Cantrip Staff

Cantrip Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	11 Magic
Knockback	3 (Very Weak)
Elemental Bonus
Mana cost	5
Critical chance	4%
Use time	28 Average
Velocity	16
Tooltip	Casts a ball of ember Casts a larger fireball every 4 consecutive shots
Lore	'A simple wooden staff with a white crystal on top, commonly given to apprentices of sorcerers to practice storing and releasing their mana. An overload of mana from a stronger mage can easily break this.'
Inflicts Debuff	On Fire! 33.33%-100% chance
Debuff duration	2.67 seconds (Ember) 4.67 seconds (Large Ember)
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Rarity
Buy / Sell	25  / 5
Research	1 required

The Cantrip Staff in use. Note how the large Ember only pierces one time after bouncing off a tile.

The Cantrip Staff is a Pre-Hardmode wand sold by the Wayfarer. When used, it fires small Embers that have a 33.33% chance to inflict the On Fire! debuff. Every fourth consecutive shot will be replaced with a larger Ember that deals double damage, inflicts more knockback, and can either pierce 2 enemies or bounce off a tile once. Additionally, large Embers have a 100% chance to inflict the On Fire! debuff.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Tips

• The Cantrip Staff can be thought of as an indirect upgrade to the Wand of Sparking, dealing higher damage with a longer reach but being slower and consuming more mana.
  • The reduced speed can be a strength, however, as it consumes mana less than a faster weapon of a similar power. This is especially noticeable in the early game when mana is in much less supply.
• The Cantrip Staff's ability to deal Fire Damage allows it to shred through Thorn, Bane of the Forest's health bar in seconds.

History

• 0.8.0.4070: Now deals Arcane damage.
• 0.8.0.4043: Resprited. Previous sprite was:
• 0.8.0.38: Embers now correctly deal damage without i-frames.
• 0.8.0.351: Embers now use a new prim trail system.
• 0.8:
  • Renamed from "Ancient Novice's Staff" to "Cantrip Staff"
  • Reworked:
    • No longer fires bouncing embers.
    • Now fires regular embers. Every fourth consecutive shot will be replaced with a large ember that deals more damage and can bounce off tiles.
    • Buffed damage from 9 to 11. Increased mana cost from 3 to 5.
  • Added a lore tooltip.
  • Changed rarity from to .
• 0.8.0.3 (1.3): Resprited. Previous sprite was:
• 0.6.3: Resprited. Previous sprite was:
• 0.4.7:
  • Nerfed damage from 12 to 9.
  • Decreased mana cost from 4 to 3.
• 0.4: Nerfed damage from 16 to 12.