Flying Dragon
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Obtained from
Classic
Expert
Master
Flying Dragon
Statistics
Type | |
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Damage | 180 (Melee) |
Knockback | 5.5 (Average) |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 20 (Very fast) |
Velocity | 17 |
Tooltip | Unleashes the heart's energy forward |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | 5 GC |
Research | 1 required |
Projectile created
- Hearty Slash
Sounds
Use | |
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- Internal Item ID: 3827 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Internal Projectile ID: 684





Entity | Qty. | Rate |
---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 25% |
(Betsy) ![]() (Betsy)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 1 | 25% |

Using the Flying Dragon to attack Target Dummies. Notice how the projectile pierces walls and four dummies, dissipating upon hitting the fifth.
The Flying Dragon is a Hardmode, post-Golem sword. When swinging, it fires bright red, crescent-shaped Hearty Slash projectiles once per 20 ticks[1][2], which travel through solid blocks and produce light. The Hearty Slash projectiles travel for one second and can pierce up to four enemies, dissipating after hitting a fifth one or when it travels in a 60 tile square radius. The Flying Dragon has a 1/4 (25%) chance of being dropped by Betsy during Tier 3 of the Old One's Army event.
Its best modifier is Legendary.
Notes
- The blade's hitbox extends considerably beyond the blade sprite itself, barely beating out the Breaker Blade in horizontal range by about a pixel, but losing quite a bit in vertical range.
- The Hearty Slash projectiles are not affected by melee speed bonuses.
- Their projectile speed is 82 mph-116 mph depending on how close they are fired diagonally.
Tips
- Due to its light-emitting, wall-piercing beams, this sword is useful for exploring and finding caves, behaving as an upgrade to the Death Sickle and other weapons in this regard.
- Aiming is slightly easier due to how wide the projectiles are, combining that with high melee speed, one can decimate multi-segment bosses such as The Destroyer easily.
- It can be very useful for events due to its powerful attacks, projectiles, and crowd-controlling capabilities.
Trivia
- Like the other Old One's Army weapons, the Flying Dragon is a direct reference to the weapon of the same name in Dungeon Defenders 2, due to its implementation as part of a crossover event.
- The Flying Dragon is one of the largest swords in the game, beaten only by the Breaker Blade.
See also
- Flying Dragon at the Dungeon Defenders 2 Wiki
History
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Use time reduced from 25 to 20.
- No longer has a damage penalty when it has no line of sight with targets.
- Desktop 1.4.1:
- Damage doubled from 90 to 180.
- After passing through a wall, the projectile will now do half of its normal damage.
- Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced.
- Console 1.17: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.
References
- ↑ A tick is a time unit countable by the software. Most of Terraria's updating logic happens every tick. A tick has the length of 1/60th of a second, hence there are 60 ticks in a second and 3600 ticks in a minute.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, methods
SetDefaults4()
inTerraria.Item.cs
,ItemCheck_OwnerOnlyCode()
inTerraria.Player.cs
, andApplyItemTime()
inTerraria.Player.cs
.