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Empowerments are special stat-improving effects that originate from Bard weapons or equipment. These buffs have a short duration, but can be extended by wearing certain Bard equipment.

Types[ | ]

Weapon Empowerments[ | ]

Weapon Empowerments are generally given by Symphonic weapons. These have 4 levels, with each level increasing in power. Only 1 level of the same empowerment can be active, and when receiving multiple levels of the same empowerment, only the highest level version will be kept. After receiving this type of empowerment, a bard orb will orbit around the player, with their color representing the empowerment type and the size representing the empowerment level.

Category Orb Empowerment Effect Hardmode
Brass
Empowerment - Attack Speed Attack Speed
  • Increases melee, firing, casting, throwing, healing, and playing speed by 3%/6%/9%/12%
No
Empowerment - Critical Strike Chance Critical Strike Chance
  • Increases critical strike chance by 5%/10%/15%/20%
No
Empowerment - Damage Damage
  • Increases damage by 5%/10%/15%/20%
Tango Tick1
Empowerment - Flat Damage Flat Damage
  • Increases damage by 1/2/3/4
No
Percussion
Empowerment - Aquatic Ability Aquatic Ability
  • Increases underwater breathing time and swimming speed by 25%/50%/75%/100%
No
Empowerment - Flight Time Flight Time
  • Increases flight time by 10%/20%/30%/40%
Tango Tick1
Empowerment - Jump Height Jump Height
  • Increases jump height by 1/2/3/4 blocks
No
Empowerment - Movement Speed Movement Speed
  • Increases movement speed and maximum movement speed by 5%/10%/15%/20%
No
String
Empowerment - Damage Reduction Damage Reduction
  • Increases damage reduction by 4%/8%/12%/16%
Tango Tick1
Empowerment - Defense Defense
  • Increases defense by 4/8/12/16
No
Empowerment - Invincibility Frames Invincibility Frames
  • Increases duration of time invulnerable after taking damage by 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8 seconds
No
Empowerment - Life Regeneration Life Regeneration
  • Increases life regeneration by 1/2/3/4 life/second
No
Wind
Empowerment - Maximum Resource Maximum Resource
  • Increases maximum mana, exhaustion, and inspiration by 5%/10%/15%/20%
No
Empowerment - Resource Consumption Chance Resource Consumption Chance
  • Increases the chance for you to not consume resource by 5%/10%/15%/20%
No
Empowerment - Resource Grab Range Resource Grab Range
  • Increases collection range of resource items by ×3/×6/×9/×12
No
Empowerment - Resource Regeneration Resource Regeneration
  • Increases mana, exhaustion, and inspiration regeneration by 5%/10%/15%/20%
Tango Tick1
Electronic
Empowerment - Empowerment Prolongation Empowerment Prolongation
  • Extends duration of existing empowerments by 1/1.5/2/2.5 seconds
No

Notes[ | ]

History[ | ]

  • 1.6.3.7: Nerfed Life Regeneration from 2 per empowerment level to 1 per empowerment level.
  • 1.6.1.0: Overhauled empowerment system:
    • Added Aquatic Ability, Empowerment Prolongation, Flat Damage, Flight Time, Invincibility Frames, Jump Height, Maximum Resource, Resource Consumption Chance, Resource Grab Range, and Resource Regeneration.
    • Removed "Ammo Consumption", "Mana Regen", "Max Health", and "Max Mana".
    • Now granted on instrument use instead of on enemy hit.
    • Durations are now all equal, defaulting at 5 seconds.
    • Now sorted into groups by instrument category, instead of being arbitrarily spread out.
  • 1.5.1.0: Removed Accessory Empowerments; now innate to Subwoofers.
  • 1.4.3.2: Empowerments no longer use buff icons. Instead they show up as bard orbs that orbit around the player and the buff is shown upon receiving.
  • 1.4.3.1: Default duration of empowerments was increased.
  • 1.4.0.5: Added new Weapon Empowerments:
    • Ammo Consumption.
    • Maximum Life.
    • Maximum Mana.
  • 1.4.0.0: Introduced.
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