Solar Scarab Staff (Polarities Mod)

Solar Scarab Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	70 (Summon)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana	10
Use time	30 (Average)
Tooltip	Summons a solar scarab to protect you
Grants Buff	Solar Scarab
Buff tooltip	The solar scarab will fight for you
Inflicts Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff duration	2 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Rarity	06*
Sell	20
Research	1 required

Summons Minion

• Solar Scarab
  

 Obtained from

Entity	Quantity	Rate
Sun Pixie	1	33.3% / 50%

The Solar Scarab Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon that drops from the Sun Pixie. It launches a solar scarab minion that follows the player, quickly flying around them and bouncing off of blocks. It will fly at and attack any nearby enemies, briefly inflicting On Fire!. However, after each hit it enters a "dormant" state where it folds its wings away and acts like a projectile, falling until it hits the ground, upon which it resumes its usual behavior.

For this reason, it is not recommended to use against aerial enemies even though it continues to damage any enemies it hits while falling. Like other minions, the summoned solar scarab is invincible and follows the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, exits the world, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff.

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

Gallery

The Solar Scarab in action, demonstrated on a Super Dummy from Fargo's Mod. Note how it folds its wings away and tumbles after each hit, only resuming its homing once it hits the ground.