Slime Staff

Slime Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	8 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	28 (Average)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a baby slime to fight for you
Rarity	04*
Sell	2 GC
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Baby Slime
Buff tooltip	The baby slime will fight for you

Projectile created

• Baby Slime
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1309
• Internal Buff ID: 64
• Internal Projectile ID: 266

A Baby Slime flying with wings.

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Baby Slime Baby Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Black Slime Black Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Blue Slime Blue Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Bouncy Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bouncy Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	0.01%0.014%
Crystal Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Crystal Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	0.01%0.014%
Green Slime Green Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Heavenly Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Heavenly Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	0.01%0.014%
Ice Slime Ice Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Illuminant Slime Illuminant Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Jungle Slime Jungle Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Mother Slime Mother Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Pinky Pinky	1	1%1.4%
Purple Slime Purple Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Red Slime Red Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Sand Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Sand Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	0.013%0.018%
Slimeling Slimeling	1	0.01%0.014%
Spiked Ice Slime Spiked Ice Slime	1	0.01%0.0143%
Spiked Jungle Slime Spiked Jungle Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Spiked Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Spiked Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	0.014%
Toxic Sludge Toxic Sludge	1	0.01%0.014%
Yellow Slime Yellow Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Zombie (Armed Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Armed Slimed Zombie)	1	0.014%
Zombie (Big Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Big Slimed Zombie)	1	0.01%0.014%
Zombie (Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Slimed Zombie)	1	0.01%0.014%
Zombie (Small Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Small Slimed Zombie)	1	0.01%0.014%

Using the Slime Staff to summon a Baby Slime to attack a Skeleton.

"Baby Slime" redirects here. For other uses of "Slime", see Slime (disambiguation).

The Slime Staff is a pre-Hardmode summon weapon that summons a Baby Slime minion. The Baby Slime attacks by bouncing on the ground and chasing enemies, rapidly dealing contact damage. If the player is far away, the Baby Slime will fly with wings to catch up with them. Like other minions, the summoned Baby Slime 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 Slime Staff generally has the rarest drop chance of any weapon, with minor exceptions. The typical drop rate from most slimes and Slimed Zombies is 1/10000 (0.01%) / 1/7000 (0.0143%). Pinky has a greatly increased drop rate of 1/100 (1%) / 1/70 (1.4286%). Additionally, Sand Slimes have a drop rate of 1/8000 (0.0125%) / 1/5600 (0.0179%). The slimes which cannot drop the Slime Staff are: Shimmer, Golden, Lava, Dungeon, Umbrella, Hoppin' Jack, Corrupt (Shadow(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)), King Slime, Queen Slime, Crimslime, Gastropod (Spectral(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)) and Rainbow.

Unlike other summon weapons, its best possible modifier is Mythical because both the Ruthless and Mythical modifiers only raise its base damage to 9 due to rounding.

Notes

• The maximal potential attack frequency of Baby Slimes on any given target reaches six hits per second.
• Although it is extremely rare, it is possible to obtain the Slime Staff almost immediately after starting a new game.
• In Celebrationmk10(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and Get fixed boi(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) worlds, the Slime Staff can be purchased from the Princess for 10 GC.

Tips

• An easy way to obtain the Slime Staff without much effort is to construct a statue farm with one or more Slime Statues, and lava just deep enough to not destroy any drops as it kills the slimes. Leave it alone for a while, and occasionally check if the staff has been dropped yet. Using advanced setups like engines and multiple statues can greatly accelerate the process. Note that as of version 1.3.0.1(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), there is a limit to how quickly statues can be triggered.
• Another way to quickly kill a lot of slimes is to summon King Slime or to wait for a Slime Rain(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).
• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) An early way to get it would be to intentionally die several times, use all the Tombstones to make a Graveyard, and farm Slimed Zombies.
  • Abigail's Flower(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) can also spawn in graveyards and is potentially easier to obtain.
• The Slime Staff when coupled with Lucky Coin and the Broken modifier is a great money maker since its attacks are fast but not strong.
• It can be used to keep weak enemies like Meteor Heads away while focusing on other tasks like mining.
• The summoned Baby Slime is summoned at the cursor, and therefore can be used to attack enemies on the other side of walls.

Trivia

• The Slime Staff has among the lowest drop rates of any enemy-dropped item.
• Prior to 1.3.4(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), the Slime Staff had the lowest base damage of any summon weapon. Since 1.3.4, the Lightning Aura Rod has lower base damage, though it also ignores defense.
• The Baby Slime summoned by the Slime Staff appears to be a baby version of the Toxic Sludge slime, being similar in color, and having a face as well.
• When the Baby Slime is moving to attack an enemy, it will destroy Pots, grass, and vines.
• If the player is moving too fast, the Baby Slime will fly to the player with wings.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.2.3: Can now be purchased from the Princess in Celebrationmk10 worlds.

• Desktop 1.4.1.2: Crystal Slimes, Heavenly Slimes, and Bouncy Slimes can now drop the Slime Staff.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Item and minion sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now has an increased 1% / 1.43% chance to drop from Pinky and 0.013% / 0.018% from Sand Slime.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1:
  • Added requirement of 10 mana.
  • Fixed a bug where the minion buff did not disappear upon leaving a world.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Updated drop chances to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Updated drop chances to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.07: Added requirement of 10 mana.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Updated drop chances to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Added requirement of 10 mana.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.