Optic Staff

  

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console, see Legacy:Optic Staff.

Optic Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	24 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	30 (effective)
Tooltip	Summons twins to fight for you
Rarity	05*
Sell	2 GC
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Twins
Buff tooltip	The twins will fight for you

Projectiles created

• Mini Retina Laser
  
• Retanimini
  
• Spazmamini
  

Sounds

Use
Mini Retina Laser

• Internal Item ID: 2535 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Buff ID: 134 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 389, 387, 388

The Optic Staff in use.

Largest number of simultaneous Twins possible (11 Twins or 22 minions total).

The Optic Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon that summons a miniature version of The Twins in their second form as minions, which follow the player and attack enemies. The summoned pair of minions, named Spazmamini and Retanimini, deal damage with a ramming attack and ranged laser attack, respectively. Like other minions, the summoned Twins are invincible and follow the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, cancels the buff, or leaves the world.

Its best modifiers are Mythical, Furious, or Godly. Rounding reveals that these modifiers provide the same increase to damage as the Ruthless modifier, increasing it from 24 to 28.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Optic Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Black Lens Lens2 Hallowed Bar12 Soul of Sight20	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Notes

• One pair of Twins counts as one minion toward the maximum minion count.
  • Therefore, a player can get 22 "minions" with maximum minion capacity, as opposed to the usual 11 full-sized minions.
• Spazmamini's charge deals the full listed damage of the weapon (24 base damage) while Retanimini's laser deals 115% of the listed damage (27 base damage).
• Retanimini's lasers are fired at a rate of once every 0.75 seconds on average.^[1]
• Spazmamini charges at enemies once every 0.67 seconds on average.^[2]
• Spazmamini applies 12 ticks of static invincibility frames upon hitting an enemy.^[3]
• The Twins minions can target enemies up to 125 tiles away.^[4]
  • They will, however, attempt to return to the player's side if their distance from the player is more than 75 tiles, which can interrupt their attacks.
  • Spazmamini will only charge at its target when its distance from the target is less than 31.25 tiles.
• Retanimini's lasers move at a speed of 123 mph, emit light, and disappear after 1.67 seconds if they do not hit an enemy or solid block.^[4]
• It is possible to get non-matching amounts of Retaniminis and Spazmaminis by maxing the projectile cap and lowering it.

Tips

• Unlike most flying minions, the Twins will not naturally pass-through blocks unless the player has moved out of range. This makes them very prone to getting stuck in tight areas and caves.
• Retanimini's laser projectiles travel straight forward, so they may miss against fast or far away enemies.
• The Twins do not do well against a sparse enemy crowd. Instead, they are better suited for dense enemy crowds such as those in the Solar Eclipse, Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon.

Trivia

• Unlike the Twins boss, the minions are not connected by a tendril. Furthermore, Spazmamini does not spew Cursed Flames like Spazmatism does.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.8:
  • Base damage increased from 21 to 24 (Spazmamini's damage is 100% of base damage).
  • Retanimini's damage scaling reduced from 1.25× to 1.15× of base damage (still a slight increase due to the increased base).

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Retanimini's lasers no longer pierce. As a result, they are no longer impacted by immune frames.
  • Retanimini damage increased from 24 to 26.
  • Spazmatism damage reduced from 30 to 21.
  • Spazmatism now has more flexible charging range when pursuing targets.
  • Twin minions now return to the player more quickly.

• Desktop 1.4.1.2:
  • Enemy immune frames caused by Spazmamini and Retanimini attacks have been reduced from 16 to 12.
  • Increased Spazmamini's movement speed while pursuing enemies.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Now use independent immunity timers.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1:
  • Added requirement of 10 mana.
  • Fixed bug where Twin Minion pairs could become uneven or re-summoning would fail.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.07: Introduced, requires 10 mana.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced, requires 10 mana.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced, requires 10 mana.

References