Xeno Staff

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

Xeno Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	36 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a UFO to fight for you
Rarity	08*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	UFO
Buff tooltip	The UFO will fight for you

Projectile created

• UFO
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 2749
• Internal Buff ID: 140
• Internal Projectile ID: 423

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Martian Saucer Martian Saucer	1	16.66% 11.11%

The Xeno Staff in use. Note how the UFO teleports above the Skeletons on the right.

The Xeno Staff is a Hardmode, post-Golem summon weapon. It summons a UFO minion that teleports to nearby enemies and fires lasers at them. The UFO is capable of moving through blocks when far away from the character. It is dropped by the Martian Saucer during the Martian Madness event.

Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits. The only lasting advantage a Mythical Xeno Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Notes

• Take into consideration that they cannot attack omnidirectionally unlike the Tempest Staff. This is usually a problem in tight spaces but not when in open spaces.
• The attacks of the UFOs hit instantly, and thus never miss, similar to the Magnet Sphere.
• Prior to the 1.3.5 update the Xeno Staff had an extremely low sell value, making reforging it to a desired modifier very cheap and easy.

Tips

• Despite having lower damage than the Tempest Staff, it is superior to Sharknados regarding attack speed and accuracy.

Trivia

• Going by Item IDs, the Xeno Staff was the first item added to the 1.3 update.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Fire rate cooldown increased from 30 to 33 (roughly 10% slower attack speed).

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sell price increased from 20 to 10.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.