Light's Bane

Light's Bane

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	16 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 17 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Melee)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Rarity	01*
Sell	27 SC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Light's Bane
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 46
• Internal Projectile ID: 974

(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Light's Bane attacking a Target Dummy.

(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) The Light's Bane attacking a Target Dummy.

The Light's Bane is a pre-Hardmode sword crafted from Demonite Bars.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, it creates a short-lived slash of darkness near the tip of the sword each time it is swung. The slashes have 5 armor penetration, and will automatically target enemies within a radius of 3.125 tiles. There are two types of slashes: default small slashes, and random big slashes. Small slashes deal 50% base damage (8 base damage), while big slashes deal 100% base damage (16 base damage). The chance of big slashes occurring equals to the player's melee critical strike chance.

The Light's Bane's Crimson counterpart is the Blood Butcherer, which is stronger and larger but also much slower, and it is one of the key ingredients in crafting the Night's Edge.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Light's Bane	Demonite Bar10	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Night's Edge	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar

Notes

• It is one of the first five Demonite items available to the player, along with the Demon Bow, the War Axe of the Night, the Fisher of Souls, and the Malaise, as it does not require Shadow Scales to craft.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Size scale increased.
  • Now creates short-range slashes, dealing half of the base damage of Light's Bane.
  • Damage reduced from 18 to 16.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Damage increased from 17 to 18.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Size scale increased from 1.1 to 1.4.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Sprite updated. Old sprite:

• Desktop 1.0.6: Damage increased from 16 to 17.

• Desktop-Release: 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.