Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Summon weapon |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Orange |
| Damage | 12 summon |
| Knockback | 2 |
| Critical strike chance | 4% |
| Use time | 22 (Fast) |
| Buy price | 3 gold 50 silver |
| Sell price | 70 silver |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Hornet Staff | 14 × Bee Wax | Iron Anvil |
Hive forging and hovering stinger fire
Assembled at an Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil from fourteen Bee Wax harvested from defeating Queen Bee, the Hornet Staff summons a hovering insect minion. The summoned hornet hovers vigilantly near the summoner, acquiring targets and firing rapid ranged stingers for 12 base summon damage and 2 knockback at a Fast summoning pace. Stinger impacts reliably inflict the lingering Poisoned debuff on vulnerable foes.
Aerial minion tracking and sustained poison damage
The Hornet Staff grants summoners reliable anti-air support, engaging flying creatures and high-mobility bosses that evade grounded summons like the Flinx Staff. Because stinger projectiles do not pierce, multiple hornets can focus down individual targets simultaneously without triggering piercing invulnerability frame lockouts. This consistent poison pressure proves valuable across cavern biomes and wide arenas. Reforging to Ruthless provides the highest minion damage boost.
Trivia
- Hornets summoned by the staff visually resemble miniature versions of Underground Jungle hornets.
- The stinger projectiles fired by hornets travel in gentle downward arcs across longer distances.