Frost Staff

Frost Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	46 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 43 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Magic)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana	12 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 14 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	12 (Very fast) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 20 (Very fast) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Velocity	16
Tooltip	Shoots a stream of frost
Rarity	05*
Sell	4 GC
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	100% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Duration	7 seconds

Projectile created

• Frost Bolt
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 726
• Internal Buff ID: 324 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 359

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ice Elemental Ice Elemental	1	2%
Icy Merman Icy Merman	1	2%

Not to be confused with Staff of the Frost Hydra.

The Frost Staff in action. Notice how it pierces the first enemy, but not the second.

The Frost Staff is a Hardmode magic weapon that has a 1/50 (2%) drop chance from Icy Mermen and Ice Elementals, both of which are found in the Snow biome or Ice biome. The Frost Staff shoots a frost bolt which travels in a straight line, pierces a single enemy, then disappears after striking a second and (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) also inflicts the Frostbite debuff upon contact.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Tips

• If obtained early in Hardmode, it can be fairly effective until better weapons are obtained. With its fast speed, average and fair knockback, it can deal with crowds of enemies.

Trivia

• The Frost Staff functions somewhat similarly to a gem staff.
• It is shaped very similarly to the Imp Staff.
• In 1.4.0.1's official changelog, this weapon is incorrectly referred to as "Staff of Frost"

See also

• Ice Rod, a similarly snow/ice-themed weapon. It is purchased from the Wizard NPC.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Use time decreased from 16 to 12.
  • Now inflicts Frostbite.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprite updated. Old sprite was:
  • Use Time decreased from 20 to 16.
  • Mana cost decreased from 14 to 12.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 43 to 46.

• Desktop Unknown: The projectile shot by the Frost Staff is no longer stacked; if an enemy had more health than a single projectile could hit, the other projectile would also hit the enemy, meaning that piercing would only apply if the enemy could be killed with a single projectile.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage decreased from 53 to 43.
  • Mana usage increased from 10 to 14.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: The Frost Staff will now trigger the Spectre armor's set bonus.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.10061: No longer dropped by Ice Bats.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.