Tendon Bow

This is the Crimson half of a pair. Corruption worlds get the Demon Bow instead, the two behave identically, and which one you end up holding says nothing about your run except which evil biome the world rolled.

Killing the Eye of Cthulhu once hands over more than enough ore to cover it, so the bow is effectively guaranteed after the first boss. That makes it the default ranged pickup for anyone who does not want to spend an hour smashing hearts underground looking for something better. It carries fine through the first jungle trip and falls off the moment Hardmode starts handing out real bows.

• A tendon is the cord that ties muscle to bone, and real bows have been strung with animal sinew for thousands of years. The Crimson names most of its gear after body parts, so this one got the string.