Assign Item.useStyle to one of these to give your item an animation while in use. The Use Style IDs wiki pagehas examples and animations of each of these use styles.
If none of these animations match what you want, consider making the animation a behavior of a held projectile or use the ModLoader.ModItem.UseStyle hook to implement a custom animation. More...

Static Public Attributes
const int	DrinkLiquid = 9
	Item is brought in front of player and rotated towards player. Used by potions, drinks, flasks, and hair dyes.

const int	DrinkLong = 6
	Item is brought in front of player and rotated towards player. Used by Recall Potion and Potion of Return

const int	DrinkOld = 7
	Unused

const int	EatFood = 2
	Eating or using Used by food

const int	GolfPlay = 8
	Item is swung like a golf club. Used by golf clubs.

const int	Guitar = 12
	Used by guitar-shaped instruments

const int	HiddenAnimation = 10

const int	HoldUp = 4
	Item is held up. Used for items such as mana/life crystals, life fruit, magic mirrors, and summoning items

const int	MowTheLawn = 11
	Used by Lawn Mower

const int	None = 0

const int	RaiseLamp = 14
	Item is raised high by off hand. Used by Nightglow.

const int	Rapier = 13
	Item is thrust in any direction towards the mouse. Used by Shortswords

const int	Shoot = 5
	Item is held in front of player pointing towards mouse. Item sprite should be oriented horizontally with handle at left and muzzle end at right. Set `Item.staff[Type] = true;` in SetStaticDefaults if the weapon sprite is oriented like a staff (handle at bottom left, end at top right). Used by items such as guns, spell books, flails, yoyos, and spears

const int	Swing = 1
	Item is swung in an overhead arch. Used for many sword weapons, block placement, etc.

const int	Thrust = 3
	Item is thrust horizontally. Use by ItemID.Umbrella and ItemID.TragicUmbrella

Detailed Description

Assign Item.useStyle to one of these to give your item an animation while in use. The Use Style IDs wiki page

has examples and animations of each of these use styles.
If none of these animations match what you want, consider making the animation a behavior of a held projectile or use the ModLoader.ModItem.UseStyle hook to implement a custom animation.

Static Public Attributes

Detailed Description