Sculker's Bane

Sculker's Bane has no loot entry of its own: it drops when Twilight Dagger rolls Unique rarity (5% of regular Twilight Dagger drops). Farm Twilight Dagger in these areas.

Where to find Sculker's Bane

Area	Rec. level
Howling Woods	6
The Deep Dark	14
Rainy Plains	21

• Quest rewardThe Sculk Monstrosity Revived

Every Sculker's Bane rolls with this fixed Unique effect, on top of its random effect slot.

• SoulmancerSoul attacks deal 20% more damage.

Sculker's Bane quick verdict

Sculker's Bane ranks #2 of 10 Light weapons by measured DPS (51.7), which puts it in S tier on our tier list.

Each attack's damage (× hits), time to chain, reach and arc. The strip below shows how the 0.48 s combo is spent.

A top-down view of every attack in the combo: how far it reaches and how wide it sweeps.

Pick a boss, miniboss or mob to see how many hits of the looping combo it takes to stagger it and to defeat it.

TargetCopper MonstrosityMonarchMonstrous OpusMosstrosityRedstone MonstrositySculk MonstrositySoul Corrupted WitchThe Prime EnchanterThe Supreme EvokerTwisted WardenDartbackEndermanEvokerHarmonizerWardenWitchBaby ZombieBloombudCave SpiderChicken JockeyCopper CubeCreeperEnchanterExcavatorFlame ConstructFuseflyGeomancerHunterHurlerMoss CubeNesterPillagerPollinatorRavagerRavagerRedstone CubeRoamrootRoyal GuardScavengerSculk CubeSeedlingSentinelSkeletonSkeletonSlimeSlimeSlimeSlimeSpiderSpider JockeySproutStalkerTrapperVanguardVexVindicatorZombieMonarchBoss · Health 1,400 · Poise 600

Hits to first stagger40within 19.4 s

Hits to defeat112within 54.2 s

Stagger · 40Defeated · 112

• Takes 50% Soul damage

Calculated from base values in the game files: the combo loops, each hit counts at the end of its swing, stagger builds hit by hit until it passes the mob's poise, and resistances to each damage type apply. Item power, enchantments and area threat level are not applied, so use it to compare weapons rather than as an exact count.

How Sculker's Bane compares

Bars show where Sculker's Bane sits among the 10 weapons of its class (Light): a full bar beats them all.

DPS

51.7

Combo damage

25

Reach

2.8 blocks

Arc

8°

Combo time

0.48 s

Jump attack

28

Base item: Twilight Dagger

Sculker's Bane is the Unique version of Twilight Dagger: same base stats and moves, plus a fixed effect.

Twilight Dagger

A must-have in any rogue's inventory.

Enchantments for Sculker's Bane

16 enchantments fit Sculker's Bane's slot. Apply them with enchantment books at the Enchantsmith.

Final-hit enchantments such as Ender Mines, Fire Aspect, Frost Crescent fire on every combo finisher: about 2.07 times per second on Sculker's Bane, #2 of 10 in its class.

Enchantments for Sculker's Bane

Enchantment	Triggers on	At tier III
Crash Landing	Jump attack	Jump attack landings deal 5% additional damage and increases knockback by 100%.
Ender Mines	Final combo hit, Jump attack, Projectiles	Weapon attacks deploy 4 mines that explode in proximity to enemies or after a short time.
Fire Aspect	Final combo hit, Jump attack	Wave deals 50% of weapon damage and sets mobs on fire for a short time.
Frost Crescent	Final combo hit, Jump attack	Wave deals 20% of weapon damage and freezes mobs for a short time, slowing their attacks and movement.
Healing Smite	Defeating an enemy	Defeating an enemy has a 50% chance to create a Regenerating well for allies.
Ichor Blast	Final combo hit	Wave deals 90% of weapon damage and deals additional soul damage for a short time.
Lightning Surge	Final combo hit, Jump attack	Wave deals 90% of weapon damage and zaps mobs for a short time, making them weaker but faster.
Poison Fog	Final combo hit, Jump attack	Wave deals 30% of weapon damage and poisons mobs for a time.
Primed Enchantment	Jump attack	Jump attacks create waves of lightning and ice that damages enemies.
Shadowcloak	Defeating an enemy	Grants a 35% chance to enter Shadowcloaking when defeating enemies.
Shielding Smite	Defeating an enemy	Defeating an enemy has a 40% chance to create a Fortifying well for allies.
Shockwave	Final combo hit, Jump attack	Shockwave deals 50% of weapon damage and increases knockback by 75%.
Soul Blast	Final combo hit, Jump attack	Wave deals 75% of weapon damage and deals additional soul damage over time.
Swirling	Final combo hit, Jump attack, Projectiles	Swirl deals an additional 100% of weapon damage to nearby enemies.
Tempo Theft	Defeating an enemy	Grants a 50% chance to increase movement speed when defeating enemies.
Thundering	Dealing damage	Grants a 50% chance for 50% of weapon damage to spread as lightning damage.

Similar to Sculker's Bane

Closest by numbers, weight class and archetype.

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• Sculker ClawsUnique44DPS80Combo damage1.8 blocksReach