Tempest Staff

  

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Tempest Staff.

Tempest Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	50 (Summon)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons sharknados to fight for you
Rarity	08*
Sell	5 GC
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Sharknado
Buff tooltip	The sharknado will fight for you

Projectiles created

• Tempest
  
• Mini Sharkron
  

Sounds

Use
Mini Sharkron

• Internal Item ID: 2621
• Internal Buff ID: 139
• Internal Projectile ID: 407, 408

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Duke Fishron (Second/Third Phase)  Duke Fishron (Second/Third Phase)	1	20%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (Duke Fishron)Treasure Bag (Duke Fishron)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	20%

The Tempest Staff in use.

The Tempest Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon which spawns a small Sharknado minion that attacks by intermittently firing Mini Sharkron projectiles, which splatter upon contact with enemies or surfaces akin to a miniature version of Duke Fishron's own Sharknado attack. The Sharknado minion also deals contact damage to enemies and fires Mini Sharkrons at surrounding targets while returning to the player. Like other minions, the summoned Sharknado is invincible and follows the player until they die, summon a replacement minion, cancel the buff, or leave the world. The Tempest Staff has a 1/5 (20%) chance of being dropped by Duke Fishron.

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 Tempest Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Notes

• The Mini Sharkrons are fired at a rate of once every 0.5 seconds on average.^[1]
• The Tempest's contact damage (not the Mini Sharkron projectiles) applies 10 ticks of static invincibility frames.^[2]
• The Tempest minion can target enemies up to 125 tiles away from the player (prioritizing the closet enemy to player), and will automatically return to the player's side if its current target gets more than 125 tiles away from the player.^[3]
  • Both the detection range and aggro range are boosted to 187.5 tiles for enemies that are targeted by the player using a whip or summon weapon.
• The Mini Sharkrons initially move at a speed of 102 mph and gradually become affected by gravity. They will also disappear after 5 seconds if they do not hit an enemy or solid block.^[3]

Tips

• Even though the Mini Sharkrons deal a lot of damage, they are not very accurate due to slightly arcing mid-flight. They sometimes fail at hitting quick enemies. Despite this flaw, the Tempest itself can pass through all blocks and can attack enemies outside of the player's sight.
• As the Tempest itself deals contact damage to critters, take care when using the Tempest Staff while catching them.
  • The Guide to Critter Companionship(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) will prevent this.

Trivia

• The Tempest Staff is a reference to the 2013 American sci-fi disaster film Sharknado, which features a tornado filled with sharks.
• Summoned Sharknados will turn translucent when passing through blocks, similarly to what Duke Fishron and Pigrons do.
• It is the only weapon dropped by Duke Fishron that does not have his color scheme.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Tempests will now continue to fire at enemies when returning to the player.
  • Tempests will now return to the player faster depending on how fast the player is moving.
  • Tempest Staff's tornados (not the shark projectiles) have been changed from using a global immunity system with 20 frames of immune time, to using static immunity with only 10 frames.

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Reduced fire rate cooldown from 60 to 50.
  • Increased Sharkron projectile speed from 14 to 20.
  • Tempest movement speed increased by 50% (they chase enemies faster).

• Desktop 1.2.4.1:
  • Now requires 10 mana.
  • Sell price increased from 1 GC to 5 GC

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.1372.5: Removed "1 minute duration" text.

• Console 1.07: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.4.1.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.4.1.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.4.1.

References