The Horseman's Blade

The Horseman's Blade

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	75
Knockback	7.5 (Very strong)
Use time	25 (Fast)
Velocity	12
Tooltip	Summons Pumpkin heads to attack your enemies
Rarity	8
Sell	10

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The Horseman's Blade is an auto-swinging Hardmode, post-Plantera sword that summons homing pumpkin heads upon striking an enemy. It is currently the third strongest sword in the game, being beaten only by the True Night's Edge and the Terra Blade by 13 base damage. However, this weapon's homing projectiles can add up to more damage per swing than the Terra Blade. Despite it being called Horseman's Blade, it drops from Pumpking.

Its best Modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• The player is unable to turn while swinging the sword, similar to the Excalibur.
• The pumpkins do the same amount of damage as the sword and can also critically hit.
• The sword can be seen in darkness, but casts no light on other objects.
• Pumpkins may spawn and follow Spike Balls, enemy projectiles, and even bound NPCs.
• Using monster-spawning statues can be used to produce a great number of pumpkins that will also seek out other enemies.
• The pumpkins won't spawn or home in on other players in PvP, but can damage other players if they are already spawned and happen to make contact.
• Wearing full Frost Armor or a Fire Gauntlet, or using one of the many flasks that generate light on weapon swings, will cause pumpkin projectiles to glow as well.

Tips

• Attacking large segmented enemies such as the Destroyer or Wyvern with the blade will cause many pumpkins to spawn and attack.

Trivia

• This weapon is, like the Headless Horseman, a reference to the Headless Horseman featured in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) by Washington Irving. In the story's climax the main character is chased by the Headless Horseman that ultimately throws his head at him, the head afterwards revealed (to the reader) to actually have been a pumpkin. The story has since been referenced many times, as well as linked to Halloween due to Jack-o'-lanterns. In Disney's film adaption (1949) it appears as a Jack-o'-lantern on fire, which this item likewise might be a reference to.

History

• 1.2.1.1: Can now be Reforged.

• 1.2.1: Introduced.

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