Harvest Staff
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 27 Summon |
| Knockback | 5 (Average) |
| Mana cost | 10 |
| Use time | 15 Average |
| Velocity | 0.1 |
| Tooltip | Grows a pumpkin patch that sprouts pumpkins nearby Pumpkins will hop out when approached by nearby creatures or players Once out, they will aggressively tackle enemies, exploding on hit 'No thoughts behind those eyes' |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 40  |
| Research | 1 required |
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| Summons Sentry |
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| Pumpoem Nest |
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The Harvest Staff is a craftable Pre-Hardmode sentry. When used, it summons a stationary pumpkin patch nest that causes small pumpkins to sprout anywhere on the ground near the nest. Pumpkins will emerge when approached by an enemy or the player. Once emerged, they aggressively seek out nearby enemies and throw themselves into them before exploding. If there are no enemies nearby, the pumpkins will idle and walk around passively in a similar manner to critters. If the pumpkins are near the player, they will jump around excitedly.
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 Harvest Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.
Crafting
Recipe
| Crafting Station | ||
|---|---|---|
 Iron Anvilor  Lead Anvil | ||
| Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
 | Any Wood | 20 |
 | Pumpkin | 20 |
 | Pumpkin Seed | 5 |
| Result | ||
 | Harvest Staff | 1 |
Trivia
- The pumpkin minions have a small chance to play this sound while idling, which is one of the developers, Moonburn, quickly saying "no thoughts, head empty" with the voice filter used to create the rest of the sounds.
- In the Get fixed boi seed, the pumpkin minions use a different sound when exploding.
History
- 2.0.4.003:
- Buffed damage from 26 to 27.
- Fixed additional desync issues in multiplayer.
- 2.0.4.002: Fixed several desync issues in multiplayer.
- 2.0.4.001:
- Reworked:
- No longer fires bouncing pumpkin projectiles.
- Now deals summon damage instead of magic damage, and spawns a pumpkin patch sentry which grows pumpkins around it.
- Pumpkins will remain in the ground until an enemy or player passes over it, at which point it will emerge out of the ground. Emerged pumpkins will aggressively run towards nearby enemies, exploding on collision.
- Resprited.
- Reworked:
- 2.0.2.001: Now uses 20 Any Wood and 5 Pumpkin Seeds in its recipe instead of 5 Fallen Stars.
- 1.5.1.001: No longer considered a fire weapon or nature weapon.
- 1.5.0.003: Buffed damage from 15 to 26.
- 1.4.5.006: Resprited.
- 1.4.3.001: Resprited.
- 1.4.2.108: Fixed its held position.
- 1.2.3.001: Resprited.
- 1.2.0.001: Nerfed damage from 19 to 15.
- 1.1.7.51: Buffed damage from 15 to 19, and use time from 24 to 22.
- 1.1.5.0948: Introduced.
