Gorgon-Gaze Staff

Gorgon-Gaze Staff

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	14 (Magic)
Knockback	0 (No Knockback)
Mana	10
Critical chance	4%
Use time	28 (Average)
Tooltip	Attempts to petrify an enemy under your cursor
Inflicts Debuff	Petrify
Debuff duration	2 seconds
Debuff tooltip	This enemy can't react!
Rarity
Sell	5000*50
Research	1 required

Gorgon-Gaze Staff casting animation.

The Gorgon-Gaze Staff is a craftable Pre-Hardmode magic weapon. It creates a mystic aura at the cursor's location that will rapidly damage enemies and has a chance to inflict the Petrify debuff on them, freezing them in place; however, bosses cannot receive this effect.

Its best modifier is Demonic for damage output, or Mystic for mana conservation because it cannot get modifiers that affect knockback.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Iron Anvil / Lead Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Bronze Alloy Fragments	10
Result
	Gorgon-Gaze Staff	1

Notes

• Petrified enemies can still damage the player, but are slowed to the point of being nearly immobile.
• The petrification debuff will be refreshed upon every damage tick, making it possible to completely immobilize large enemies until they are defeated.
• Any number of enemies can be petrified at any one time, making this staff very effective at crowd control.

History

• 1.7.0.1: Buffed damage from 10 to 14, mana cost from 8 to 10, use time from 20 to 28, and damage speed from 3/sec to 6/sec.
• 1.6.5.0:
  • Renamed from "Gorgan Gaze Staff" to "Gorgon-Gaze Staff".
  • Sprite updated.
• 1.6.0.0: Increased damage from 8 to 10 and decreased Petrify chance from 50% to 25%.
• 1.2.5.8: Introduced.