Crimson Hound Staff

Crimson Hound StaffHardmode exclusive

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	27 (Summon)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Mana	10
Use time	36 (Very Slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons a grotesque and vicious crimson hound
Grants Buff	Crimson Hound
Buff tooltip	Despite not having a mouth, the hound will find a way to feed...
Rarity
Sell	20000*2
Research	1 required

Summons Minion
Crimson Hound

The Crimson Hound Staff is a Hardmode summon weapon. It spawns a Crimson Hound which runs around and attacks enemies by charging them to inflict melee damage. Like other minions, Crimson Hounds are invincible and follow the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff.

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 significant advantage a Mythical Crimson Hound Staff has over a Ruthless one is knockback.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil / Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Dark Shard	1
	Vertebra	10
	Soul of Night	6
Result
	Crimson Hound Staff	1

Notes

• Its Corruption counterpart is the Corruptling Staff.
• As the minion can only walk on the ground, its effectiveness against flying enemies is very limited.

History

• 1.6.1.0: Nerfed damage from 34 to 27 and buffed knockback from 2 to 5.
• 1.2.12.1: Introduced.