Earthen Spirit Staff

The Earthen Spirit Staff is a craftable Pre-Hardmode summon weapon. When used, it summons a Earthen Spirit that attacks nearby enemies by latching onto them and exploding.

Its best modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stats 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 weapon has over a Ruthless one is knockback.