Spectre Staff

Spectre Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	65 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 68 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Magic)
Knockback	6 (Average)
Mana	15 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 11 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	24 (Fast)
Velocity	12 (effective)
Tooltip	Summons a lost soul to chase your foes
Rarity	08*
Sell	6 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Lost Soul (friendly)
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1446
• Internal Projectile ID: 297

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ragged Caster Ragged Caster	1	5% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 2.5% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)9.75%

The Spectre Staff's homing projectiles in action.

The Spectre Staff is a Hardmode, post-Plantera magic weapon that fires a fast-moving (61 mph) white "Lost Soul" projectile which homes in on the nearest enemy. The projectile looks similar to the one fired by the Ragged Caster, but cannot travel through blocks. On  Desktop,  Console, and  Mobile, the Lost Soul projectiles can also deal damage (or "pierce") three times before disappearing. The Spectre Staff has a 1/20 (5%) / 39/400 (9.75%) chance of being dropped by Ragged Casters in the post-Plantera Dungeon.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• Like all weapons with homing projectiles, the Spectre Staff's projectiles do not home in on other players in PvP.
• Despite having "Spectre" in its name, the Spectre Staff cannot be crafted from Spectre Bars.

Achievements

Robbing the Grave • “Obtain a rare treasure from a difficult monster in the dungeon.”

Obtain a rare item from an enemy in the post-Plantera Dungeon. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Explorer

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Now uses static immune frames, so its immune frames will no longer conflict with other attacks.

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Item sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage decreased from 72 to 65.
  • Each projectile can now hit up to 3 times, rather than only once.
  • Mana cost increased from 11 to 15.

• Desktop 1.3.4.4:
  • Fixed FPS drop on multiplayer related to this weapon.
  • Fixed frame drops related to Spectre Staff shots.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 68 to 72.
  • Drop chance increased from 2.5% to 5%.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Mana cost decreased from 14 to 11.
  • Fixed bug where Spectre Staff was trying to chase a Wyvern off the top of the map.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3:
  • Damage decreased from 70 to 68.
  • Mana cost increased from 9 to 14.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.