Viral Sprout

Viral Sprout

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Statistics

Type	Weapon – Crafting material
Damage	24 Summon
Knockback	2 (Very Weak)
Mana	10
Use time	19 Very Fast
Tooltip	Summons a sage spirit to fight for you Inflicts Sage Poison, a debuff that becomes stronger the more spirits you own
Grants Buff	Sage Spirit
Buff tooltip	It's uncomfortably close
Inflicts Debuff	Sage Poison 100% chance
Debuff duration	5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Poisoned
Rarity
Sell	9  60

Projectile created

Sage Needle

Summons Minion
Sage Spirit

The Viral Sprout is a craftable Hardmode summon weapon. When used, it summons a flower-shaped spirit that floats around the player and attacks nearby enemies by firing gravity-affected needles. When moving or attacking, the spirits will move in a group with individual circular motions, and launch an even spread of three needles upwards. Needles inflict the Sage Poison debuff which deals a constant 45 damage per second, with higher damage per tick the more spirits are present.

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 Viral Sprout has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Perennial Bar	12
Result
	Viral Sprout	1

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Flowers of Mortality	Wither Blossoms Staff Viral Sprout Luminite Bar (5) Galactica Singularity (5) Life Alloy (5)	Ancient Manipulator

total: 1 row(s)

Notes

• The amount of damage in one tick equals to the following: 20 * (Minion count ^0.73 + Minion count ^1.1), rounded down
  • For example, if the player had 8 spirits when the item was applied, the resulting base damage would be 288. 20 * (80.73 + 81.1) = 288.24, rounded down.