Frost Staff

Frost Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	46 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 43 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Magic)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana	12 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 14 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	12 (Very fast) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 20 (Very fast) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Velocity	16
Tooltip	Shoots a stream of frost
Rarity	05*
Sell	4 GC
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	100% <
Duration	7 seconds

Projectile created

• Frost Bolt
  

Sounds

Use
Frost Bolt
Frost Bolt impact

• Internal Item ID: 726
• Internal Buff ID: 324 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 359

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ice Elemental Ice Elemental	1	2%
Icy Merman Icy Merman	1	2%

Not to be confused with Staff of the Frost Hydra.

(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Frost Staff in use against Target Dummies. Notice how it inflicts the Frostbite debuff.

(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) The Frost Staff in use against Target Dummies. Notice how it pierces the first enemy, but not the second.

The Frost Staff is a Hardmode magic weapon that fires a frost bolt which travels in a straight line, pierces a single enemy, and disappears after hitting a second enemy or upon contact with tiles (while also inflicting the Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) debuff for 7 seconds). The Frost Staff has a 1/50 (2%) chance of being dropped by Icy Mermen and Ice Elementals, both of which are found in the Snow and Ice biomes.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Tips

• If obtained early in Hardmode, it can be fairly effective until better weapons are obtained. With its fast speed, average and fair knockback, it can deal with crowds of enemies.

Trivia

• The Frost Staff functions somewhat similarly to a gem staff.
• It is shaped very similarly to the Imp Staff.
• In the official changelog of 1.4.0.1, this weapon is incorrectly referred to as the "Staff of Frost".

See also

• Ice Rod, a similarly snow/ice-themed weapon purchased from the Wizard NPC.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Use time decreased from 16 to 12.
  • Now inflicts Frostbite.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprite updated. Old sprite was:
  • Use time decreased from 20 to 16.
  • Mana cost decreased from 14 to 12.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 43 to 46.

• Desktop Unknown: The projectile shot by the Frost Staff is no longer stacked; if an enemy had more health than a single projectile could hit, the other projectile would also hit the enemy, meaning that piercing would only apply if the enemy could be killed with a single projectile.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage decreased from 53 to 43.
  • Mana usage increased from 10 to 14.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: The Frost Staff will now trigger the Spectre armor's set bonus.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.10061: No longer dropped by Ice Bats.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.