Slime Staff

Slime Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	8 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	28 (Average)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a baby slime to fight for you
Rarity	04*
Sell	2
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Baby Slime
Buff tooltip	The baby slime will fight for you

Projectile created

• Baby Slime
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1309
• Internal Buff ID: 64
• Internal Projectile ID: 266

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Baby Slime Baby Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Black Slime Black Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Blue Slime Blue Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Bouncy Slime Bouncy Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Crystal Slime Crystal Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Green Slime Green Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Heavenly Slime Heavenly Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Ice Slime Ice Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Illuminant Slime Illuminant Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Jungle Slime Jungle Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Mother Slime Mother Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Pinky Pinky	1	1%1.4%
Purple Slime Purple Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Red Slime Red Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Sand Slime Sand Slime	1	0.013%0.018%
Slimeling Slimeling	1	0.01%0.014%
Slimer (Without Wings)  Slimer (Without Wings)	1	0.01%0.014%
Spiked Ice Slime Spiked Ice Slime	1	0.01%0.0143%
Spiked Jungle Slime Spiked Jungle Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Spiked Slime Spiked Slime	1	0.014%
Toxic Sludge Toxic Sludge	1	0.01%0.014%
Yellow Slime Yellow Slime	1	0.01%0.014%
Zombie (Armed Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Armed Slimed Zombie)	1	0.014%
Zombie (Big Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Big Slimed Zombie)	1	0.01%0.014%
Zombie (Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Slimed Zombie)	1	0.01%0.014%
Zombie (Small Slimed Zombie)  Zombie (Small Slimed Zombie)	1	0.01%0.014%

The Slime Staff summoning a Baby Slime which attacks a Skeleton.

This article is about the summoning item. For the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version pet, see Petri Dish. For the mount, see Slimy Saddle. For the slime enemy, see Slimes.

The Slime Staff is a pre-Hardmode summon weapon that summons a Baby Slime minion. Baby Slimes attack by bouncing on the ground and chasing enemies, rapidly dealing contact damage. Like other minions, the summoned Baby Slime is invincible and follows the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, cancels the buff, or leaves the world.

The Slime Staff generally has the rarest drop chance of any weapon, with minor exceptions. The typical drop rate from most slimes and Slimed Zombies is 0.01*1/10000 (0.01%) / 0.0143*1/7000 (0.0143%). Pinky has a greatly increased drop rate of 1*1/100 (1%) / 1.4286*1/70 (1.4286%). Additionally, Sand Slimes have a drop rate of 0.0125*1/8000 (0.0125%) / 0.0179*1/5600 (0.0179%). The slimes which cannot drop the Slime Staff are: Lava, Dungeon, Umbrella, Hoppin' Jack, Corrupt (Shadow), King Slime, Queen Slime, Crimslime, Gastropod (Spectral), Rainbow.

Unlike other summon weapons, its best possible modifier is Mythical because both the Ruthless and Mythical modifiers only raise its base damage to 9 due to rounding.

Notes

• The maximal potential attack frequency of Baby Slimes on any given target reaches six hits per second.
• Although it is extremely rare, it is possible to obtain the Slime Staff almost immediately after starting a new game.
• In Celebrationmk10 worlds, the Slime Staff can be purchased from the Princess for 10.

Tips

• An easy way to obtain the Slime Staff without much effort is to construct a statue farm with one or more Slime Statues, and lava just deep enough to not destroy any drops as it kills the slimes. Leave it alone for a while, and occasionally check if the staff has been dropped yet. Using advanced setups like engines and multiple statues can greatly accelerate the process. Note that as of version 1.3.0.1, there is a limit to how quickly statues can be triggered.
• The Slime Staff lava farm can be made pre- Skeletron, by utilizing wires from underground traps. Dart traps are the easiest to use. Highlight a trap in your hotbar to show the wires placement, then place the statues along the length of the wire. Pour a small layer of lava, thin enough to allow items to remain, while still being able to deal damage to the slimes. Enclose the area so the slimes can't jump around. Create a small afk box at the end of the wire, and then place the pressure plate inside. Make sure there are blocks just above you to maximize amount of activations. You can then repeatedly jump and activate the pressure plate, which works similarly to a repeater. Continue to kill the slimes until the staff drops. You can clear out a tunnel just under the lava area in order to pick up the drops. This works very well for obtaining gel as well. You can add more slime statues to increase the chance of drops, or other monster statues.
• Another way to quickly kill a lot of slimes is to summon King Slime or to wait for a Slime Rain.
• An early way to get it would be to intentionally die several times, use all the Tombstones to make a Graveyard, and farm Slimed Zombies.
  • Abigail's Flower can also spawn in graveyards, and is potentially easier to obtain.
• The Slime Staff when coupled with Lucky Coin and the Broken modifier is a great money maker since its attacks are fast but not strong.
• It can be used to keep weak enemies like Meteor Heads away while focusing on other tasks like mining.
• The summoned Baby Slime is summoned at the cursor, and therefore can be used to attack enemies on the other side of walls.

Trivia

• The Slime Staff has among the lowest drop rates of any enemy-dropped item.
• Prior to 1.3.4, the Slime Staff had the lowest base damage of any summon weapon. Since 1.3.4, the Lightning Aura Rod has lower base damage, though it also ignores defense.
• The Baby Slime summoned by the Slime Staff appears to be a baby version of the Toxic Sludge slime, being similar in color, and having a face as well.
• When the Baby Slime is moving to attack an enemy, it will destroy Pots, grass, and vines.
• If the player is moving too fast, the Baby Slime will fly to the player with wings.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.2.3: Can now be purchased from the Princess in Celebrationmk10 worlds.

• Desktop 1.4.1.2: Crystal Slimes, Heavenly Slimes, and Bouncy Slimes can now drop the Slime Staff.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Item and minion sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now has an increased 1% / 1.43% chance to drop from Pinky and 0.013% / 0.018% from Sand Slime.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1:
  • Added requirement of 10 mana.
  • Fixed a bug where the minion buff did not disappear upon leaving a world.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Updated drop chances to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Updated drop chances to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.07: Added requirement of 10 mana.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Updated drop chances to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Added requirement of 10 mana.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.