Weapons & Equip A Collection of Summoner Weapon Concepts

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These are some concepts I’ve thought up over the years as Summoner began to be set apart as its own class. I realize it’s very unlikely any of these will be added due to the smaller nature of the coming update, but I figured I’d throw a hail mary and post ‘em anyway.


Devourer Staff

• Dropped by breaking Shadow Orbs
• Summons a Devourer (stacking minion)
• It’s basically a weaker Stardust Dragon for pre-hardmode
• Minion gets a speed bonus when the summoning player is underground or lower

Creeper Staff

• Dropped by breaking Crimson Hearts
• Summons a Creeper (minion)
• Creepers orbit the player, ramming into enemies that get too near

Apiary Staff

• Crafted with (21) Bee Wax
• Summons an Apiary (sentry)
• Launches bees at approaching enemies
• Bees are boosted by the Hive Pack

Phalanx Staff

• Found in locked golden chests in the Dungeon
• Summons a Boney Hand (minion)
• Boney Hands crawl along surfaces and walls like spiders, dealing contact damage
• “They’re helping hands!”

Clinger Staff (name taken)

• Crafted using Ebonwood, Cursed Flames, and Souls of Night
• Summons a Clinger (minion)
• Resembles the Clingers in the hardmode underground Corruption. It stays close to the player, with the “root” of its stalk attached to the player’s back.
• Attacks by firing cursed fireballs that have limited penetration and inflict the cursed inferno debuff

Sticker Staff

• Crafted using Shadewood, Ichor, and Souls of Night
• Summons a Sticker (minion)
• Stickers idly hover around the player and attack by spitting at enemies, dealing some direct damage and some AoE splash, both components having a chance to inflict the ichor debuff

Crystal Obelisk Staff

• Crafted using Pearlwood, Crystal Shards, and Souls of Light
• Summons a Crystal Obelisk (stacking sentry)
• No idea how this would attack, but the concept of having a stacking sentry summon that looks like a giant hallowed crystal seemed pretty cool. Perhaps this could be a repurposed Rainbow Crystal Staff?

Shadow Portal Staff

• Dropped by Goblin Summoner Warlock
• Summons a Shadowflame Portal (stacking minion)
• The portal continuously hovers behind the player, firing shadowflame apparitions at approaching enemies, inflicting the shadowflame debuff on hit

Shaolin Tortoise Staff

• Crafted using a Light Shard, a Dark Shard, a Turtle Shell, and Souls of Light/Night
• Summons a Shaolin Tortoise (minion)
• The minions are anthropomorphic tortoises, similar in size to the Pirate Staff minions. Also similar to the pirates, they can take on different appearances armed with different martial arts weapons
• They attack by first dashing at the enemy (guaranteed crit) followed by latching to it and dealing rapid contact damage
• If the player takes damage, they perform a special attack by throwing an infinitely piercing shuriken towards the player’s current position, attempting to damage any enemies near the player

Djinn’s Bottle

• Crafted using (1) Desert Spirt Lamp, (2) Forbidden Fragments, and (12) Souls of Light
• Summons an Astral Djinn (stacking minion, max 9)
• The minion is a djinn with a female human form with an overall middle-eastern complexion, in an outfit that’s some combination of the titular characters from the Shantae games and the I Dream of Jeannie TV series
• Similar to the Desert Tiger, each set of 3 summons takes on a different form. For this minion, she starts as a two-block tall “chibi” character, then goes to a height similar to the player and NPCs, then finally ends up four blocks tall
• As the player moves, she flies just behind and slightly higher than the player, but if the player is standing still flat on the ground she will do the same – perhaps with some goofy idle animations
• The Astral Djinn attacks by launching explosive fireballs at enemies. These fireballs look similar to the ones launched by the Spirit Flame weapon, but they are a vibrant hot pink instead of dark purple. These fireballs get stronger and more rapid as the minion increases in power

Lihzahrd Totem Staff

• Dropped by the Golem
• Summons a Lihzahrd Totem (stacking sentry, max 4)
• Each totem on the pole is a symbolic representation of one family
• On the first summon, a totem head appears on the ground, and each summon after that adds another totem head.
• The totem heads feature one of the attacks from the jungle temple traps, in this order:
  • Super Dart
  • Spear
  • Spiky Ball
  • Flame

Elf Copter Staff

• Dropped by Santa-NK1
• Summons an Elf Copter (minion)
• Elf Copters fly around and fire streams of bullets at enemies
• “I love the smell of sugarplums in the morning.”