Hornet Staff

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Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.
For Old-gen console version Old-gen console differences, see Legacy:Hornet Staff.
Hornet Staff
  • Hornet Staff item sprite
Auto-use
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Weapon
Damage12 (Summon)
Knockback2 (Very weak)
Mana10
Use time22 (Fast)
Velocity10
TooltipSummons a hornet to fight for you
RarityRarity level: 3
Sell70 SC
Research1 required
Grants Buff
BuffHornetHornet
Buff tooltipThe hornet will fight for you
Inflicts Debuff
DebuffPoisonedPoisoned
Debuff tooltipSlowly losing life
Chance100%
Duration4–7 seconds
Projectiles created
  • Hornet
    Hornet
  • Hornet Stinger
    Hornet Stinger
Sounds
Use
Hornet Stinger
  • Internal Item ID: 2364 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  • Internal Buff ID: 125 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions), 20
  • Internal Projectile ID: 373, 374
Using the Hornet Staff to summon a Hornet minion to attack a Skeleton.
This article is about the minion summoning item. For the bee pets, see Beeswax and Nectar.

The Hornet Staff is a pre-Hardmode summon weapon that spawns a Hornet minion which follows the player and attacks enemies with a ranged stinger attack, similar to the attacks of Hornet enemies. The stingers travel in a straight line, do not pierce, and inflict the Poisoned debuff for 4–7 seconds. Like other minions, the summoned Hornet is invincible and follows the player until they die, summon a replacement minion, cancel the buff, or leave the world.

Its best modifiers are Mythical, Furious, or Godly. Rounding reveals that these modifiers provide the same increase to damage as the Ruthless modifier, increasing it from 12 to 14.

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Hornet StaffHornet Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  • Bee WaxBee Wax(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)14
Iron AnvilIron Anvil
or
Lead AnvilLead Anvil

Notes

  • The Hornet Stingers are fired at a rate of once every 0.75 seconds on average. With the Hive Pack(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) equipped, the average fire rate is increased to once every 0.58 seconds.[1]
  • The Hornet minions can target enemies up to 125 tiles away from the player.[2]
    • This detection range is boosted to 187.5 tiles away from the player for enemies that are targeted by the player using a whip or summon staff.
  • If the Hornet minions are more than 62.5 tiles away from the player, they attempt to return to the player's side before resuming their attacks.[2]
  • The Hornet Stingers move at a speed of 51 mph.[2]

Tips

See also

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4: The Hive Pack now increases the firing rate of Hornet Staff minions by about 30%.
  • Desktop 1.2.4.1:
    • Added requirement of 10 mana.
    • Fixed a bug where the minion buff did not disappear upon leaving a world.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI_062() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The Hornet's ai[1] is increased by 1–3 each tick, meaning the average increase per tick is 2. The threshold is 90 normally or 70 with the Hive Pack, so the average cooldown between attacks is 90/2=45 or 70/2=35 ticks.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI_062() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.
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