Meowmere
Weapon · WeaponMelee4★[Tides of Terraria] Legend has it Croajiro hauled this sword back from a distant land, for reasons nobody can explain. Each swing sends out a cat projectile that bounces around striking enemies.
Meowmere is 47th of 79 melee weapons by attack, at 200 against the 2,400 of Laser Sword.
This is where the crafting chain ends — nothing downstream consumes it, so a stockpile earns you nothing.
Details
At 22 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. At 13,460 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.
Meowmere Crafting Recipe
Ingot×22
Paldium Fragment
Coal×22
Ore×44Crafting it takes 66 materials across 3 types.
Where to Find Meowmere
Meowmere is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.
Using Meowmere Well
Meowmere is built once and never improves. The other Tides of Terraria swords — Terra Blade, Terraprisma and Excalibur — each exist in five schematic rarities that climb with every copy you find, but there is no Meowmere schematic at any rarity. The only stronger version is Legendary Meowmere, and that one is a Moon Lord raid reward rather than anything you can craft, so farming chests for an upgraded roll of this sword is wasted time.
Unlike most ancient technology, nothing in the recipe needs Ancient Civilization Parts — 22 each of Ingot, Paldium Fragment and Coal is all it costs in materials. The real price is the 2 ancient technology points at level 30, so decide against your other ancient unlocks first; the mats themselves are a single smelting run.
At 200 attack it is the weakest-hitting of the Terraria blades — a base-rarity Excalibur already swings for 360. What you are paying for is the bouncing cat projectile, which puts damage on targets you have not closed on yet, so it works as a poke option against fliers and skittish Pals rather than as a raw damage upgrade. Its 2222 durability means it survives that chip-damage role for a long time before repairs.
Alternatives and Upgrades
Step up from here and you get Drone Launcher at 210 attack; step down and it is Drone Launcher at 200. How far apart those two sit tells you whether to spend now or keep what you have.
Other melee weapons at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
