Deathstare Rod
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 20 Summon |
| Knockback | 2 (Very Weak) |
| Mana cost | 10 |
| Use time | 35 Very Slow |
| Tooltip | Summons an eye above your head that watches you and shoots at enemies There can only be one eye at a time |
| Grants Buff |  Miniature Eye of Cthulhu |
| Buff tooltip | It's giving you the death stare |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 40  |
| Research | 1 required |
Deathstare Beam
| Dropped by | ||
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Quantity | Rate |
| Eye of Cthulhu | 1 | 25% |
| Treasure Bag (Eye of Cthulhu) | 1 | 33%  |
| Summons Minion |
|---|
| Miniature Eye of Cthulhu |
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- Not to be confused with Eye of Night, a craftable Corruption-themed summon weapon.
The Deathstare Rod is a Pre-Hardmode summon weapon that is dropped by the Eye of Cthulhu. When used, it summons a tiny floating eyeball above the player's head that fires lasers at nearby enemies once every second, dealing the weapon's base damage. The eye is able to target and fire through tiles. On hit, the laser deals damage in a tiny area of effect. Unlike most minions, only one Miniature Eye of Cthulhu can be summoned at a time. If there are no enemies nearby and the player is not moving, the eye will move its pupil around.
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 Deathstare Rod has over a Ruthless one is knockback.
Notes
- The minion emits a soft blue light.
- Due to the minion's ability to attack enemies off-screen, it can trigger the summoning of bosses like The Hive Mind.
Trivia
- A "death stare" is an informal term for an annoyed, intimidating, or otherwise hostile gaze directed at another person.
History
- 2.0.4.001:
- Nerfed damage from 33 to 20.
- Resprited buff. Previous sprite was
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- 2.0.3.005: Changed buff tooltip from "It's watching you" to "It's giving you the death stare".
- 2.0.3.004: Resprited buff. Previous sprite was
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- 2.0.3.003:
- Can now only attack through tiles while a boss is alive.
- Resprited. Previous sprites were
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- 2.0.1.002: Fixed its beam drawing the wrong way in multiplayer.
- 1.5.1.001: Now uses the rarity instead of
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- 1.5.0.002:
- Tooltip now mentions that there can only be one of its corresponding minion active per player.
- Minion no longer respawns with the player after dying.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed it to inherit damage values from other projectile AI.
- 1.5.0.001: Introduced.
