Enchanted Sword

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Enchanted Sword
  • Enchanted Sword item sprite
Autoswing
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
WeaponCrafting material
Damage23 (Melee)
Knockback4.25 (Average)
Critical chance4%
Use time21 (Fast)
Velocity9.5
TooltipShoots an enchanted sword beam
RarityRarity level: 2
Sell3 GC
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Enchanted Beam
    Enchanted Beam
Sounds
Use
Enchanted Beam
End of projectile
cooldown
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Golden CrateGolden CrateGolden Crate11/30 (3.33%)
Titanium Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Titanium CrateTitanium Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)11/15 (6.67%)
This article is about the melee weapon. For the enemy of the same name, see Enchanted Sword (NPC).

The Enchanted Sword is a pre-Hardmode sword. When swung, it occasionally fires an Enchanted Beam projectile that cannot pierce enemies or pass through blocks. Both the sword and its projectile produce lingering particles that emit large amounts of light.

Sword in Stone
Background Objects
Enchanted Sword comparison.png
A junk (left) and enchanted (right) sword in stone. Only the right one has a chance to drop the Enchanted Sword.

The Enchanted Sword can be obtained by destroying an "enchanted sword in stone" background object, which can be found in random locations underground and in Enchanted Sword Shrines. Destroying this background object has a 49/50 (98%) chance to drop an Enchanted Sword. The Enchanted Sword also has a 1/30 (3.33%) and 1/15 (6.67%) chance to be found in Golden and Titanium Crates respectively.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
ZenithZenith(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Mythril AnvilMythril Anvil
or
Orichalcum AnvilOrichalcum Anvil

Notes

The Enchanted Sword in use.
An enchanted sword in stone background object in the Enchanted Sword Shrine.
  • The Enchanted Beam projectile is fired every 0.75 seconds without modifiers.[1]
  • Melee speed will affect the velocity of the Enchanted Beam, but not its fire rate.
  • There is a small possibility that a world does not contain any Enchanted Sword background objects. In this case, apart from creating a new world, the player must fish for Golden or Titanium Crates to obtain an Enchanted Sword.
  • The "junk" background object will never be found in Enchanted Sword Shrines, although it can still be generated in other random locations underground.
  • The Enchanted Sword obtained from crates will never have modifiers.[2]

Tips

  • The Enchanted Sword makes for a powerful early game weapon due to its projectile attack, although outclassed by the Starfury.
  • When attempting to acquire an Enchanted Sword for the Zenith(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), it is more efficient to create a new world and loot its Enchanted Sword Shrines than fish for crates.
    • Online listings of world seeds can also be used to guarantee finding an Enchanted Sword Shrine, provided the version is correct.

Trivia

  • The concept of a sword being stuck in stone originates from the 12th- or 13th-century poem Merlin by French poet Robert de Boron, in which King Arthur was the only person able to pull a sword from its resting place in a stone. Similar themes have since appeared in other media. The action-adventure video game franchise The Legend of Zelda features the Master Sword, which, in the 1991 game A Link to the Past lies amongst several fakes and must be pulled from a pedestal. Additionally, the Master Sword can also fire sword-shaped beams, but only when its wielder Link's health is full.
  • It can be considered a counterpart to the Enchanted Boomerang.
  • The Enchanted Sword is one of the very few weapons that can be acquired as physical objects in the game's world, the others being the Terragrim(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), the Water Bolt, and Abigail's Flower(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Sprite updated.
    • Now used to craft the Zenith.
    • Damage decreased from 24 to 23.
    • Use time increased from 18 to 21.
    • Knockback decreased from 5.25 to 4.25.
  • Desktop 1.3.0.1:
    • Added autoswing.
    • Damage increased from 18 to 24.
    • Projectile velocity increased from 9 to 9.5.
    • Now can be found within its own unique mini-biome (previously only found in random nondescript locations).

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, methods SetDefaults1() in Terraria.Item.cs and ItemCheck_OwnerOnlyCode() in Terraria.Player.cs.
  2. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method OpenFishingCrate() in Terraria.Player.cs.
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