Staff of Earth

Staff of Earth

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	125 / 45 (Magic)
Knockback	7.5 (Very strong)
Mana	18 / 15 / 17
Critical chance	24% / 4%
Use time	24 (Fast) / 40 (Very slow)
Velocity	24 (effective)
Tooltip	Summons a powerful boulder
Rarity	07*
Sell	7
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Boulder
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1296
• Internal Projectile ID: 261

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Golem Golem	1	14.29% 12.5%
Treasure Bag (Golem)Treasure Bag (Golem)	1	14.29% 12.5%

The Staff of Earth in action.

The Staff of Earth is a Hardmode, post-Golem magic weapon which has a 14.29*1/7 (14.29%) / 12.5*1/8 (12.5%) chance to be dropped by Golem. When used, it launches a Jungle Temple-style boulder that is affected by gravity, bounces off of tiles and rolls on the floor, and can pierce enemies five times before breaking upon the sixth hit. It continues damaging enemies on contact while it rolls on the ground. The boulder's base damage and knockback depend on its velocity (see details below).

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• The base damage and knockback of the boulder vary based on its velocity (in any direction).
  • On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, there are two velocity thresholds:

Velocity	Damage	Knockback
< 8 mph	0	0 (No knockback)
8 mph–18 mph	62	3.75 (Weak)
> 18 mph	125	7.5 (Very strong)

• On the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version,  Old Chinese version, Nintendo 3DS version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, the knockback is always the same, regardless of velocity. The base damage instead depends directly on the velocity; the formula is as follows:

$\text{damage} = \left\lfloor d * \frac{1}{30} * \text{velocity}_{\text{tiles/second}} \right\rfloor$,

which is roughly equivalent to

$\text{damage} = \left\lfloor d * \frac{11}{450} * \text{velocity}_{\text{mph}} \right\rfloor$,

with $d = 73$ /  $d = 45$.

The base damage can never go below 9 / 5.

The following table lists some exemplary values:

Velocity	Damage
8 mph	14 / 9
18 mph	32 / 19
41 mph	73 / 45
82 mph	146 / 90

• Boulders can be cast through one-block walls when standing directly adjacent to them.

Tips

• One way to achieve top velocity for maximum damage is to fire boulders from above, downward.
• The boulder's high damage and piercing, along with its ability to roll on the ground, makes it extremely effective when deployed as ground-based crowd control.
  • The quick use time also makes it a viable weapon for inflicting high single-target damage.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Item and projectile sprites updated.
  • Drop rate increased from 12.5*1/8 (12.5%) to 14.29*1/7 (14.29%), due to the Picksaw now dropping separately.
  • Now lists "max speed" damage rather than "low speed" damage.
  • Now only has two velocity thresholds that affect damage (and now additionally knockback) instead of direct dependency.
  • Increased critical chance from 4% to 24%.
  • Mana cost increased from 15 to 18.
  • Use time decreased from 40 to 24.
  • Projectile speed greatly increased.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Increased damage from 45 to 73.
  • Reduced mana cost from 17 to 15.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Fixed bug where Staff of Earth's boulders would sink through tiles if they're in water.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.