Minions
- Not to be confused with Boss/Event summoning items.
Summon weapons are weapons that have been added to increase the variety of summonable damage sources and expand on the Summoner class in Terraria greatly.
There are currently 12 Pre-Hardmode and 4 Hardmode minions and 9 sentry-type summon weapons, and 7 other weapons that deal summon damage.
Minions
Pre-Hardmode
Item | Minion | Damage | Source | Bonus |
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Fairy Whistle | Fairy | 10 | 25 @ | n/a |
Ethereal Butterfly Staff | Ethereal Butterfly | 5 | 1 + 2 + 15 ( @ / ) | Dissipates when right-clicked, leaving exploding arcane stars behind. |
Jellyfish Staff | Jellyfish | 11 | 5 + 5 ( @ / ) | n/a |
Crawlerock Staff | Baby Cavern Crawler | 13 | Cavern Crawler 1/25 (4%) | n/a |
Locust Crook | Locust | 14 | Scarabeus 1/4 (25%) | Infests hit enemies, causing baby locusts to be summoned from them. |
Orbiter Staff | Mini Meteor | 16 | Orbitite 1/20 (5%) | n/a |
Lunazoa Staff | Moonlight Preserver | 16 | Moon Jelly Wizard 1/4 (25%) | Only one can be summoned.
Increases the spawnrate of jellyfishes for every minion slot used. |
Snapspore Wand | Snapspore | 18 | Snaptrapper 3/10 (30%) | Chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff to most enemies. |
Quackling Staff | Quackling | 19 | / + 10 + ( @ / ) | Projectiles home but travel slowly. |
Slagtern Staff | Slagtern | 19 | 14 ( @ / ) | Only one can be summoned.
Remains stationary above the player's head. Inflicts the On Fire! debuff to most enemies. |
Mango Jelly Staff | Mango Jelly | 44 | Mang-O War 1/25 (4%) | Flies through blocks to attack enemies. |
Toucane | Toucan | 20 | Found in Ivy Chests | Fires 3 feathers, then dashes at the enemy |
Hardmode
Item | Minion | Damage | Source | Bonus |
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Pigron Staff | Pigrons | 29 | Pigron 1/6 (16.67%) / 1/4 (25%) | n/a |
Cloak of the Desert King | Killer Bunny | 36 | + 10 ( @ ) | Only one can be summoned. |
Lihzahrd Wand | Flying Snake | 44 | Lihzahrd 1/500 (0.2%) | Inflicts the Acid Venom debuff. |
Soul Dagger | Soul Dagger | 80 | ??? | ??? |
Sentries
Pre-Hardmode
Item | Sentry | Damage | Source | Bonus |
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Bismite Crystal Staff | Bismite Crystal | 12 | 15 ( @ / ) | 20% chance to inflict Festering Wounds.
Right clicking will cause the Crystal to fire a wave of Bismite shots. |
Old Cross | Old Cross Coffin | 16 | Found in Sepulchre Chests | Skeletons accumulate. |
Aching Heart | Aching Heart | 22 | Arterial Grasper 1/33 (3.03%) | n/a |
Two-Faced Mask | Happy or Sad Soul | 25 | + 8 ( @ / ) | Only one of each soul can be summoned.
Soul of Sadness fires homing tears. |
Coiled Rod | Electric Turret | 19 | 6 ( @ / ) | Strikes up to three additional nearby enemies. |
Hardmode
Item | Sentry | Damage | Source | Bonus |
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Eternal Ashes | Phoenix | 41 | + 3 + 20 ( @ / ) | Only one can be summoned.
Does not take up a sentry slot but inflicts minion damage and is boosted by minion boosts. |
Shadow Sphere | Shadow Sphere | 44 | Dusking 1/5 (20%) | Only one can be summoned.
Does not take up a sentry slot, but inflicts minion damage and is boosted by minion boosts. |
Engineering Rod | Tesla Turret | 75 | Gray Grunt + Ray Gunner + Brain Scrambler 1/50 (2%) | Inflicts Electrified debuff to most enemies.
Projectiles pass through blocks. |
Cragbound Staff | Cragbound | 112 | Atlas 1/6 (16.67%) | Occasionally inflicts Unstable Affliction. |
Starlight Staff | Twinkle Popper | 71 | Twinkle Popper 1/40 (2.5%) | n/a |
Others
Item | Damage | Source | Notes |
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Fungal Icthyoid | 12 | Fished in the Glowing Mushroom biome | Summons multiple homing spores that dissipate after a few seconds. |
Sacrificial Dagger | 15 | Occultist 1/3 (33.33%) | Minions may deal extra strikes of damage to hit enemies.
Causes minions to target hit enemies. |
Gate Staff | 14 | Shockhopper 1/40 (2.5%) | Summons two gates connected by a damaging electrical field that can be placed using left and right click. |
Arcbolter | 12 | Moonlight Preserver 1/27 (3.7%) | 4 summon tag damage.
Hit enemies may generate static electricity between each other when struck by minions. |
Skeletalon Staff | 16 | Ancient Avian 1/6 (16.66%) | Summons two Skeletal Harpies at the cursor's position that seek out and attack enemies like minions.
Skeletal Harpies disappear after a few seconds or upon hitting an enemy. |
Glumshroom Staff | 51 | Bloomshroom 1/20 (5%) | Only three can be summoned.
Summons a stationary gravity affected Gloomgus Mushroom on the cursor's position that explodes on contact with an enemy. |