not accesible in the game without invetory edit

It is, you just have to kill the Moon Lord.