Volcano

Volcano

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	40 / 36 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	40 (Very slow) / 34 (Slow)
Tooltip	'It's made out of fire!'
Rarity	03*
Sell	54
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	50%
Duration	3 seconds

Projectile created

• Volcano
  

Sounds

Use
Explosion

• Internal Item ID: 121
• Internal Buff ID: 24
• Internal Projectile ID: 978

Not to be confused with the Large Volcano and Mini Volcano, two furniture items.

The Volcano attacking a Skeleton and Target Dummies. The explosion from hitting the Skeleton hits the upper Dummy.

The Fiery Greatsword attacking Target Dummies. Notice its ability to reach two at the same time.

The Volcano (Fiery Greatsword on  Old-gen console and 3DS) is a broadsword crafted from Hellstone Bars. It lacks autoswing and has a slow swing speed, but it has the second-longest reach and second-highest damage of all swords in pre-Hardmode. It has a 50*1/2 (50%) chance to inflict the On Fire! debuff for 3 seconds and emits fiery light particles when swung.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, it creates an explosion upon hitting an enemy, dealing 75% base damage (30 base damage) to the enemy and all targets in an area around the enemy, and has a 100% chance to inflict On Fire! for 3 seconds. Each explosion creates a tall plume of fire and smoke particles.

The Volcano is one of the key ingredients in crafting the Night's Edge.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Volcano	Hellstone Bar20	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
	Blood Butcherer Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano

Tips

• The Volcano's explosion and its high knockback make the sword an excellent choice for melee crowd control in pre-Hardmode.

Trivia

• The Volcano has the highest base damage of all the swords used to craft the Night's Edge.
  • On  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, its base damage is equal to that of the Night's Edge.
• Through "usual" game progression, this is the last of the Night's Edge ingredients attained, requiring a trip to the Underworld and some hazardous mining. That said, it is entirely possible to make an early Underworld run and get the Volcano even before killing Skeletron and searching for the Muramasa.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Sprite updated. Previous sprite was: .
  • Renamed from Fiery Greatsword to Volcano.
  • Use time increased from 30 to 40.
  • Added an explosion that occurs when hitting an enemy.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Damage increased from 36 to 40.

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Use time decreased from 34 to 30.
  • Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Sprite updated. Previous sprite was: .
  • Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Now inflicts the On Fire! debuff.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Damage increased from 34 to 36.
  • Use time decreased from 35 to 34.
  • Tooltip is now contained in single quotation marks.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02:
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.2.
  • Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.

• Console-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508:
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.2.
  • Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with sprites, recipes, and mechanics from Desktop 1.2.