Enchanted Sword (item)

Enchanted Sword

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	24Melee
Knockback	5.25 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	18 Very Fast
Velocity	9.5
Tooltip	Shoots an enchanted sword beam
Rarity
Sell	4000*40

Projectile created

• Enchanted Beam
  

• Internal Item ID: 989
• Internal Projectile ID: 173

Breakable Background Sword Sprites

Fake (left), real (right)

This article is about the sword item. For the enemy of the same name, see Enchanted Sword (NPC).

Animation of the Enchanted Sword.

A player standing by the Enchanted Sword in the Enchanted Sword Shrine.

The Enchanted Sword is a very rare sword. It autoswings and fires a sword projectile that costs no ammunition or mana. Both the sword and its projectiles produce lingering sparks that emit large amounts of light. The projectiles can fire roughly every 1-2 seconds.

The Enchanted Sword is found in the form of small Underground background objects, shown in the above picture. On the  Desktop version and  Console version, the Enchanted Sword is most likely to be found in an Underground Enchanted Sword Shrine land formation that has a chance of generating on world creation. Enchanted Swords may also be found in other random Underground locations as well, though they are still very rare, and will not necessarily be present in all generated worlds.

If found early on, it can be an incredibly powerful early-game weapon, vastly outclassing all pre-hardmode melee weapons. Due to its projectile, some would even argue that it is the best pre-hardmode sword in the game.

  Rarely, upon destruction of the background object, this weapon is replaced with the Arkhalis, another very rare weapon.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• Unlike the Enchanted Boomerang, the Enchanted Sword cannot be 'upgraded'.
• The blue pulse and sound indicates when projectile swords are ready to throw a projectile again, which is the same indicator as when your mana is full

Trivia

• The concept of a sword being stuck in stone originates from the 13th-century poem Merlin by Robert de Boron, in which King Arthur was the only person able to pull a sword from its resting place in a stone. Contrary to popular belief, the sword in question was not Excalibur. Similar themes have since appeared in other media.
  • In the Legend of Zelda Series, the hero Link often pulls the Master Sword from a pedestal, much like the Enchanted Sword Shrine.
    • The design bears a strong resemblance, including the blue blade, hilt, and the sword-shaped projectile (much like Link's Sword Beam in some games).
• The design bears a strong resemblance to that of the Enchanted Boomerang, along with their similar names.
• Like the Enchanted Boomerang, the Enchanted Sword has an ice counterpart, the Ice Blade, which also has a projectile but does less damage.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Added auto-swing, buffed stats.
  • Now can be found within its own unique mini-biome (previously only found in random nondescript locations).

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

 DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.