Spores
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SporesHardmode exclusive
Statistics
Type | Weapon |
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Damage | 75 (Magic) |
Knockback | 4 (Weak) |
Mana | 15 |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 18 (Very Fast) |
Velocity | 12 |
Tooltip | Shoots out a homing spore pod that will infect enemies with 'The Glow' Should the enemy die, more spore pods will be released |
Inflicts Debuff | ![]() |
Debuff duration | 30 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | If this enemy dies, more spores will be released |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | ![]() ![]() |
Research | 1 required |

Spores casting animation. Note the spore pod passing through blocks and aiming towards the Skeleton, and the effect of 'The Glow' afterwards.
Spores is a Hardmode post-Plantera magic weapon that fires a magical mushroom missile at enemies, inflicting them with the Spored debuff that will spawn a pair of homing, piercing mushroom missiles upon their death. Both the initial and released mushroom missiles can pass through tiles.
Its best modifier is Mythical.
Crafting
Recipe
Crafting Station | ||
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Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
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Spell Tome | 1 |
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Shroomite Bar | 8 |
Result | ||
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Spores | 1 |
History
- 1.6.3.0: Increased the duration of Spored from 25 to 30 seconds.
- 1.6.1.4: Renamed from "Spell Book - Spores" to "Spores".
- 1.5.1.0: Nerfed damage from 76 to 75, use time from 14 to 18, mana cost from 10 to 15 and velocity from 13 to 12.