Poison Staff

Poison Staff

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	43 (Magic)
Knockback	5.6 (Average)
Mana	22
Critical chance	4%
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	13.5
Tooltip	Shoots a poison fang that pierces multiple enemies
Rarity	06*
Sell	4 GC
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	100%
Duration	30 seconds

Projectile created

• Poison Fang
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1308
• Internal Buff ID: 20
• Internal Projectile ID: 265

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Black Recluse Black Recluse	1	2.5%

The Poison Staff's poison fangs piercing Target Dummies.

The Poison Staff is a Hardmode magic weapon which auto-fires a roughly 30° spread of 3-4 Poison Fangs that pierce up to three enemies and inflict the Poisoned debuff for a duration of 30 seconds. The Poison Staff has 1/40 (2.5%) chance of being dropped by Black Recluses in Spider Nests.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Venom Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Poison Staff Chlorophyte Bar14	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Notes

• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Each enemy is only damaged once by a single burst, regardless of how many projectiles hit.
• The chance of firing 3 projectiles is 2/3 (66.67%) and the chance of firing 4 projectiles is 1/3 (33.33%).
• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Poison Fang projectiles have a limited range and do not last indefinitely but dissipate after traveling 37 tiles.

Tips

• The Poison Staff is effective against worm-type enemies, such as Wyverns, The Destroyer, and the Eater of Worlds, since its projectiles can pierce through multiple segments.

Trivia

• Although the tooltip says that it shoots one fang, there are actually multiple projectiles.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Range increased slightly, from roughly 30 to 37 blocks.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Implemented a system that allows all of the projectiles to hit a target, to improve the shotgun-like functionality.
  • Damage decreased from 48 to 43.
  • Reduced number of enemies that each projectile can hit from 4 to 3.
  • Applies a 25% damage penalty to the next hit for each enemy a projectile pierces.
  • Projectiles now have a limited range.
  • Item and projectile sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage decreased from 59 to 48.
  • Mana cost increased from 12 to 22.
  • Now used to craft the Venom Staff.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.06:
  • Damage decreased from 59 to 48.
  • Mana cost increased from 12 to 22.
  • Now used to craft the Venom Staff.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Damage decreased from 59 to 48.
  • Mana cost increased from 12 to 22.
  • Now used to craft the Venom Staff.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.3.