Fire Staff

"I don't want to set the world on fire."

- Wilson

The Fire Staff is a Magic ranged weapon. It can distantly set targets on fire, damaging it by burning. It requires 2 Nightmare Fuel, 1 Spear, 1 Red Gem to craft and a Shadow Manipulator to prototype. Its counterpart is the Ice Staff, which is used to freeze mobs. Each time Fire Staff is used, the character's  is drained by 1.

Other than damaging objects and killing creatures by fire,  Fire Staff can be used to set fire to objects like a Torch, which drains its durability by 5.

A Fire Staff can also be found in Fire Staff Trap or the Disused Beefalo Pen trap. In Adventure Mode King of Winter stage, a crafting blueprint can sometimes be found inside a backpack, along with a red gem. It can also be found in Survival Mode, guarded by  sleeping Red Hounds. Picking up the staff will cause it rain, and wake the hounds. An effective way of safely acquiring the staff is to attack one of the hounds, and kite them to your nearest neutral mob, such as a Pig or a herd of Beefalos. This will allow you to easily pick it up afterwards without any hassle.

Trivia

 * Wilson's quote, "I dont want to set the world on fire" is a refrence to the 1941 song by  The Ink Spots.
 * The Fire Staff used to drain 10 sanity instead of 1 per use.