Summon weapons

A Summon weapon is a weapon that spawns a helpful secondary "Minion" character that follows the player, aiding during battle by automatically attacking enemies within range. Minions cannot be damaged or killed, and follow the player indefinitely until the player dies, summons a replacement Minion, or cancels their buff. There are several different Minions, some of which can walk or fly, and attack via melee or ranged means. A Minion costs 10 mana to summon initially, but follows the player indefinitely thereafter at no further cost. Although they cost mana initially, Minions deal summon damage, rather than magic damage. Minion kills count towards the summoning player's kill count.

By default, a player can only have a single Minion summoned at once. Various boosts can raise the player's Minion capacity, allowing multiple simultaneous Minions. With Minion cap boosts in effect, the same Minion can be summoned multiple times, or several different Minions can be summoned. Minion cap boosts do not affect Pets or Light Pets.

Minions follow players in a manner similar to Pets, flying and passing through blocks as necessary to keep pace with the player's movements, though most cannot move through blocks for the purposes of attacking. Exceptions are the minions summoned by the Tempest Staff, Xeno Staff, and Stardust Dragon Staff, which can attack through blocks.

Sentries are exceptions to the above: While they similarly deal summon damage, they are temporary, cannot move at all, and do not count against the player's Minion cap.

There are currently 19 Minions on the  PC version, 11 on the  Mobile version, and 11 on the  Console version.

Weapons

Pre-Hardmode

Item		Minion		Damage	Acquired / Made From
Template:Il2c		Baby Slime	8	Pinky (1% or 1/100 chance; 1.4% or 1/71 chance). Slimed Zombie and any Slime type except: Pinky, Lava, Dungeon, Umbrella, Hoppin' Jack, Corrupt (Shadow Template:Console iconTemplate:Mobile icon), King Slime, Crimslime, Gastropod (Spectral Gastropod Template:Console iconTemplate:Mobile icon), Rainbow (0.01% or 1/10,000 chance; 0.014% or 1/7142 chance).
Template:Il2c	File:Hornet Minion.png	Hornet	9	14 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c		Imp	21	17 Template:Item link2

Hardmode

Item		Minion		Damage	Acquired / Made From
Template:Il2c		Spider	26	16 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c	File:Twins Minion.png	Twins	30	2 Template:Item link2 / 1 Template:Item link2 / 12 Template:Item link2 / 20 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c		Pirate	40	Pirates (0.05% or 1/2000 chance). Flying Dutchman (1% or 1/100 chance).
Template:Il2c	Template:Mirror	Pygmy	34	Plantera (25% or 1/4 chance; 50% or 1/2 chance).
Template:Il2c Template:Pc icon	File:Minion UFO.png	UFO	36	Martian Saucer (11% or 1/9 chance)
Template:Il2c	File:Raven Minion.png	Raven	37	Pumpking (1.79% to 14.29% chance depending on wave)
Template:Il2c	File:Tempest Minion.png	Sharknado	50	Duke Fishron (20% or 1/5 chance)
Template:Il2c Template:Pc icon		Deadly Sphere	50	Deadly Sphere (2.5% or 1/40 chance; 3.75% or 1/26 chance).
Template:Il2c Template:Pc icon		Stardust Dragon	40	18 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c Template:Pc icon		Stardust Cell	60	18 Template:Item link2

Sentry-style

Sentries are unique in that they are temporary and don't follow the player. Instead, they remain stationary until their time is exhausted. They don't count toward the player's minion cap, so traditional minions will not be affected by summoning a sentry. Multiple sentries can be summoned at once, but not multiples of the same kind.

Item		Minion		Damage	Acquired / Made From
Template:Item link2	Queen Spider Staff		Queen Spider	21	24 Template:Item link2
Template:Item link2	Forbidden armor Template:Pc icon		Forbidden Sign	25	3 Template:Item link2 / 46 ( Template:Item link2 or Template:Item link2 )
Template:Item link2	Staff of the Frost Hydra		Frost Hydra	100	Frozen Chest
Template:Item link2	Stardust armor Template:Pc icon		Stardust Guardian	20	36 Template:Item link2 / 45 Template:Item link2
Template:Item link2	Lunar Portal Staff Template:Pc icon		Lunar Portal	50	Moon Lord (11.11% or 1/9 chance)
Template:Item link2	Rainbow Crystal Staff Template:Pc icon	File:Rainbow Crystal.png	Rainbow Crystal	150	Moon Lord (11.11% or 1/9 chance)

Items that increase minions stats

Armor

Appearance / Name		Minion Boost(s)	Acquired / Made From
Template:Item link2	Bee armor	+2 Minion capacity +23% Minion damage	30 Template:Item link2
Template:Item link2	Forbidden armor Template:Pc icon
Template:Item link2	Spider armor	+3 Minion capacity (+4 if using only Spider minions) +30% Minion damage	36 Template:Item link2 +2 Minion capacity +15% Minion damage +Ancient Storm	3 Template:Item link2 / 46 ( Template:Item link2 or Template:Item link2 )
Template:Item link2	Tiki armor	+4 Minion capacity +30% Minion damage	Witch Doctor (Pygmy Staff in inventory, Plantera has been defeated)
Template:Item link2	Spooky armor	+3 Minion capacity +58% Minion damage	750 Template:Item link2
Template:Item link2	Stardust armor Template:Pc icon	+5 Minion capacity +66% Minion damage +Stardust Guardian Minion	36 Template:Item link2 / 45 Template:Item link2

Accessories

Item		Minion Boost(s)	Acquired / Made From
	Pygmy Necklace	+1 Minion capacity	Witch Doctor (Pygmy Staff in inventory, Plantera has been defeated, at night)
	Hercules Beetle	+15% Minion damage Increases Minion Knockback	Witch Doctor (Pygmy Staff in inventory, Plantera has been defeated, in Jungle biome)
	Necromantic Scroll	+1 Minion capacity +10% Minion damage	Mourning Wood (2% to 20% chance depending on wave)
	Papyrus Scarab	+1 Minion capacity +15% Minion damage Increases Minion Knockback	1 / 1
	Summoner Emblem Template:Pc icon	+15% Minion damage	Wall of Flesh (12.5% chance)
	Avenger Emblem	+12% (All) Damage	1 or 1 or 1 or 1 / 5 / 5 / 5 Template:Pc icon 1 / 1 / 1 Template:Mobile iconTemplate:Console icon
	Destroyer Emblem	+10% (All) Damage	1 / 1
	Sun Stone	+10% (All) Damage Increases Minion Knockback by 50%	Golem (12.5% or 1/8 chance)
	Moon Stone	+10% (All) Damage Increases Minion Knockback by 50%	Vampire (2.86% chance) , (4.29% chance) - Expert Mode
	Celestial Stone	+10% (All) Damage Increases Minion Knockback by 50%	1 / 1
	Celestial Shell Template:Pc icon	+10% (All) Damage Increases Minion Knockback by 50%	1 / 1

Buffs

Item		Minion Boost(s)
	Well Fed	+5% (All) Damage Increases Minion Knockback by 50%
	Wrath Potion	+10% (All) Damage
	Cute Fishron Mount Template:Desktop icon	+15% (All) Damage - (In Water/Under 50% Health)
	Feral Bite Template:Desktop icon	+20% (All) Damage
	Damage Nebula Template:Desktop icon	+45% (All) damage for 8 seconds
	Summoning Potion	+1 Minion capacity
	Bewitching Table Template:Pc icon	+1 Minion capacity

Achievement

You and What Army? • “Command nine summoned minions simultaneously.”

Have nine minions summoned at the same time. Template:Pc icon

Notes

• Minions will never attack other players, making them useless in PvP. Some Minion Weapons can still damage players if specifically targeted (Frost Hydra, Rainbow Crystal Staff), or if they deal incidental contact damage (Ravens).
• While all Summon weapons can obtain the Mythical Modifier, the most practical is Ruthless because of the extra damage. The reduced mana cost, critical strike chance, and knockback provided by Mythical are less useful because Summon weapons use mana only once, on the initial summon, and minions cannot deal critical hits.
• Once summoned, the minion's attack will not change even if the player removes minion damage enhancing equipment.
• It is not necessary to upgrade an Avenger Emblem to a Destroyer Emblem for the purpose of minion damage, since they cannot deal critical hits. However, the damage bonuses of the Avenger Emblem and Destroyer Emblem will stack, when both are equipped simultaneously.
• Minions will not attack the Cultists at the Dungeon if they are not yet hostile to the player as the result of another attack. Minions that deal contact damage can still deal incidental contact damage to Cultists without specifically targeting them, which will then cause them to become hostile.

Tips

• Minions do not differentiate between enemies summoned by Statues and normal enemy spawns. This causes them to sometimes interfere with enemy-based engines, as they will zip off to slaughter any statue-summoned enemies in range (the Dragon from the Stardust Dragon Staff is especially prone to this behavior).

Trivia

• The maximum possible minion capacity is 11, using Stardust armor, Papyrus Scarab, Necromantic Scroll, Pygmy Necklace, Summoning Potion and the Bewitching Table.
• Max summon damage is +241%: A Ruthless Stardust Dragon displays 170 damage, and a Ruthless Stardust Cell Staff displays 257 damage.

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