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Volcano

Statistics
Type | |
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Damage | 40 (Melee) |
Knockback | 6.5 (Strong) |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 40 (Very slow) |
Tooltip | 'It's made out of fire!' |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | 54 SC |
Research | 1 required |
Projectile created
- Volcano
Sounds
Use | |
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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 Volcano is a pre-Hardmode sword 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.
The Volcano 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,[1] and has a 1/2 (50%) chance of inflicting the On Fire! debuff for 3 seconds.[2] 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 |
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Used in
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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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.
- 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 1.4.4:
- Sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
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- Renamed from Fiery Greatsword to Volcano.
- Use time increased from 30 to 40.
- Added an explosion that occurs when hitting an enemy.
- Sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
- Desktop 1.4.1: Damage increased from 36 to 40.
- Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Use time decreased from 34 to 30.
- Sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
.
- Desktop 1.2:
- Sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
.
- Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.
- Sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
- 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 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.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- 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.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced with sprites, recipes, and mechanics from Desktop 1.2.
References
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.4 source code, method
ApplyNPCOnHitEffects()
inTerraria.Player.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.4 source code, method
StatusNPC()
inTerraria.Projectile.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.