Sanguine Staff

  

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

Sanguine Staff

• 

Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	35 (Summon)
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a sanguine bat to fight for you
Rarity	04*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Sanguine Bat
Buff tooltip	The sanguine bat will fight for you

Projectile created

• Sanguine Bat
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4269
• Internal Buff ID: 213
• Internal Projectile ID: 755

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Dreadnautilus Dreadnautilus	1	50%100%

Summoning three Sanguine Bats to attack a Mimic.

The Sanguine Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon that has a 50*1/2 (50%) / 100*1/1 (100%) chance of being dropped by the Dreadnautilus. It summons a Sanguine Bat minion that remains by the player's side until an enemy is in sight, and attacks by flying in an elliptical loop between the player and enemy. They immediately return to the player's side once their target dies.

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 Sanguine Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Notes

• The Sanguine Bats arrange themselves along a semicircle with the player's head as the center.
• Unlike most minions, the bats will immediately return to the user's side, preventing them from getting stuck behind blocks and blocking the minion's field of vision.
• The bats leave an afterimage while moving.
• If dyed with Critter Shampoo, most basic and gradient dyes will have little effect on the bat's colors. Some dyes obtained from Strange Plants will be discolored due to the bat's glow (such as Reflective Gold Dye coloring the bats a fiery orange, and Negative Dye making them completely black). Bright dyes will work properly as they override the bat's color completely.
• The bats give off a fair amount of red light which can assist with visibility in dark places, especially when several are summoned.

Tips

• Like the Blade Staff and Terraprisma, the Sanguine Staff's precise movement, tracking and fixed idle position make it an ideal choice for assisting the player with faster bosses and for crowd control.
• Due to the difficulty of spawning and taking down the Dreadnautilus, the Sanguine Staff can be hard to obtain until mid-Hardmode. Even so, it is still an effective weapon at that point due to the benefits mentioned above, and summoner armor will substantially improve its damage.
• Due to its damage, speed and consistent flight pattern the Sanguine Staff could arguably be considered better than most pre-Golem staves.
• Its large aggro range, fast movement, and solid damage make the Sanguine Staff quite capable in the daytime Empress of Light fight.

Trivia

• Sanguine is an adjective meaning blood red. It is derived from Latin sanguis, which means blood.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Knockback reduced from 8 to 3.
  • Fixed a bug where Sanguine Bats could hit a single target more than one time if the player was very close to the target.

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Drop chance increased from 20*1/5 (20%) to 50*1/2 (50%) / 100*1/1 (100%).
  • Attack duration increased from 60 to 66.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.