Broken Hero Sword
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The Broken Hero Sword is a Hardmode, post-Plantera crafting material. It has a 1/4 (25%) / 7/16 (43.75%) chance of being dropped by Mothrons.
It is not a weapon itself, and therefore cannot be swung, reforged, or placed on a Weapon Rack.
Crafting
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Notes
- The Broken Hero Sword drop explicitly requires that all three mechanical bosses have been defeated.[1] This is always the case in regular gameplay, since it is a prerequisite to fighting Plantera and Mothron, but if Mothron is encountered earlier because of mods or other third-party tools, then it will not drop a Broken Hero Sword.
Tips
- Given the drop rate, it is not guaranteed to obtain a Broken Hero Sword during a Solar Eclipse. Therefore, it can be a good idea to use Water Candles and/or Battle Potions during a Solar Eclipse to increase the number of opportunities of having one or even multiple Broken Hero Swords dropped.
Trivia
- This item is an allusion to the classic literary trope of the disgraced or defeated hero who must repair their sword, or the similar trope of taking up the weapon of a past hero (perhaps killed by the monster dropping this item) to fulfill a destiny.
History
- Desktop 1.4.4: Stack limit increased from 99 to 9999.
- Desktop 1.4.1:
- Can now only be obtained after Plantera has been defeated, since Mothron no longer spawns prior to that.
- No longer used to craft the True Night's Edge and True Excalibur.
- Now used again to craft the Terra Blade.
- Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Now combined with a Toilet to craft the Terra Toilet.
- Sell value increased from 2 GC to 7 GC50 SC.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- No longer drops from Frankensteins and Swamp Things, and instead has a 1/4 (25%) / 7/16 (43.75%) to drop from a Mothron.
- This means that the Broken Hero Sword is now only accessible after all three mechanical bosses have been defeated, as Mothron only spawns after they have been killed.
- No longer used directly to craft the Terra Blade.
- No longer drops from Frankensteins and Swamp Things, and instead has a 1/4 (25%) / 7/16 (43.75%) to drop from a Mothron.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: No longer used directly to craft the Terra Blade. (
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- Console 1.0.750.0: No longer used directly to craft the Terra Blade. (
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- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.