Flinx Staff

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Flinx Staff
  • Flinx Staff item sprite
Auto-use
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Weapon
Damage8 (Summon)
Knockback2 (Very weak)
Mana5
Use time36 (Very slow)
Velocity10
TooltipSummons a snow flinx to fight for you
RarityRarity level: 3
Sell50 SC
Research1 required
Grants Buff
BuffFlinxFlinx
Buff tooltipThe snow flinx will fight for you
Projectile created
  • Flinx
    Flinx
Sounds
Use
  • Internal Item ID: 5069 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Internal Buff ID: 325 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Internal Projectile ID: 951
The Flinx Staff in use, attacking a Skeleton.

The Flinx Staff is a pre-Hardmode summon weapon that summons a Flinx minion. Upon hitting an enemy, it bounces off creating a small puff of blue smoke where it immediately tries to hit the enemy again. Sometimes it will not bounce far enough away from the enemy, and will deal damage two times within just a few frames. If the player gets too far away, goes behind a wall, or flies up in the air, the Flinx will fly quickly towards the player, moving through any obstacles in the way. Like other minions, the summoned Flinx is invincible and follows the player until they die, summon a replacement minion, cancel the buff, or leave the world.

Visually, the minion looks like a purple-colored Snow Flinx with a bun of fur behind its head.

Its best modifiers are Mythical, Furious, or Godly. Due to its low base damage, all damage-improving modifiers +10% or greater improve its damage by the same amount. A Ruthless Flinx Staff has no lasting advantage over one with other modifiers, as it deals less knockback.

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Flinx StaffFlinx Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Work BenchWork Bench

Notes

  • The Flinx cannot go through solid blocks. Summoning the Flinx inside of a solid block will cause it to stay there until the player walks far enough away that it has to fly to them.
  • Because the Flinx deals damage on contact rather than with a bespoke attack pattern, it is one of the few minions that can damage Target Dummies without an enemy on-screen.
  • The Flinx minion applies 10 ticks of static immunity frames upon hitting an enemy, meaning it can potentially hit up to six times per second

Tips

  • The Flinx Staff is a reliable alternative to other early-game summoning weapons such as the Finch Staff and Slime Staff. Unlike other early-game summon weapons, it can be crafted using relatively common ingredients and does not require luck to obtain.
  • On top of being easy to obtain, it has very reliable AI and scales well with summon tag damage. This makes it one of the best minions in Pre-Hardmode.

Trivia

  • It is the only minion-summoning weapon that consumes 5 mana instead of 10.

See also

History

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