Stardust Cell Staff

  

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Stardust Cell Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	60 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a stardust cell to fight for you 'Cultivate the most beautiful cellular infection'
Rarity	10*
Sell	10 GC
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Stardust Cell(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Buff tooltip	The stardust cell will fight for you

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Celled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Debuff tooltip	being eaten by cells
Chance	100%
Duration	15 seconds

Projectiles created

• Stardust Cell
  
• Stardust Cell Shot
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3474 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Buff ID: 182 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), 183 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 613, 614

The Stardust Cell Staff in use.

The Stardust Cell Staff is a Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist summon weapon that summons a Stardust Cell (a minion version of the Star Cell enemy) that can perform ranged attacks and will teleport to enemies out of range. Like other minions, the summoned Stardust Cell is invincible and follows the player until they die, summon a replacement minion, cancel the buff, or leave the world.

The Stardust Cell's ranged attack consists of firing a Stardust Cell Shot, a miniature version of itself, which homes in on an enemy target. The mini-cell damages and attaches itself to the target, and then deals 20 damage per second for 5 seconds. A maximum of 10 mini-cells can attach to one target at the same time, for a maximum of 200 damage per second. Internally, the enemy is inflicted with the Celled debuff during this time, which has no other effects beyond the damage over time.^[1] Additionally, the Stardust Cell will occasionally fire an extra shot at any target the player is attacking, without interrupting its standard rate of fire, even if it is already currently attacking that target. After teleporting to an enemy, a Stardust Cell will also instantly fire a mini-cell.

Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stat bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits. The only lasting advantage a Mythical Stardust Cell Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Stardust Cell Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Stardust Fragment(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)18	Ancient Manipulator(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Immune NPCs

Notes

• The Stardust Cell Shots are fired at a rate of once every 0.6 seconds on average.^[2]
• In addition to their normal fire rate, Stardust Cells have a 50% chance to fire an extra shot at an enemy that is currently being hit by the player. The extra shot deals 33.33% damage (20 base damage), and once it is fired there is an average cooldown of 0.75 seconds before it can be fired again.^[3]
  • This extra shot cannot be triggered by other Stardust Cell shots, by secondary slash projectiles created by the Super Star Shooter or Muramasa, or by projectiles created by the set bonuses of Chlorophyte armor, Titanium armor, or Orichalcum armor.^[4]
• The Stardust Cells can target enemies up to 125 tiles away from the player.
  • This detection range is boosted to 187.5 tiles for enemies that are targeted by the player using whips or a summoning staff.
  • The Stardust Cells will attempt to return to the player's side if their distance from the player is 84.4 tiles or more, which can interrupt their attacks.
• The Stardust Cells can teleport to targets that are between 28.75 tiles to 53.75 tiles away.
• The Stardust Cells need to be within 31.25 tiles of their target to fire shots.
• The Stardust Cell's attacks cannot be reflected.
• Any number of Stardust Cells can damage a target at a time; they have no invincibility frames between each other's hits.
• The Stardust Cells have a large attack radius that is equal to that of minions obtainable at earlier stages in the game, such as the Hornet, Imp, Sanguine Bat, and Twins.
• Often while the player is traveling across the map, Stardust Cells may seem to be lazily veering away from the summoner towards something off-screen. This is because they have targeted a far-away enemy that is moving into teleport range.
• Shots from the Stardust Cell can continue homing in on their target for 5 seconds before disappearing, making them very unlikely to miss. Because of this, the minion does not need to aim and can shoot mini-cells regardless of the speed, distance, or the maneuvering of its target as long as it is within teleportation range.
  • This is a notable difference from the Xeno Staff: the Xeno Staff's UFO must catch up to the enemy first before it can fire, which some fast enemies or bosses can outrun.
• The Stardust Cell Shots have a top speed of 72 mph when chasing a target.
• Damage ticking from mini-cells retains its original pace regardless of when additional mini-cells were added.
• Even though Celled debuff is inflicted for 15 seconds, it does not deal any damage if no mini-cells are attached to the enemy, and the mini-cell projectiles only have a total lifespan of 5 seconds.

Tips

• The Stardust Cell Staff is generally considered to be an upgrade to the Xeno Staff. Unlike the Xeno Staff's UFOs, however, the Stardust Cells do not re-target instantly after an enemy has been defeated. This increased targeting speed can bring the Xeno Staff on par with the Stardust Cell Staff under certain circumstances, such as against larger groups of enemies.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.4.2: Fixed minions trying to occasionally latch onto town NPCs and the Eternia Crystal.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Fixed a stray pixel in the sprite.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.

References