Hornet Staff

Type	Weapon
Damage	12 / 9 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	22 (Fast)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a hornet to fight for you
Rarity
Sell	70 !!Error: Invalid EICONS input! / 1
Research	1 required
Buff	Hornet
Buff tooltip	The hornet will fight for you
Use	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Item_76.wav

Desktop/Console/Old-gen console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, Old-gen console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

This article is about the minion summoning item. For the bee pets, see Beeswax and Nectar.

The Hornet Staff attacking a Skeleton.

The Hornet Staff is a pre-Hardmode summon weapon. It spawns a hornet minion that follows the player and attacks enemies with a ranged stinger attack, similar to the Hornet enemy's attack. 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 for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, cancels the buff, or leaves the world.

The Hive Pack increases the firing rate of Hornet summons by about 30%.

Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits. The only lasting advantage a Mythical Hornet Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.