Lightning Staff

The **Lightning Staff** is a magic weapon.

## Appearance

The Lightning Staff looks like a long stick topped with a Topaz.

## Use

By combining the Lightning Staff with other items, the player can use several spells to inflict lightning damage and shock NPCs. The Lightning Staff's spells consume 50% less Mana when the player is in a Thunderstorm and 50% more mana when the player is underground.

### Hotbar

When the Lightning Staff is equipped, a vertical hotbar will appear on the right side of the screen, consisting of 6 slots, those being one basic spell and five advanced spells. The basic spell, Jolt, is unlocked by default, while the advanced spells have to be crafted. The player can scroll through these by pressing the arrow keys(the up arrow will select the slot above the slot previously selected, while the down arrow will select the slot below it). The player casts the spell selected by pressing M2.

### Spells

The Lightning Staff is charged with a spell by using the crafting recipes listed below.

* **Items** denotes what items are used to create the spell. Not used in Jolt.

* **Slot** denotes what slot number the spell is in.

* **Damage** denotes how much lightning damage the spell inflicts. Not used in Create Storm Man.

* **Cost** denotes how much Mana is used by casting the spell.

* **Cooldown Length** denotes how long the player must wait before they can cast the spell again. This refers to real-life time, not in-game time.

* **Tier** denotes what tier of Shock is inflicted by the spell. Not used in Create Storm Man.

When a spell is crafted, it will appear in the appropriate slot. After the spell is cast, there will be a cooldown period before it can be cast again. Once a spell is crafted, the player will be able to use it at any time, provided they have sufficient Mana and the cooldown period for that spell is not active.

The spells are listed below:

#### Jolt

* **Slot:** 1

* **Damage:** 20

* **Cost:** 5

* **Cooldown Length:** 1 second

* **Tier:** Shock I

Creates a weak lightning bolt in front of the player, which is then projected.

#### Lightning Bolt

* **Items:** Gunpowder x5

* **Slot:** 2

* **Damage:** 50

* **Cost:** 15

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 seconds

* **Tier:** Shock III

Creates a strong lightning bolt in front of the player, which is then projected.

#### Electric Current

* **Items:** Storm Dust x5

* **Slot:** 3

* **Damage:** 15 per second

* **Cost:** 5 per second

* **Cooldown Length:** 10 seconds

* **Tier:** Shock III

The player points the staff in front of them and a three-block-wide stream of lightning is sprayed from it for as long as the spell is active. The spell can be active for a maximum of five seconds.

#### Create Storm Man

* **Items:** Cloud Block

* **Slot:** 4

* **Cost:** 15

* **Cooldown Length:** 45 seconds

Spawns a Storm Man to fight for the player until its death. Only one summoned Storm Man can be active at once, unless the Lightning Staff is upgraded to Impeccable or higher using a Grindstone, in which case two can be active at once.

#### Electric Aura

* **Items:** Storm Dust x10

* **Slot:** 5

* **Damage:** 15

* **Cost:** 5 per five seconds

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 minutes

* **Tier:** Shock II

For one minute, the player is coated with electricity. Upon entering melee range, any enemies take damage and are shocked.

#### Lightning Storm

* **Items:** Storm Dust x15, Topaz x15, Gunpowder x10, Storm Halo, Feather x15

* **Slot:** 6

* **Damage:** 165

* **Cost:** 110

* **Cooldown Length:** 25 minutes

* **Tier:** Shock V

The player points the staff in front of them and projects a five-block-wide, two-block-tall stream of lightning, shocking NPCs it hits and dealing massive damage.

## Obtaining

The Lightning Staff can be crafted with Jolt, two Sticks, and five Arcane Essence at a Magic Manipulator.

## Crafting

### Magic Manipulator

**Jolt** + **Stick x2** + **Arcane Essence x5** = **Lightning Staff**

**Lightning Staff** + **Gunpowder x5** = **Lightning Staff(Lightning Bolt)**

**Lightning Staff** + **Storm Dust x5** = **Lightning Staff(Electric Current)**

**Lightning Staff** + **Cloud Block** = **Lightning Staff(Create Storm Man)**

**Lightning Staff** + **Storm Dust x10** = **Lightning Staff(Electric Aura)**

**Lightning Staff** + **Storm Dust x15** + **Topaz x15** + **Gunpowder x10** + **Storm Halo** + **Feather x15** = **Lightning Staff(Lightning Storm)**

## Trivia

* The Lightning Staff is the counterpart of the Earth Staff.

## Achievements

**Electromancer** - *"Master all of the Lightning Staff's spells."*
Learn and cast all of the spells for the Lightning Staff.