Excalibur

Excalibur

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	72 / 47 (Melee)
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast) / 25 (Fast)
Rarity	05*
Sell	460
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Excalibur
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 368
• Internal Projectile ID: 982

The Excalibur attacking Target Dummies. Note how it only hits three of the four Target Dummies.

The Excalibur attacking a Target Dummy.

For the enemy with similar appearance in Underground Hallow, see Enchanted Sword (NPC).

The Excalibur is a Hardmode sword which is capable of autoswing and can be crafted with Hallowed Bars. When swung, it emits yellow light particles typical of the Hallowed theme. It can be upgraded into the True Excalibur.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, the sword has a large aura of bright yellow energy around the blade when swung, which significantly increases the range at which the weapon can deal damage to enemies, including coverage behind the player. If an enemy is struck by the blade or its aura, a yellow flash is created.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Excalibur	Hallowed Bar12	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Tizona	Excalibur Soul of Blight15 Adamantite Bar or Titanium Bar15	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: True Excalibur	Excalibur Chlorophyte Bar24
only: True Excalibur	Excalibur Broken Hero Sword

Notes

• The player is unable to turn while swinging the Excalibur, similar to the War Axe of the Night and The Breaker.
• Unlike regular broadswords, the Excalibur can only hit up to three targets per swing.
• The Excalibur will always knock enemies away from the player, regardless of the direction it is swung.

Tips

• The Excalibur can be swung while walking backwards, which is useful for knocking back enemies during retreat.
• Unmodified Excalibur sells for slightly less than the Hallowed Bars required to make it (460 vs. 480), but since the random modifiers increase a melee weapon price by 11.2% on average, crafting and selling Excaliburs in bulk is still about 6.6% more profitable.
  • A better option is to craft several Excaliburs, sell the good ones as-is, and upgrade the worse ones into True Excaliburs (which is a good use of surplus Broken Hero Swords, as noted on their page).

Trivia

• Prior to patch 1.2, the Excalibur was the strongest sword in the game.
• Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur from Arthurian legends. While some sources conflate Excalibur with the "Sword In The Stone" by which Arthur proved his kingship, more reliable sources have them as two separate swords. (Excalibur is later given to Arthur by the Lady In The Lake.) In Terraria, the Sword In The Stone is separately represented by the Enchanted Sword item.
• The Enchanted Sword enemy shares the Excalibur's sprite design.
• The Excalibur on the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version has better stats than the Tizona, a sword crafted from the Excalibur on the  Old-gen console and 3DS releases (where the Excalibur itself is considerably weaker).

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Now features damaging energy around the blade when swung, increasing its area of coverage.
  • Now only hits up to three targets per swing.
  • Damage increased from 66 to 72.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 57 to 66.
  • Use Time decreased from 25 to 20.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 47 to 57.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Now requires Hallowed Bars to craft. It is no longer crafted with Cobalt Sword, Mythril Sword, Adamantite Sword and 20 Souls of Might.
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Excalibur.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.