Snake Charmer's Flute

   

PC/Console/Mobile/tModLoader-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader versions of Terraria.

Snake Charmer's Flute

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Statistics

Type	Tool
Placeable	✔️
Use time	90 (Snail)
Tooltip	Summons rope snakes
Rarity	01*
Sell	1
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Mystic Snake Coil
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4262
• Internal Tile ID: 504
• Internal Projectile ID: 754

The Snake that comes out of the pot. Note that it is blocked by a Wood Block; its maximum length is significantly longer.

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Mirage CrateMirage Crate	1	12.5%
Oasis CrateOasis Crate	1	12.5%
Sandstone ChestSandstone Chest	1	14.29*1/7 (14.29%)

The Snake Charmer's Flute is an item that summons a climbable snake. When used, it places a pot that a snake rises from. Once the snake reaches its full height of 100 blocks or touches a block, it stops rising and becomes climbable like a Rope. It is also possible to place blocks against it when it is fully extended, and as such, it is possible to climb to the top of the Space layer by alternating between using the flute and blocks. The snake and the pot disappear after approximately 25 seconds. It also produces a small amount of light. It can be found in the Sandstone Chests in the Underground Desert biome, or from Oasis Crates and Mirage Crates.

Tips

• The pot the snake comes from sits on top of breakable background objects. This means it cannot be used directly in front of particularly tall trees, and will sit on top of tall grass, cacti, tree branches, other pots and the like.
• The pot and snake can be summoned in lava where the default variety of rope cannot be placed.
• This item is a good pre-Hardmode alternative to the Ice Rod for building into the sky, as blocks can be placed next to the snake.
• It seems that the pot cannot be summoned off-screen. As a result, it is not suitable to lower oneself into a pit.
• This can be used to very easily go to Space by using the flute, climbing to the top of it, placing a block to stand on, standing on the block, and using the flute again.

Trivia

• The Snake Charmer's Flute has one of the longest base use times in the game, and is one of the few that have it listed as "Snail speed".
• The item's spawned snake could be a reference to the Rope Snake from MOTHER 3.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4: The maximum height was increased from 80 to 100.

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Fixed an issue where Snake Ropes would never vanish if the player who summoned it quit out of the server.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.