Piece of Moon Squid

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Piece of Moon Squid

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Statistics

Type	Pet summon
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Summons a Moonling 'The forbidden calamari.'
Rarity	13*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Moonling
Buff tooltip	A friend from beyond

Summons Pet

• Moonling
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4810
• Internal Buff ID: 297
• Internal Projectile ID: 894

Not to be confused with the Suspicious Looking Tentacle.

The Piece of Moon Squid is a pet item that has a 25*1/4 (25%) chance to drop from the Moon Lord in Master Mode. It summons a pet Moonling that resembles the Moon Lord's head.

Trivia

• The item's tooltip, "The forbidden calamari", is likely a reference to a common internet meme, where some form of object similar to a food, which in reality isn't edible, is nicknamed "Forbidden <food>", for example sea glass being referred to as "forbidden fruit snacks". Calamari is fried squid, referring to the Moon Lord's cephalopod appearance.
• The pet itself marginally resembles the Ancient Vision, an enemy summoned by the Lunatic Cultist if the player attacks a duplicate of the Lunatic Cultist while the Phantasm Dragon is still alive.
• The buff tooltip, "A friend from beyond", is a reference to H.P. Lovecraft's short story "From Beyond", which is a story of a man who witnesses alien creatures in alternate dimensions. The Moon Lord, which the Piece of Moon Squid drops from, also happens to be a reference to H.P. Lovecraft – this time, the cosmic entity Cthulhu, a fictional character Lovecraft created.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.