Desert Tiger Staff

The Desert Tiger Staff is a post-Plantera summon weapon, which summons a Desert Tiger that deals contact damage to enemies. Every six seconds, the tiger can curl up and perform a pounce attack at nearby enemies, dealing damage (1.5× the base damage), and passing through blocks to reach them. Additionally, it can deal critical hits with this attack. The Desert Tiger Staff can always be found inside the Dungeon's Desert Chest, which can only be unlocked by a Desert Key after Plantera has been defeated.



The Desert Tiger Staff is special in that if used more than once, multiple tigers do not spawn – instead, the spawned tiger becomes stronger (+ damage; 33.33% of the base damage ) and faster for each additional summon. 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 or more times. Other minions may be used in addition to the Desert Tiger.

Note that the minion does deal critical hits when pouncing, though this attack is performed rather infrequently, in comparison.

Trivia

 * The Stardust Dragon Staff is the only other summon weapon that does not spawn a new minion but enhances the existing one.