Plasma Rod
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Plasma Rod
Statistics
Type | Weapon – Crafting material |
---|---|
Damage | 8 Magic |
Knockback | 2.5 (Very Weak) |
Mana cost | 10 |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 20 Average |
Velocity | 1111 effective |
Tooltip | Casts a low-damage plasma bolt Shooting a tile will cause several bolts with increased damage to fire Shooting an enemy will inflict shadowflame |
Inflicts Debuff | Shadowflame 100% chance |
Debuff duration | 6 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | Losing life |
Rarity | |
Sell | 20 |
Research | 1 required |
Sounds
Use
Dropped by | ||
---|---|---|
Entity | Quantity | Rate |
Goblin Sorcerer | 1 | 4% / 6.67% |
Tim | 1 | 33.33% / 50% |
The Plasma Rod is a Pre-Hardmode wand that is dropped by Goblin Sorcerer and Tim. When used, it fires a shadow beam that does not pierce and inflicts the Shadowflame debuff on contact. If the beam hits a tile, it will split into eight smaller beams with higher damage.
Its best modifier is Mythical.
Crafting
Used in
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
---|---|---|
Aether's Whisper | Ancient Manipulator |
Notes
- The smaller beams go through walls and leave residual embers behind, making it useful for lighting up and exploring areas.
Tips
- Because of its powerful Shadowflame debuff and the fact that it is easy to obtain before fighting any bosses, this weapon is extremely good for the early-game.
- Due to the random spread of the smaller beams, it is not worth prioritizing aiming them at enemies.
History
These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.
- 2.0.3.005: Decreased Shadowflame duration from 6 seconds to 3.
- 2.0.2.001: Decreased Shadowflame duration from 10 seconds to 6.
- 1.5.1.001: Now inflicts Shadowflame for 10 seconds instead of Shadowflame for 1 second, Ichor for 2 seconds, Frostburn for 3 seconds, On Fire! for 4 seconds, and Poisoned for 5 seconds.
- 1.5.0.003: Buffed use time from 36 to 20 and projectile velocity from 6 to 11.
- 1.4.5.002: Resprited.
- 1.4.2.108: Fixed its held position.
- 1.4.2.102: Decreased Shadowflame duration from 2 seconds to 1, increased Ichor duration from 1.5 seconds to 2, decreased Frostburn duration from 4.33 seconds to 3, On Fire! duration from 5 seconds to 4, and Poisoned duration from 6 seconds to 5.
- 1.4.2.001: Resprited.
- 1.4.1.003: Now uses the rarity instead of .
- 1.3.4.001: Now inflicts Ichor for 1.5 seconds instead of 3.33.
- 1.2.0.001: Nerfed damage from 10 to 8.
- 1.1.7.51:
- Split beams now deal 175% main beam damage instead of 150%.
- Increased Shadowflame's duration from 1 second to 2, Ichor's duration from 2 seconds to 3.33, Frostburn's duration from 3 seconds to 4.33, On Fire!'s duration from 4 seconds to 5, and Poisoned's duration from 5 seconds to 6.
- 1.1.5.093: Introduced.