Frost Staff

Frost Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	46 / 53   (Magic)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana	12
Critical chance	4%
Use time	16 (Very fast)
Velocity	16
Tooltip	Shoots a stream of frost
Rarity	05*
Sell	4
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Frost Bolt
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 726
• Internal Projectile ID: 359

Not to be confused with Staff of the Frost Hydra.

The Frost Staff in action. Notice how it pierces the first enemy, but not the second.

The Frost Staff is a Hardmode magic weapon that has a 2% (1 in 50) drop chance from Icy Mermen, Ice Elementals and Ice Golems, all of which are found in the Snow biome or Ice biome. The Frost Staff shoots a frost bolt which travels in a straight line, pierces a single enemy, and disappears after striking a second.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Tips

• If obtained early in Hardmode, it can be fairly effective until better weapons are obtained. With its fast speed, average and fair knockback, it can deal with crowds of enemies.

Trivia

• The Frost Staff functions somewhat similarly to a gem staff.
• It is shaped very similarly to the Imp Staff.

See also

• Ice Rod, a similarly snow/ice-themed weapon. It is purchased from the Wizard NPC.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Use Time decreased from 20 to 16.
  • Mana cost decreased from 14 to 12.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 43 to 46.
• Unknown: The projectile shot by the Frost Staff is no longer stacked; if an enemy had more health than a single projectile could hit, the other projectile would also hit the enemy, meaning that piercing would only apply if the enemy could be killed with a single projectile.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage decreased from 53 to 43.
  • Mana usage increased from 10 to 14.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: The Frost Staff will now trigger the Spectre armor's set bonus.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.10061: No longer dropped by Ice Bats.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.