Tentacle Spike

  

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Tentacle Spike

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	20 (Melee)
Knockback	5.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	21 (Fast)
Tooltip	Embeds damaging spikes in enemies 'Never grab the pointy end.'
Rarity	02*
Sell	50 SC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Tentacle Spike
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 5094 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 971

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Blood Crawler Blood Crawler	1	0.19%
Crimera Crimera	1	0.19%
Devourer Devourer	1	0.19%
Eater of Souls Eater of Souls	1	0.19%
Face Monster Face Monster	1	0.19%

Using the Tentacle Spike to attack a Target Dummy and a Skeleton. Note how the Tentacle Spike projectile stacks, each hit adding another 3 damage per second.

The Tentacle Spike is a pre-Hardmode sword dropped by Eaters of Souls, Devourers, Crimeras, Face Monsters, and Blood Crawlers with a 1/525 (0.19%) chance. On The Constant seed, the drop chance is increased to a 1/100 (1%) chance.

Similarly to the Daybreak and Bone Javelin, the Tentacle Spike embeds Tentacle Spike projectiles into an enemy once per hit, with each spike dealing 3 damage per second. These spikes last for 9 seconds and can stack up to 5 times on each target, leading to a total of 15 damage every second with all spikes embedded.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Trivia

• The tooltip is a reference to Wickerbottom's examination quote for the Tentacle Spike in Don't Starve.
• Internally, the Tentacle Spike inflicts a debuff on enemies, which inflicts the damage over time. Because it cannot be inflicted on players, it does not have a name nor tooltip and uses the icon of Distorted as a placeholder. Its buff ID is 337.

See also

• Tentacle Spike at the Don't Starve Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 19 to 20.
  • Use time reduced from 23 to 21.

• Desktop 1.4.3.2: Now embeds spikes upon hitting an enemy.

• Desktop 1.4.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.