Pygmy Staff

Pygmy Staff

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Statistics

Type	Summon Weapon
Damage	34
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	27 (Average)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a Pygmy to fight for you
Rarity	7
Sell	2

Grants Buff

Buff	Pygmies
Buff tooltip	The pygmies will fight for you

• Internal Item ID: 1157
• Internal Buff ID: 49

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A pygmy standing by a player's side.

The Pygmy Staff is a Hardmode Minion summoning weapon. It spawns a pygmy character that follows the player and attacks enemies via a ranged spear attack. Like other minions, the summoned pygmy is invincible and follows the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff. The Pygmy Staff is dropped by Plantera (25% or 1/4 chance and a 100% chance in Expert).

Its best Modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier presents a wider array of stat bonuses, but these mostly affect the initial summon, not the resulting Pygmy. Additionally, minions cannot critically hit.

Notes

• The Pygmy Staff item is needed in order for the Witch Doctor to sell the Hercules Beetle, Pygmy Necklace and the Tiki Armor.

Trivia

• Each time the pygmy is summoned, it has a random one of four possible sprite graphics. They are all functionally identical.
• The pygmy catches up to fast-moving players by flying while standing, sitting, or hanging on its spear.

History

• 1.3.0.1: Now have a chance to inflict poison and venom. They now have a larger range and the first projectile thrown will always pierce rather than getting stuck.

• 1.2.4.1: Now requires 10 mana.

• 1.2.4: No longer requires mana usage; damage increased from 29 to 34.

• 1.2.3: Damage increased from 27 to 29.

• 1.2.1: Damage increased from 25 to 27.

• 1.2: Introduced.

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