Swords

Swords are the player's basic melee weapon, available from the beginning of the game. The Copper Shortsword is given to the player at character creation. Swords progress through the various tiers of ore and other crafting materials, with some unique swords available only as loot later in the game.

There are two basic sword types: Broadswords and Shortswords, with differing attack characteristics.

Broadswords

Broadswords have high damage values, but are generally slower than Shortswords. Their attack sweeps through an arc from above/behind to the front of the player.

Sword	Source	Damage	Damage Type	Reach	Knockback	Speed	Continuous Swing?	Use Time
Wooden Sword	Wood	7	melee	Average	4	Fast		22
Copper Broadsword	Copper Bar	8	melee	Average	5	Fast		20
Iron Broadsword	Iron Bar	10	melee	Average	5	Fast		20
Silver Broadsword	Silver Bar	11	melee	Average	5	Fast		20
Gold Broadsword	Gold Bar	13	melee	Average	5	Very Fast		19
Light's Bane	Demonite Bar	17	melee	Average	5	Very Fast		19
Phaseblade	Meteorite Bar, Gem	21	melee	Long	3	Fast		24
Phasesaber	Phaseblade, Crystal Shard	41	melee	Long	3	Fast		24
Fiery Greatsword	Hellstone Bar	36	melee	Very Long	6.5	Slow		33
Blade of Grass	Jungle Spores, Stinger,	28	melee	Very Long	3	Average		29
Starfury	Floating Island Chests	15 + Star attack	magic	Average	5	Fast		24
Muramasa	Dungeon Chests	18	melee	Long	1	Very Fast		19
Night's Edge	Light's Bane, Muramasa, Blade of Grass, Fiery Greatsword	42	melee	Long	4	Average		26
Breaker Blade	Wall of Flesh	39	melee	Extremely Long	8	Average		26
Cobalt Sword	Cobalt Bar	34	melee	Long	3.85	Fast		23
Mythril Sword	Mythril Bar	39	melee	Long	6	Average		26
Adamantite Sword	Adamantite Bar	44	melee	Long	6	Average		27
Excalibur	Cobalt Sword, Mythril Sword, Adamantite Sword, Soul of Might	47	melee	Long	4.5	Average		25
Tizona	Excalibur, Soul of Blight, Adamantite Bar	61	melee	Long	?	Fast		?

Shortswords

Shortswords have low damage values and a small range of attack, though they are faster than broadswords. They attack with a rapid forward stabbing motion. This makes them decent at cornering ground enemies, but poor at reaching flying, burrowing, or jumping foes. Shortswords are only available for the metal (ie. lower-tier) ores, and are generally obsolete once the player progresses past the beginning phases of the game. There are no Hardmode shortswords.

Sword	Source	Damage	Reach	Knockback	Speed	Continuous Swing?	Use Time
Copper Shortsword	Copper Bar	5	Short	4	Very Fast		12
Iron Shortsword	Iron Bar	8	Short	4	Very Fast		11
Silver Shortsword	Silver Bar	9	Short	4	Very Fast		11
Gold Shortsword	Gold Bar	12	Short	4	Very Fast		10