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.

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. The maximum number of minions achievable using this method is 11, using Stardust armor, Papyrus Scarab, Necromantic Scroll, Pygmy Necklace, Summoning Potion and the Bewitching Table. 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 minions summoned by the Tempest Staff, Xeno Staff, and Stardust Dragon Staff.

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

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 icon Template:Mobile icon), King Slime, Crimslime, Gastropod (Spectral Gastropod Template:Console icon Template:Mobile icon), Rainbow (0.01% or 1/10,000 chance; 0.014% or 1/7142 chance). .
Template:Il2c (Template:Pc icon)	File:Hornet Minion.png	Hornet	9	14 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c (Template:Pc icon)		Imp	21	17 Template:Item link2

Hardmode

Item		Minion		Damage	Acquired / Made From
Template:Il2c (Template:Pc icon)		Spider	26	16 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c (Template:Pc icon)	File:Twins Minion.png	Twins	30	2 Template:Item link2 / 1 Template:Item link2 / 12 Template:Item link2 / 20 Template:Item link2
Template:Il2c (Template:Pc icon)		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 (Template:Pc icon)	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 unlike other minions. They are temporary and don't follow the player, rather remaining stationary until their time is exhausted. They also don't count toward the player's minion cap, so other traditional summoned minions will not be affected by summoning a sentry in addition. Multiple sentries can be summoned at once, but two of the same sentry cannot.

Item		Minion		Damage	Acquired / Made From
Template:Item link2	Queen Spider Staff (Template:Pc icon)		Queen Spider	21	24 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	100	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)
Template:Item link2	Bee armor (Template:Pc icon)	+2 Minion capacity +23% Minion damage
Template:Item link2	Spider armor (Template:Pc icon)	+3 Minion capacity (+4 if using only Spider minions) +30% Minion damage
Template:Item link2	Tiki armor	+4 Minion capacity +30% Minion damage
Template:Item link2	Spooky armor	+3 Minion capacity +58% Minion damage
Template:Item link2	Stardust armor (Template:Pc icon)	+5 Minion capacity +66% Minion damage +Stardust Guardian Minion

Accessories

Item		Minion Boost(s)	Aqcuired / 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 (Template:Desktop icon)	+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 (Template:Pc icon)	+1 Minion capacity
	Bewitching Table (Template:Pc icon)	+1 Minion capacity

Notes

• 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 and minions cannot critically hit.
• Once summoned, the minion's attack will not change even if the caster removes minion damage enhancing equipment.
• Max summon damage is +262%, Ruthless Stardust Dragon displays 170 damage and Ruthless Stardust Cell Staff displays 257 damage.
• Summoned Minions do not differentiate between monsters summoned by Statues and normal monster spawns. This causes them to sometimes interfere with monster-based engines, as they will zip off to slaughter the statue-summoned monsters if the engine is in range (the Dragon from the Stardust Dragon Staff is especially prone to this behavior). Not only does it "break" whatever effect the engine was driving for you, it also leaves you without your Minion cover for at least several seconds.
• Summoned Minions will hurt the Cultists at the Dungeon if the player walks past them with summoned minions.

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