Raven Staff

Raven Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	55 / 37 (Summon)
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	28 (Average)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a raven to fight for you
Rarity	08*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Ravens
Buff tooltip	The ravens will attack your enemies

Projectile created

• Raven
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1802
• Internal Buff ID: 83
• Internal Projectile ID: 317

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Pumpking Pumpking	1	1.56–12.5% 1.79–14.29% 6.25–12.5%

The Raven Staff in use.

The Raven Staff is a Hardmode, post-Plantera summon weapon that spawns a Raven minion that swiftly charges through enemies while dealing contact damage. Like other minions, the summoned Raven 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 Raven Staff is dropped by the Pumpking during the Pumpkin Moon event with a 1.56 ~ 12.5% (6.25 ~ 12.5%) chance depending on the current wave.

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 Raven Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Tips

• The Ravens attack notably quickly. As they are also able to fly, this makes them potent melee minions.
• Ravens physically pierce through multiple enemies but do not deal piercing damage.
• The Raven's dark color makes it hard to see at night. This can be remedied by using the Critter Shampoo with a bright, glowing dye.

Trivia

• The Raven Staff can be considered a direct upgrade to the Finch Staff, as both weapons summon bird minions that attack in a similar pattern.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Ravens will now attempt to return to the player faster depending on how fast the player is moving.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 37 to 55.
  • Flight speed doubled.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Now requires 10 mana.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Summon damage increased from 34 to 37.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Summon damage increased from 32 to 34.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.07:
  • Summon damage increased from 34 to 37.
  • Now requires 10 mana.

• Console 1.04: Summon damage increased from 32 to 34.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Summon damage increased from 32 to 37.
  • Now requires 10 mana.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.