Mortar Staff

The Mortar Staff is a Hardmode sentry summon weapon that has a chance to be dropped by Molten Mortars. On use, it summons a friendly stationary Molten Mortar minion for 2 minutes that launches exploding cannonballs straight up, which crashes onto nearby enemies to deal damage in an area.

Tips

 * The Mortar Staff can be useful during invasions, and in combination with other sentry style Summon weapons.
 * Unlike most Summon weapons, the Mortar Staff has a strong knockback, making it useful for crowd control.
 * As the Molten Mortar can begin spawning as soon as Hardmode begins, you can acquire this staff immediately after defeating the Wall of Flesh. This can make a lot of early-Hardmode trials much easier, and it remains useful for most of the game thereafter.