Orichalcum Repeater

This is the second rung of the Hardmode ore repeaters, and the step up from the first rung is small enough that mining a fresh set of bars purely for it is rarely worth the trip. If you already have the ore, build it. If you do not, keep digging toward the tier above.

The arrow does more for your output than the frame does. Jester's Arrows shred lines of enemies, Holy Arrows take over once the Hallow exists, and Ichor Arrows are the pick in a Crimson world because the debuff helps everything else you own. Treat the repeater as a delivery system and spend your effort on ammo.

Its job is holding the line until the mechanical bosses start dropping parts. Once they do, the ranged options built from those drops replace it outright.