Spider Staff

   

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

Spider Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	26 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 25 (Old-gen console version) (Summon)
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons spiders to fight for you
Rarity	04*
Sell	1 GC
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Spider
Buff tooltip	The spider will fight for you

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Acid Venom
Debuff tooltip	Losing life
Chance	100%
Duration	2–4 seconds

Projectiles created

• Venom Spider
  
• Jumper Spider
  
• Dangerous Spider
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 2551 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Buff ID: 133 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions), 70
• Internal Projectile ID: 390, 391, 392

Not to be confused with Queen Spider Staff, a sentry summon weapon.

The Spider Staff in use. Note it is not stopped by walls.

The Spider Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon. It spawns a spider minion that follows the player and attacks by latching on to enemies. If enough of them attack the same enemy, it can be stun-locked. The spiders inflict the Acid Venom debuff for 2–4 seconds, can climb background walls, and jump high. Like other minions, the summoned Spider 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.

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 Spider Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Spider Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Spider Fang(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)16	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Notes

• (Old-gen console version) Due to the spiders' damage being classified as piercing, it can cause enemies to be immune to other piercing attacks. This may prolong fights against enemies with higher health while the spider minions are in use.
• (Old-gen console version) Each spider counts as 0.75 of a minion.

Tips

• The spider minion's ability to move freely on background walls makes it much more effective in areas with good wall coverage. It is otherwise limited to walking and jumping, and since it cannot fly (for the purposes of attacking) and has no projectile attack, its effectiveness is limited against flying enemies.
• The Spider Staff is easily acquired when first entering Hardmode, as most players will have already found a Spider Nest before it begins. Simply return there to kill the Black Recluses that begin spawning in Hardmode. Black Recluses hit hard and can take a while to defeat with pre-Hardmode equipment, but the effort is worth it.
• The Spider Staff has the highest base DPS of any pre-Plantera minion.
  • However, the Spider Staff's lack of local immunity caps the hit rate of a hoard of spiders at 12 hits per second. Each spider type has 15 static immunity frames, for a maximum of 4 hits per second per type. The three types of spiders together can hit 12 times per second.
    • Each spider attacks roughly 3 times per second, so the 4th, 5th, and 6th spiders attacking an enemy will not be able to hit at the same rate as the first 3. Only 6 spiders can attack an enemy simultaneously.
    • For example, 3 spiders will attack an enemy 9 times per second, but 6 spiders will only attack 12 times per second; 11 spiders will also only attack an enemy 12 times per second.
• If several spiders latch onto a single target that can receive knockback, the target will often be carried away from the player, but in some cases can carry the enemy towards the player faster than the enemy itself could normally approach.

Trivia

• Each time the spider is summoned, it has one of three possible sprite graphics. The first is an unidentifiable purple spider, the second resembles a Mexican redknee tarantula, and the third resembles a black widow. They are all functionally identical. On the  Old-gen console version, the types of spiders are summoned randomly, whereas on the other versions, they are summoned in order.
• The staff appears to be a four legged spider.
• The Spider Staff and the Queen Spider Staff are the only items available prior to defeating any mechanical boss that can inflict the Acid Venom debuff.
• It is one of only four weapons in the game that can inflict Acid Venom without any buffs or bonuses, the others being the Queen Spider Staff, the Pygmy Staff, and the Venom Staff.
• Contrary to the real world where spiders do not have wings, the spider minions will use wings to follow an airborne player when there are no background walls.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1.2: Summoning Spiders will now attempt to systematically summon the different types of Spiders in order, rather than randomly.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Spiders now count as one minion.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 25 to 26.
  • Knockback increased from 2 to 3.
  • Each spider now counts as 0.75 of a minion.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Now requires 10 mana.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.08: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.