Frostspark Staff (Shards of Atheria)

Frostspark Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	87-107 (Magic)
Knockback	3-0
Mana	6-20
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	16
Tooltip	Left Click to fire an ice bolt, <right> to summon lightning 'Destiny of destruction awaits'
Inflicts Debuff	Frostbite
Debuff duration	10 seconds
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Inflicts Debuff	Electric Shock
Debuff duration	10 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Moving aches
Rarity	10*
Sell	325
Research	1 required

Damage elements
Fire	Aqua	Elec	Wood
✗	✓	✓	✗

The Frostspark Staff is a craftable Hardmode magic weapon. When used with the use button, it fires an Ice Shard at the cursor. When used with the alt-use button, it creates a lightning bolt above the cursor. It can be considered the magic variant of the Energy Scythe.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Crafting

Recipe

Result Ingredients Crafting station Frostspark Staff Bionic Bar (20) Ectoplasm (5) Ice Block (10) Soul of Spite (10) Mythril Anvil    or Orichalcum Anvil

Notes

• The lightning bolt from the alt-use creates 3 additional lightning bolts on hitting an enemy.

Trivia

• The weapon is a reference to the weapon wielded by Pandora in Mega Man ZX and Mega Man ZX Advent.
  • Additionally the internal name for this weapon is Pandora.

History

• 0.9:
  • Renamed to Frostspark Staff.
  • Lightning bolt projectile changed.
• 0.7.7.5: Primary and alt-use swapped.
• 0.7.4:
  • Now creates lightning at the cursor instead of thrusting a spear.
  • Sprite updated. Previous sprite lost.
• 0.4.5: Mana cost reduced from 12 to 6.
• 0.4.2.1: Introduced.