Poison Staff

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

## Appearance

The Poison Staff looks like a long stick topped with an Emerald.

## Use

By combining the Poison Staff with other items, the player can use several spells to inflict poison damage and poison enemies.

### Hotbar

When the Poison 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, Poison, 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 Poison 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 Poison.

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

* **Damage** denotes how much poison damage the spell inflicts. Not used in Create Poison 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 Poison is inflicted by the spell.

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:

#### Poison

* **Slot:** 1

* **Damage:** 20

* **Cost:** 1

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 seconds

* **Tier:** Poison I

Creates a non-explosive, weak poisonous spore in front of the player, which is then projected.

#### Toxic Spore

* **Items:** Jungle Spores x5

* **Slot:** 2

* **Damage:** 30 (initial hit), 20 (explosion)

* **Cost:** 5

* **Cooldown Length:** 15 seconds

* **Tier:** Poison III

Creates an explosive, strong poisonous spore in front of the player, which is then projected. The explosion leaves a three-block-wide cloud of poison that remains for five seconds, poisoning any enemies that enter it.

#### Venom Spray

* **Items:** Poison Dust x5

* **Slot:** 3

* **Damage:** 15 per second

* **Cost:** 1 per second

* **Cooldown Length:** 20 seconds

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

#### Create Poison Man

* **Items:** Mud

* **Slot:** 4

* **Cost:** 5

* **Cooldown Length:** 2 minutes

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

#### Toxic Aura

* **Items:** Poison Dust x10

* **Slot:** 5

* **Damage:** 15

* **Cost:** 1 per five seconds

* **Cooldown Length:** 15 minutes

* **Tier:** Poison II

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

#### Poison Cloud

* **Items:** Poison Dust x15, Emerald x15, Jungle Spores x10, Reptilian Tongue, Sludge x15

* **Slot:** 6

* **Damage:** 165

* **Cost:** 90

* **Cooldown Length:** 40 minutes

* **Tier:** Poison V

Conjures a massive cloud of poisonous air, dealing massive knockback and damage to creatures within a 20-block AoE around the player. The cloud lingers for ten seconds before disappearing. This does not harm the player character, but the player should be wary of friendly fire while using it so that the player does not accidentally harm any allies.

## Obtaining

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

## Crafting

### Magic Manipulator

**Poison** + **Stick x2** + **Arcane Essence x5** = **Poison Staff**

**Poison Staff** + **Jungle Spores x5** = **Poison Staff(Toxic Spore)**

**Poison Staff** + **Poison Dust x5** = **Poison Staff(Venom Spray)**

**Poison Staff** + **Mud** = **Poison Staff(Create Poison Man)**

**Poison Staff** + **Poison Dust x10** = **Poison Staff(Toxic Aura)**

**Poison Staff** + **Poison Dust x15** + **Emerald x15** + **Jungle Spores x10** + **Reptilian Tongue** + **Sludge x15** = **Poison Staff(Poison Cloud)**

## Trivia

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

## Achievements

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