I was surprised how bad or good some weapons are and will likely save me farming time. For a sortable list of every weapon in the game see list of weapons.

Ranking Every Single Weapon In Terraria
Hardmode weapon tier list. Could be good at one or two things but realistically youre only going to use this because of the cool factor or because its early hardmode and you have nothing better available. While it fires stupidly fast its range is a bit too low to contribute properly to most boss fights though it can somewhat cheese retinazers second phase if you didnt already have a bunker to cheese it with. Pre hardmode items are items obtainable before hardmode is activated. In depth hardmode armor tier list while pre hardmodes armor progression is nothing special hardmode opens up a lot of variety in armor sets with some being more viable than others due to their special set bonuses or the raw stats they provide. A niche weapon that can perform some neat tricks but generally isnt as effective as most magic weapons in its tier. I could help with some of the rare ones slime staff etc reactions.
For some weapon setup ideas see guide. Also are you planning on making one of these for pre hardmode weapons. Craftable weapons can be crafted in pre hardmode worlds but some or all of their crafting materials andor the materials required to craft their crafting stations can only be. Decent at what it does however it has its drawbacks and is usually outperformed in most cases. The following weapons can only be acquired in hardmode worlds but can be used in any world. A world permanently converts to hardmode when the wall of flesh is defeated for the first time in that world.
A good weapon does its job well without being overpowered. Compared to hardmode a pre hardmode world has fewer obtainable items. Really good weapon tier list. This list is provided to assist players of pre hardmode worlds in determining which items are available to them.