Lunar Portal Staff

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Lunar Portal Staff
  • Lunar Portal Staff item sprite
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Weapon
Damage100 (Summon)
Knockback7.5 (Very strong)
Mana10
Use time30 (Average)
Velocity14
TooltipSummons a sentry
Summons a lunar portal to shoot lasers at your enemies
RarityRed (Rarity level: 10)
Sell10 GC
Research1 required
Projectiles created
  • Lunar Portal
    Lunar Portal
  • Lunar Portal Laser
    Lunar Portal Laser
Sounds
Use
Obtained from Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Moon Lord(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Moon Lord's Head.gif Moon Lord(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)122.2%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
(Moon Lord)Treasure Bag (Moon Lord)Treasure Bag
(Moon Lord)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		122.2%
The Lunar Portal attacking Mimics and Target Dummies.

The Lunar Portal Staff is a Hardmode, post-Moon Lord summon weapon that summons a Lunar Portal sentry. It continuously fires beams that sweep across enemies, which pierce infinite enemies but cannot pass through blocks. Unlike most sentries, the Lunar Portal floats midair. The Lunar Portal Staff has a 2/9 (22.22%) chance of being dropped by the Moon Lord.

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 Lunar Portal Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Notes

  • The Lunar Portal Laser applies 10 ticks of local immunity frames upon hitting an enemy.[1]
  • The Lunar Portal fires a laser once every 0.48 seconds. [2]
  • Targets close enough to a portal to be hit constantly will get damaged between ten to eleven times per second.
  • The Lunar Portal Laser persists for 0.83 seconds and sweeps across a 60° arc for its duration.[3]
  • The Lunar Portal has a 60-tile range, and its laser can extend for up to 150 tiles away if unobstructed.

Tips

  • The Lunar Portal should generally be placed high overhead to take advantage of its wide sweeping arc.

Trivia

See also

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4:
    • Damage increased from 50 to 100.
    • Cooldown between beams reduced from 90 to 30.
    • It now can fire two lasers instead of one.
    • Lasers swing faster and cover a wider arc.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method Damage() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.
  2. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The relevant part is the aiStyle == 123 code block. The Lunar Portal's ai[0] is set to -20 upon firing a laser. after this, it is increased by 1 every tick until it reaches 0, where it is increased to 1 within the same tick, thus increasing by 2 in the last tick. it then continues to increase by 1 per tick until it reaches 10, at which point the Lunar Portal can fire a laser again. This means the Lunar Portal fires a laser once every 29 ticks.
  3. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI() in Terraria.Projectile.cs. The relevant part in Terraria.Projectile.AI method is the aiStyle == 84 code block.
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