Bladetongue

  

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Bladetongue

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	55 (Melee)
Knockback	5.75 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	28 (Average)
Tooltip	Spits an Ichor stream on contact
Rarity	05*
Sell	4
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Ichor
Debuff tooltip	Reduced defense
Chance	100%
Duration	5–9 seconds (sword) 3–7 seconds (projectile)

Projectile created

• Ichor Splash
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3211
• Internal Buff ID: 69
• Internal Projectile ID: 524

The Bladetongue attacking Target Dummies.

The Bladetongue is a Hardmode autoswinging sword that is obtained by fishing in the Crimson biome. When it strikes an enemy, an ichor stream will be fired at a random angle in front of the player.

The ichor stream deals 70% base damage and knockback (38 base damage and a knockback of 4.025 (Average)), pierces up to 5 enemies, and inflicts the Ichor debuff. The ichor stream can bounce on blocks up to 3 times and disappears either on hitting the fourth block or after approximately 2 seconds.

It is the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Toxikarp and the Hallow's Crystal Serpent.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• Similar to The Horseman's Blade and Bee Keeper, the Bladetongue only creates projectiles when the sword strikes an enemy. This is unlike most other projectile swords, which fire projectiles regardless of whether or not an enemy is hit.
  • Among the projectile melee weapons, these three are sometimes considered as "true" melee weapons, since the player still needs to move into melee range in order to deal damage.
• The Bladetongue fires one ichor stream each time it hits an enemy (with the sword itself), i.e., hitting 3 enemies in single swing will cause 3 streams to be shot.
• The sword itself also inflicts the Ichor debuff, and can be used in conjunction with other weapon imbues.

Trivia

• The Bladetongue resembles the Oculus Reaver in Starbound.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Ichor Shot pierce count reduced from unlimited to 5 hits.
  • Projectile now inflicts static immunity, meaning it will no longer interfere with other sources of piercing damage.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.