Raven Staff

Raven Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	55 (Summon)
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	28 (Average)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a raven to fight for you
Rarity	8*
Sell	100000*10
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Ravens
Buff tooltip	The ravens will attack your enemies

Projectile created

• Raven
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1802
• Internal Buff ID: 83
• Internal Projectile ID: 317

The Raven Staff in use.

The Raven Staff is an aerial melee Hardmode, post-Plantera summon weapon. It spawns a raven character that follows the player and attacks enemies via a melee attack. Like other minions, the summoned raven is invincible and follows the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff. It is dropped from Pumpking during the Pumpkin Moon event (drop chance scales depending on what wave you're on: starts at 1.79%, reaches 14.29%).

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 Raven Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Tips

• The Ravens attack notably quickly. As they are also able to fly, this makes them potent melee minions.
• Ravens physically pierce through multiple enemies, but do not deal piercing damage.

Trivia

• Along with the Stardust Dragon Staff, Desert Tiger Staff and Blade Staff, the Raven Staff is one of 4 Following Minion-summoning items whose buff description is not "(Minion) will fight for you", instead being "The ravens will attack your enemies".

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 37 to 55.
  • Flight speed doubled.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Now requires 10 mana.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Summon damage increased from 34 to 37.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Summon damage increased from 32 to 34.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.07:
  • Summon damage increased from 34 to 37.
  • Now requires 10 mana.

• Console 1.04: Summon damage increased from 32 to 34.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Summon damage increased from 32 to 37.
  • Now requires 10 mana.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.