Staff of Regrowth

The Staff of Regrowth is a unique planting tool and weapon. It can be found in Jungle Shrines and in Jungle Crates from fishing. By left-clicking, it can be autoswung like a broadsword. When used in this way to harvest alchemical herbs from Clay Pots or Planter Boxes, only blooming herbs that would drop seeds will be cut, leaving planted those that are not in bloom or that have yet to fully grow. The herbs cut in this way yield additional seeds and plants as well. When used to harvest herbs growing on their natural blocks, such as Shiverthorn on Snow Blocks, seeds will be dropped regardless of whether the plant is in bloom or not.

Additionally, with each swing, the mouse pointer can be used to direct the staff to grow Grass on a single block of dirt, or to cause Moss to grow on stone. The type of moss will vary depending on the proximity to other types of moss. As such, one can spread the fire moss from the cavern's lava layers all the way up to the surface.

Its best Modifiers are Light, which makes for faster harvests, or Legendary, which grants it the best combat bonuses.

Tips

 * The Staff may grow grass on any Dirt Block, no matter how deep it is. Unfortunately, grass has limited function underground. Past a certain point, Grass will not grow weeds or Dayblooms, and Trees will not mature.
 * The Staff of Regrowth functions well as a trail marker in the Underground layer, as grass stands out well in the environment of grays and browns.
 * The Staff of Regrowth can be used to indirectly spread Hallowed, Corrupted, or Crimson grass underground by growing grass near Pearlstone, Ebonstone, or Crimstone respectively.
 * If there is no other moss nearby, the game will randomly select one of the five "regular" moss types (red, yellow, green, blue, or purple) to grow. With this in mind, you can grow and destroy moss on a single block until you get the color you desire.
 * The Staff is useful for placement of Sunflowers in arenas, homes, etc. Sunflowers can be placed anywhere with just 2 dirt blocks, and enough vertical space.
 * The rate at which grass and moss is created with the Staff is increased by the Brick Layer.

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