Spider Staff

Spider nest harvesting and latching minion swarms

The Spider Staff is crafted at a Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil using 16 Spider Fang items gathered from dangerous Black Recluse arachnids in underground Spider Nests. When summoned, it calls forth small spider minions that deal 26 base summon damage. These arachnid minions run along terrain, climb across background walls, and latch directly onto hostile targets to deliver rapid continuous strikes while inflicting the deadly Venom debuff.

Wall crawling utility and summoner progression

Spiders excel in enclosed cavern arenas and against multi-segment bosses like The Destroyer, where multiple summoned spiders latch onto single targets to inflict continuous tick damage. While they struggle to reach flying enemies in open skies without background walls, pairing them with whip strikes or background walls mitigates this limitation. Combining the staff with Spider armor yields extra minion capacity and damage bonuses. Ruthless is the optimal modifier, delivering the maximum base damage boost to each summoned spider.

Trivia

• Spiders summoned by the staff can climb vertical walls and background walls, moving significantly faster when walls are present.