Pygmy Necklace

Nocturnal procurement and minion capacity expansion

Purchased from the Witch Doctor for 20 gold coins exclusively during nighttime hours. The vendor offers this trinket as soon as he settles into valid housing after Queen Bee is defeated. Equipping the necklace expands maximum minion capacity by 1 without requiring mana expenditure or specific armor set bonuses. This immediate slot increase functions for all summoning staves, enabling extra companion entities to fight alongside the summoner across exploration and boss arenas alike.

Summoner loadout stacking and mid-game survivability

As one of the earliest accessories that directly raises minion limits, the Pygmy Necklace remains viable well into Hardmode. It stacks alongside Necromantic Scroll and Papyrus Scarab to field large minion swarms against Plantera and Golem. Because summoner armor sets feature relatively low defense ratings, reforging the necklace to Warding provides vital protection, while Menacing maximizes minion strike damage during structured boss encounters across difficult worlds.

Trivia

• Prior to version 1.4.0, purchasing the Pygmy Necklace required defeating Plantera and carrying a Pygmy Staff.
• The additional minion slot functions equally for flying minions and grounded summons.