Ranged & magic weapons Common

Withered Scepterしおれた王しゃく

A weak hum resonates through the brittle wood.

In-game description
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Withered Scepter stats and effects

Level Lv.2 (up to Lv.20 when upgraded)
Magic damage 27–33Lv.20: 190–232
Attack speed 1 attacks per second
Mana cost 10Lv.20: 26
Effects when equipped
  • Apply curse on hit, minions deal 40% more damage to cursed targets.
Durability 150

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What is Withered Scepter? Features and uses

Withered Scepter is a common item in Core Keeper (Ranged & magic weapons). Its base level is 2 and it deals 27–33 magic damage (190–232 at level 20). It can be obtained from Copper Chest, World Chest, Large Wooden (breakable object).

Withered Scepter key points (from the game data)

  • Attack interval: 1 s (about 1 attacks per second). Among 18 ranged & magic weapons, it ranks #15 in expected damage per second at level 20 with endgame gear (about 1,089).
  • Upgrading from level 2 to 20 costs 4,838 Ancient Coins plus bars.
  • Durability: 150. Reinforcing it at the Salvage and Repair Station doubles durability.
  • Best source: Copper Chest — 5% chance per roll.
  • Sells to merchants for 11 Ancient Coins.

Calculated and summarized by this site from the game data (1.3.0.6).

Withered Scepter mechanics (checked against the game data)

  • The Withered Scepter's attacks curse targets, making them take 40% more damage from minions.

Written by this site from values in the game files (1.3.0.6 prefabs and configuration files).

Withered Scepter notes

  • On hit, susceptible targets are cursed for 8 seconds and take 40% more damage from minions.
  • More hits reset the duration.
  • Its regular shot moves 8 tiles per second, and one that has not hit anything within 0.8 s simply vanishes.

These notes cover behavior that the game files do not show directly. They are based on facts from the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) page "Withered Scepter" (CC BY-SA 3.0), rewritten in this site's own words.

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What you get from salvaging Withered Scepter (Salvage and Repair Station)

Withered Scepter can be salvaged. Salvaging it gives the following items.

For each material, the amount is "amount used to craft × 0.49 (lower when durability is down, 0.3 at 0 durability) × the item's multiplier", and a fraction is the chance of one more (2.4 means 2, with a 40% chance of 3). The range is from 0 durability to full durability (items without durability always count as full). Scrap parts are a fixed number set by the item level. All items that can be salvaged are listed in salvaging.

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How to get Withered Scepter (Chests & pedestals, Breakable objects)

Chests & pedestals (2) Breakable objects (1)

SourceTypeBiomeAmountChance
Copper Chest Chests & pedestals The Undergrounds 1 5%
Chest Chests & pedestals Azeos' Wilderness, The Clay Caves, The Undergrounds, The Forgotten Ruins 1 2.4%
Large Wooden Crate Breakable objects The Clay Caves, The Undergrounds 1 2.1%

"Chance" is the chance to get at least one of this item per try (opening one chest, defeating one enemy, one catch). A "guaranteed group" is the group of a chest or boss from which exactly one item always drops; it does not mean this item always drops (the chance of it being picked from that group is shown in small text). Only items that always drop are marked "Guaranteed". Fishing means catches with a fishing rod, separate from enemy and boss drops. Calculated from the game's drop tables (Conf/Loot, 1.3.0.6) the same way the game rolls them.

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Other ways to get Withered Scepter

  • Can come from the Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (2.4% chance per container)Where: Abandoned Camp [Azeos' Wilderness], Hidden Clay Chest [The Clay Caves], Small Islands [The Clay Caves, The Forgotten Ruins], Hidden Turf Chest [The Undergrounds]
  • Can come from the Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (2.4% chance per container)
  • Can come from the Ancient Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (5% chance per container)Where: Dirt Melody Room, Dirt Melody Room

Scene containers, dungeon placements, guaranteed drops and natural spawns are based on the Obtaining data of the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) (CC BY-SA 3.0), because these are not in the game files this site reads. Scene names are the wiki's English names.