Desert Tiger Staff

The Desert Tiger Staff is a ground melee Hardmode, post-Plantera summon weapon obtained from the Desert Chest in the Dungeon by unlocking it using a Desert Key. It summons a desert tiger that deals damage to enemies. It attacks by quickly pouncing towards an enemy and deal significant amount of damage by latching onto them, similar to the Spider Staff, but it appears to do it in quick succession and is capable of passing through blocks to reach the enemy.

The Desert Tiger Staff is special in that if summoned more than once, multiple tigers do not spawn – instead, the spawned tiger becomes stronger and faster for each additional summoning. The tiger will appear as a baby if summoned 1 to 3 times, an adult if summoned 4 to 6 times and an armored adult if summoned 7 to 9 times. Other minions may be used in addition to the Desert Tiger, but the tiger may not be powered up beyond the ninth summon.