Caustic Staff
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Caustic Staff
Statistics
| Type | Weapon |
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| Damage | 15 Summon |
| Knockback | 2 (Very Weak) |
| Mana | 10 |
| Use time | 24 Fast |
| Tooltip | Summons a mini dragon to fight for you The dragon can inflict several debilitating debuffs if you hold a summon weapon or tool |
| Grants Buff |  Caustic Dragon |
| Buff tooltip | A mini jungle dragon is following you |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 2  40  |
Projectile created
Caustic Thorn
| Summons Minion |
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| Caustic Dragon |
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- Not to be confused with Caustic Croaker Staff, a Pre-Hardmode sentry-summoning weapon.
The Caustic Staff is a craftable Hardmode summon weapon. When used, it summons a black Caustic Dragon minion that flies behind the player and attacks nearby enemies by firing gravity-affected thorns that pierce through tiles and up to two enemies. While the player is holding a summon weapon or tool, the thorns will cycle through and inflict one of the following debuffs for 1-3 seconds in this repeating order:
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 Caustic Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.
Crafting[edit | edit source]
Recipe[edit | edit source]
| Crafting Station | ||
|---|---|---|
 Demon Altaror  Crimson Altar | ||
| Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
 | Any Evil Flask | 5 |
 | Deathweed | 2 |
 | Soul of Night | 10 |
 | Any Evil Bar | 10 |
| Result | ||
 | Caustic Staff | 1 |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The debuffs inflicted from the thorns must time out and cannot be refreshed before the next debuff can be applied.
