Wiki page

[Vincont]

https://grounded.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_Types

Can anyone elaborate on whether or not details will be added about the new ant queen staff and/or what you know about the weapon, as it stands?

I am not familiar with the symbol for the Ant Queen Staff. It seems very weak. Does not seem to do a dot as it boils on the ground as the fire ants' attacks do. It also seems very slow for the low damage. Maybe it is supposed to be used in conjunction with other items, hard to tell without a damage type indication and so forth.

[Ensign Toby]

You mean like this?
https://grounded.fandom.com/wiki/Ant_Queen_Staff
https://grounded.fandom.com/wiki/Ant_Queen_Scepter

[qwerm]

The symbol is burning damage, and for the most part the staff is somewhat underwhelming in most cases though for certain circumstances it can be pretty useful. Burning damage isn't exactly a primary damage type and very few enemies also use it, and I'm not sure if any enemies have a weakness to it but a few are resistant and some are outright immune like the bombardier beetle.

From what I understand it doesn't apply a DoT it just does damage in a small AoE as your shots land, so you'll likely want to ensure you aim to hit. I haven't utilised it much myself but I think black ox armour with the quickcharge effect and a quick charge trinket might help it fire faster( I have not tested this), also the Whittle wizard mutation DOES give the stamina improvement effect but nothing else.

EDIT; reading a bit more it's possible the fire ant armour may be able to augment the damage it does, and at least one source suggests the damage can bypass enemy defense. it's suggested that the staff might do well against bosses.

[Ensign Toby]

Per the Wiki, the Fire Ant Queen Staff can NOT be charged.

[Vincont]

Originally posted by Ensign Toby:

You mean like this?
https://grounded.fandom.com/wiki/Ant_Queen_Staff
https://grounded.fandom.com/wiki/Ant_Queen_Scepter

Though the link may be correct, saying it is the burning damage type, the symbol is different for burning type damages then the in game indicator on the Ant Queen Staff.

This is what the image looks like:
https://ibb.co/984WBb0

Now you may be able to understand why my curiosity has increased, it does not match any other type on the wiki including the burning type damage. I started to think it might be some strange comb but other weapons, such as the Spicy Coaltana, clearly have two types on their info panel. Likewise, it is not associated with the other ant tools like the scepter, which has the symbol for generic damage.

Would be nice to have some specificity in regards to this.....

[pavilion5097]

If I remember correctly from the Discord the main person who contributes to the wiki uses Data Mining to get the info and from Data Mining it shows the Ant Queen Staff is Burning Damage.

[Vincont]

Originally posted by pavilion5097:

If I remember correctly from the Discord the main person who contributes to the wiki uses Data Mining to get the info and from Data Mining it shows the Ant Queen Staff is Burning Damage.

Okay, thank you all for the input.