Keybrand

Keybrand

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	105 / 55 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong) / 6 (Average)
Critical chance	20% / 4%
Use time	20 (Very fast) / 22 (Fast)
Tooltip	Deals more damage to injured foes
Rarity	08*
Sell	4
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 671

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Blue Armored Bones Blue Armored Bones	1	0.5%1%
Hell Armored Bones Hell Armored Bones	1	0.5%1%
Rusty Armored Bones Rusty Armored Bones	1	0.5%1%

The Keybrand attacking a Target Dummy and a Mimic. Note the increasing damage based on the enemy's health.

The Keybrand attacking a Target Dummy.

The Keybrand is a Hardmode, post-Plantera sword. It has a 0.5*1/200 (0.5%) / 1*399/40000 (1%) chance of being dropped by Blue Armored Bones, Hell Armored Bones, and Rusty Armored Bones in the post-Plantera Dungeon.

The Keybrand deals increased damage against previously injured enemies. When hitting enemies that have less than 10% health remaining, it deals a maximum of 150% additional damage for a total of 250%. Striking any enemy with the Keybrand will cause a sparkling visual effect.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• The Keybrand has a base 20% critical strike chance as opposed to the usual 4%.
• The following formula is used when determining the amount of damage that will be dealt:
  • If the hit enemy has more than 10% HP:

(This means, for every 1% of the enemy's health missing, the damage will be increased by .)

• If the hit enemy has less than 10% HP:

• In Don't dig up and Get fixed boi worlds, the Keybrand receives the following changes:
  • Switched place with Katana. As a result, it is sold by the Traveling Merchant, instead of dropped by Hardmode Dungeon enemies.
  • Damage decreased from 105 to 15.
  • Value decreased from 20 to 10.

Achievements

Robbing the Grave • “Obtain a rare treasure from a difficult monster in the dungeon.”

Obtain a rare item from an enemy in the post-Plantera Dungeon.

Tips

• The Keybrand's ability to do more damage against previously injured targets makes it an exceptionally good choice against slow-moving, high-health targets such as Nailhead or the Ogre.

Trivia

• The Keybrand is based on the Keyblade, a weapon used in the action role-playing game series Kingdom Hearts. It bears an especially strong resemblance to the Keyblade named the Kingdom Key, which Sora wields.
  • The Keybrand's visual effects when striking enemies are likely a reference to similar bright effects that appear when striking enemies with the Keyblade throughout the Kingdom Hearts series.
• Despite being a key, it does not unlock anything.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.9: Sprite updated. Old sprite was

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 85 to 105.
  • Bonus critical chance increased from 17% to 20%.
  • Reduced the maximum power of the scaling damage effect.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 85.
  • Now deals up to 150% more damage based on how injured an enemy is.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Can now autoswing.
  • Damage increased from 55 to 70.
  • Knockback increased from 6 to 6.5.
  • Critical strike chance increased from 4% to 17%.
  • Use time decreased from 22 to 20.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.