The Terra Blade is a Hardmode, post-Plantera projectile sword that fires a wide green slash wave projectile with each swing. It also has a large aura of 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. The Terra Blade's projectile deals 100% of the weapon's damage at first and pierces an infinite amount of targets before applying a 25% damage penalty for each target it pierces.[1] The projectile will disappear after 1.5 seconds,[2] upon hitting a solid block, or when its damage falls to 0 after piercing.[3] The Terra Blade creates a unique green flash if the blade, its aura, or its projectile strikes an enemy.
It is later used to craft the Zenith, which is the strongest melee weapon in the game.
Its best modifier is Legendary. While Light does decrease the base use time by 1, the added critical strike chance and the multiplicative damage bonuses of Legendary are better in any practical use case.
Crafting
Recipes
Crafting tree
Used in
Notes
- Effects from flasks will apply to the sword's projectile as well.
- The Terra Blade only receives 75% of melee speed bonuses.
- It will always knock enemies away from the player, regardless of the direction it is swung.
Achievements
![Achievement Sword of the Hero.png](/images/d/d2/Achievement_Sword_of_the_Hero.png)
Sword of the Hero •
“Obtain a Terra Blade, forged from the finest blades of light and darkness.”Obtain a
Terra Blade.
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Category:
![Collector Collector](/images/thumb/5/5f/Collector_Achievement_Category.png/21px-Collector_Achievement_Category.png)
Collector
Tips
- Due to the fast speed and high damage of the beams, it is very effective to use the Terra Blade more as a projectile weapon than an actual sword. Even without the aid of the sword itself, its slashes still do massive amounts of damage at longer ranges without the use of ammunition or mana.
- Because the Terra Blade shoots a projectile that can penetrate through enemies, this melee weapon is highly beneficial when fighting against hordes of enemies or for events such as the Pirate Invasion or Martian Madness.
- When seeking to craft the Terra Blade, it is recommended to gradually get all the materials needed as the player progresses through the game instead of having to scramble and collect everything when all materials are available.
- Because this weapon has a high rate of fire, damage output, and fires piercing projectiles, it can prove rather effective in the Old One's Army event. Standing right in front of the Eternia Crystal and shooting projectiles horizontally can easily deal with all the ground enemies, while the constantly swinging sword will make it harder for the Etherian Wyverns to land an attack.
Trivia
- Crafting the Terra Blade requires obtaining a total of eight different usable swords.
- The color of the Terra Beam's projectiles changes to yellow during a Blood Moon due to its inherent red filtering effects.
- The Terra Blade's functionality is a combination of both of its ingredient weapons, as can be seen by the piercing projectiles that resemble that of the True Night's Edge and the extended melee slash attacks that resemble that of the True Excalibur.
- The Terra Blade itself also bears a certain resemblance to the Night's Edge in terms of shape, featuring a curved blade with holes in its side.
- Crafting the Terra Blade requires:
- The Terra Blade appears in the video game Dungeon Defenders 2 as part of a crossover.
See also
History
- Desktop 1.4.4.8: Reduced the benefits from melee speed stat bonuses by 25%.
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Damage reduced from 115 to 85.
- Use time increased from 14 to 18.
- Terra Blade now has an area of damaging energy around the blade, dealing damage in a larger, wider area of effect, including better coverage behind the player.
- Instead of a projectile sword beam fired on a cooldown, Terra Blade now fires a medium-long range, rapidly moving slash of green energy with every swing.
- Desktop 1.4.1:
- Damage increased from 95 to 115.
- Use time decreased from 16 to 14.
- Projectile damage increased from 1.25× to 1.5× of the base damage.
- Once again requires a Broken Hero Sword to craft.
- Desktop 1.2.3:
- Damage increased from 80 to 88.
- Increased projectile fire rate.
- Removed mana sound when swung.
References
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.4 source code, method Damage()
in Terraria.Projectile.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the current
Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.4 source code, method SetDefaults()
in Terraria.Projectile.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the current
Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.4 source code, method AI_191_TrueNightsEdge()
in Terraria.Projectile.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the current
Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.
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