Hornet Staff

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Hornet Staff
  • Hornet Staff item spriteold Hornet Staff item sprite
Auto-use
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Damage12 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 9 (Old-gen console version) (Summon)
Knockback2 (Very weak)
Mana10
Use time22 (Fast)
Velocity10
TooltipSummons a hornet to fight for you
RarityRarity level: 3
Sell70 SC (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 1 GC (Old-gen console version)
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
  • 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
This article is about the minion summoning item. For the bee pets, see Beeswax and Nectar.
Using the Hornet Staff to summon a Hornet minion to attack a Skeleton.

The Hornet Staff is a pre-Hardmode summon weapon that 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. The Hive Pack(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) will also increase the firing rate of the Hornet minion by 22.22%. 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.

(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 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.

(Old-gen console version) 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.

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 Staff has one of the fastest attack speeds out of all the ranged minions, comparable to the Stardust Cell Staff.

See also

  • HornetHornet – an enemy of similar appearance
  • BeeBee – a very small enemy of similar appearance
  • Bee MountBee Mount – a mount of somewhat similar appearance
  • NectarBaby Hornet pet – a hornet pet (which will not fight)
  • BeeswaxTiphia pet(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) – a tiphia pet (which will do 1 damage to enemies every ~0.3 seconds, but not chase them)

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4: The Hive Pack now increases the firing rate of Hornet Summons 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.