Darkness Staff

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

## Appearance

The Darkness Staff looks like a long stick topped with an Onyx.

## Use

By combining the Darkness Staff with other items, the player can use several spells to inflict necrotic damage and curse NPCs. The Darkness Staff's spells consume 50% less Mana at night and 50% more mana in day.

### Hotbar

When the Darkness 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, Curse, 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 Darkness 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 Curse.

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

* **Damage** denotes how much necrotic damage the spell inflicts. Not used in Shadow Soldier or Raise Zombie.

* **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 Curse is inflicted by the spell. Not used in Shadow Soldier and Raise Zombie.

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:

#### Curse

* **Slot:** 1

* **Damage:** 10

* **Cost:** 3

* **Cooldown Length:** 3 seconds

* **Tier:** Curse I

Fires a weak bolt of deep purple energy,

#### Hex

* **Items:** Dark Essence x5

* **Slot:** 2

* **Damage:** 25

* **Cost:** 10

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 seconds

* **Tier:** Curse II

Fires a strong bolt of deep purple energy.

#### Shadow Tentacle

* **Items:** Terrorite Ingot x5

* **Slot:** 3

* **Damage:** 30

* **Cost:** 10

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 seconds

* **Tier:** Curse II

Sprouts a tentacle made of shadow from the player's back, which strikes the targeted NPC.

#### Shadow Soldier

* **Items:** Diseased Chunk x5

* **Slot:** 4

* **Cost:** 10

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 minutes

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

#### Raise Zombie

* **Items:** Decaying Flesh x5

* **Slot:** 5

* **Cost:** 10

* **Cooldown Length:** 5 minutes

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

#### Black Hole

* **Items:** Dark Essence x15, Onyx x15, Diseased Chunk x10, Evil Core, Terrorite Ingot x15

* **Slot:** 6

* **Damage:** 1000

* **Cost:** 50

* **Cooldown Length:** 30 minutes

* **Tier:** Curse III

Conjures a miniature black hole that lasts for five minutes in front of the player. Any non-boss enemies within a 10-block AoE around the black hole will be cursed and slowly sucked towards it, and will receive massive damage upon touching the black hole.

## Obtaining

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

## Crafting

**Curse** + **Stick x2** + **Arcane Essence x5** = **Darkness Staff**

**Darkness Staff** + **Dark Essence x5** = **Darkness Staff(Hex)**

**Darkness Staff** + **Terrorite Ingot x5** = **Darkness Staff(Shadow Tentacle)**

**Darkness Staff** + **Diseased Chunk x5** = **Darkness Staff(Shadow Soldier)**

**Darkness Staff** + **Decaying Flesh x5** = **Darkness Staff(Raise Zombie)**

**Darkness Staff** + **Dark Essence x15** + **Amethyst x15** + **Diseased Chunk x10** + **Evil Core** + **Terrorite Ingot x15** = **Darkness Staff(Black Hole)**

## Trivia

* The Darkness Staff is the counterpart of the Light Staff.

## Achievements

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