Eighth Plague Staff
Statistics
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 10 Magic |
| Knockback | 3 Very Weak |
| Mana | 10 |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 30 Average |
| Velocity | 10 |
| Tooltip | Releases a swarm of locusts |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Poisoned |
| Debuff duration | 2 seconds |
| Debuff tooltip | Slowly losing life |
| Rarity |  |
| Buy / Sell |  35  / |
Eighth Plague Staff casting animation.
The Eighth Plague Staff is a Pre-Hardmode magic weapon that fires a swarm of fast-moving locusts, which have a 33% chance to poison the hit enemy. It is sold by the Desert Acolyte after The Grand Thunder Bird is defeated.
Its best Modifier is Mythical.
Notes
- There are a total of 4 locusts fired per swarm.
- The locusts travel in a straight line, but are fired at random angles in a tight frontal cone. This makes the staff function effectively as a shotgun, being more proficient at close range or against groups of enemies.
- As this weapon can be acquired very early, and the fact that all four locusts can hit a target, makes this weapon quite powerful in early-mid Pre-Hardmode.
Trivia
- The name of the staff refers to the biblical story of Moses and the ten plagues that were inflicted upon Egypt. The eighth plague was that of a devastating swarm of locusts that destroyed plants, livestock, and foodstuff across the nation.
History
- 1.6.1.4: Nerfed mana cost from 8 to 10 and buffed use time from 32 to 30.
- 1.5.1.0: Sprite updated.
- 1.2.10.1: Now has a chance to poison enemies.
- 1.2.5.0: Introduced.
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