Pirate Staff

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console, see Legacy:Pirate Staff.
Pirate Staff
  • Pirate Staff item sprite
Auto-use
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Statistics
Type
Weapon
Damage40 (Summon)
Knockback6 (Average)
Mana10
Use time36 (Very slow)
Velocity10
TooltipSummons pirates to fight for you
RarityPink (Rarity level: 5)
Sell1 GC
Research1 required
Grants Buff
BuffPiratePirate
Buff tooltipThe pirate will fight for you
Projectiles created
  • One Eyed Pirate
    One Eyed Pirate
  • Soulscourge Pirate
    Soulscourge Pirate
  • Pirate Captain
    Pirate Captain
Sounds
Use
  • Internal Item ID: 2584 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  • Internal Buff ID: 135 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  • Internal Projectile ID: 393, 394, 395
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Flying Dutchman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Flying Dutchman.gif Flying Dutchman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)16.67%
Pirate CaptainPirate Captain.gif Pirate Captain10.4% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
0.2% (Old-gen console version)
Pirate CorsairPirate Corsair.gif Pirate Corsair10.1% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
0.05% (Old-gen console version)
Pirate CrossbowerPirate Crossbower.gif Pirate Crossbower10.1% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
0.05% (Old-gen console version)
Pirate DeadeyePirate Deadeye.gif Pirate Deadeye10.1% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
0.05% (Old-gen console version)
Pirate DeckhandPirate Deckhand.gif Pirate Deckhand10.1% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
0.05% (Old-gen console version)
The Pirate Staff in use.

The Pirate Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon that summons a Pirate minion. It runs and jumps towards enemies, attacking with a sword up close.

The Pirate Staff has a 1/1000 (0.1%) chance to be dropped by regular pirates (except Parrots) during the Pirate Invasion event. The Pirate Staff has an increased 1/250 (0.4%) chance to be dropped from Pirate Captains, and a higher 1/15 (6.67%) chance to be dropped by the Flying Dutchman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).

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 Pirate Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Notes

  • The Pirates apply 18 ticks[1] of local invincibility frames upon hit, meaning they can hit up to 3.33 times per second.[2]
  • The Pirates can target enemies within a 50-tile range.[3]
  • The Pirates only deal damage during their sword swinging animation, which begins when they are very close to their target and lasts for 0.25 seconds.[3]
  • On average, it will take 6–7 complete Pirate Invasions before this item drops (assuming the player can kill two Flying Dutchmen and 200 pirates per invasion).
  • In Celebrationmk10(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and Get fixed boi(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) worlds, the Pirate Staff can be purchased from the Princess for 5 GC after a Pirate Invasion has been defeated.
  • The Pirates, as well as the Flinx and the Vampire Frog, are the only minions that are capable of swimming in all liquids whilst pursuing enemies.
  • The Pirates will defecate occasionally (similar to the effect of activating a Toilet). This effect is purely visual.
    • This occurs every 7.5–10 seconds if the pirate is not moving horizontally, or every 15–20 seconds otherwise.[3]
Pirate minion feces 1.png Pirate minion feces 2.png Pirate minion feces 3.png
The three variations of the minion's feces.

Trivia

A parrot carrying a pirate minion.
  • Each time the pirate minion is summoned, it will randomly take on one of three possible sprite graphics, all of which are functionally identical. In the game code, they are called the "One Eyed Pirate", "Pirate Captain", and "Soulscourge Pirate".
    • The "One Eyed Pirate" variant seems to resemble a miniature version of the Pirate Deadeye enemy.
  • The pirates seem to use a miniature version of the Falcon Blade when attacking.
  • If the player strays too far from a pirate, a parrot will carry it back to the player.
  • The internal name of the Pirates' AI is AI_067_FreakingPirates().
  • This item is one of several crossover references to the game Pixel Piracy.
    • The pirates' defecation behavior is similar to their behavior in the Pixel Piracy game.

History

References

  1. ↑ A tick is a time unit countable by the software. Most of Terraria's updating logic happens every tick. A tick has the length of 1/60th of a second, hence there are 60 ticks in a second and 3600 ticks in a minute.
  2. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method SetDefaults() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method AI_067_FreakingPirates() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.
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