Brand of the Inferno

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Brand of the Inferno
  • Brand of the Inferno item sprite
Autoswing
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Damage95 (Melee)
Knockback6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance4%
Use time20 (Very fast)
TooltipRight click to guard with a shield
RarityRarity level: 5
Sell1
Research1 required
Grants Buff
BuffStriking MomentStriking Moment
Buff tooltip400% increased damage for next melee strike
Inflicts Debuff
DebuffHellfireHellfire
Debuff tooltipSlowly losing life
Chance25%
Duration5 seconds
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic mode icon.png Classic
Expert mode icon.png Expert
Master mode icon.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Ogre
(T2)
Ogre.pngOgre
(T2)
110%20%
Ogre
(T3)
Ogre.pngOgre
(T3)
15%
The Brand of the Inferno attacking a Target Dummy, and parrying a Mimic's attack.

The Brand of the Inferno is a Hardmode sword dropped by the Ogre mini-boss during the Old One's Army event. It has a 25*1/4 (25%) chance of inflicting the Hellfire debuff for 5 seconds.

With any equipped shield (including the Squire's Shield, but not Huntress's Buckler) and holding this weapon, pressing the Open / Activate button will cause the character to brace for the next attack. When timed correctly, just before taking a hit, the enemy's attack will be parried (see Notes for details about the parry), dealing some damage to the attacker and granting the Striking Moment buff for the next 5 seconds. This allows the next melee attack to deal 5 times the damage. Alternatively, if the shield is held in place, 20 defense is temporarily gained; this lasts until the shield is once again lowered.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

  • Parrying an attack will prevent the contact damage to the player, and deal 200% of the contact damage to the attacking enemy and apply a knockback of 5 (Average), and grant the player 30 (60 with Cross Necklace equipped) immunity frames[1].
    • As a result, the damage dealt by parrying an attack is decreased by banners (25% in Classic or lower, 50% in Expert or above), rerolled inversely by Luck (having negative luck will give a chance to increase incoming damage, and increase reflected damage as a result) and capped at 1000 damage.
  • The Brand of the Inferno's parry ability can only be used to parry contact damage from enemies. Fall damage, lava damage, enemy projectiles, and traps will still harm the player.
    • It can, however, reduce damage from these sources with the 20 defense gained while pressing the Open / Activate button.
  • Parrying in Journey Mode with Godmode enabled will do nothing.

Tips

  • The act of gaining the Striking Moment buff and switching to a more powerful weapon like Meowmere has potential for massive damage.

Trivia

  • In the inventory, the sword's loops appear hollow. However, while being used, the loops are filled with flame. This is purely a graphical difference.
  • The Brand of the Inferno has similarities to the Tizona in regard to blade design and name (Tizona means firebrand).

See also

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4:
    • Sprite updated and slightly increased in size. Old sprite was: Brand of the Inferno (pre-1.4.4).png
    • Now inflicts Hellfire instead of On Fire!.

References

  1. Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.3.6 source code, method Update_NPCCollision() in Terraria.Player.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.