Spider Staff

The Spider Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon that spawns a spider character that follows the player and performs melee attacks by latching on to enemies. If enough of them attack the same enemy, it can be stun-locked. The spiders have a chance to inflict the Venom debuff, can climb walls, and jump high. Like other minions, summoned spiders are invincible and follow the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, leaves the world, or cancels the buff.

Tips

 * The Spider minion's ability to move freely on background walls makes it much more effective in areas with good wall coverage. It is otherwise limited to walking and jumping, it cannot fly, and it has no projectile attack, limiting its effectiveness against flying enemies. It can fly in order to catch up to the player, but not for the purposes of attacking.
 * Easily acquired when first entering Hardmode, as most players will have already found a Spider cave before it begins. Simply return there to kill the Black Recluses that begin spawning in Hardmode. Black Recluses can take a while to defeat with pre-Hardmode equipment, but the effort is worth it.

Trivia

 * Each time the spider is summoned, it has a random one of three possible sprite graphics. They are all functionally identical.
 * This and the Queen Spider Staff are the only items that can inflict the Venom debuff before any mechanical bosses have been defeated.
 * The staff appears to be a four legged spider.

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