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Light's Bane
  • Light's Bane item spriteold Light's Bane item sprite
Stack digit 1
Statistics
Type
Damage16 (Melee) / 8 (Slash of Darkness) /
17 (Melee)
Knockback5 (Average)
Critical chance4%
Use time20 (Very fast)
RarityRarity level: 1
Sell27
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Light's Bane
    Light's Bane
Light's Bane (demo)

The Light's Bane attacking a Target Dummy (pre 1.4.4 - outdated).

The Light's Bane is a Pre-Hardmode broadsword crafted solely out of Corruption Demonite Bars, considered to be an upgrade from the Gold Broadsword and the Platinum Broadsword. It has a Crimtane counterpart, the Blood Butcherer, which is stronger and larger but also much slower. It is one of the first five Demonite items available to the player, along with the Demon Bow, the War Axe of the Night, the Fisher of Souls, and the Malaise, as it does not require Shadow Scales to craft. It is notably faster and slightly smaller than the metal broadswords. It creates a purple streak when used.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Light's BaneLight's Bane
Iron AnvilIron Anvil
or
Lead AnvilLead Anvil

Used in[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Old-gen console versionWindows Phone versionNintendo 3DS versiontModLoader 1 only:
Night's EdgeNight's Edge
Demon AltarDemon Altar
or
Crimson AltarCrimson Altar
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Night's EdgeNight's Edge

Tips[]

  • Light's Bane offers higher DPS than the War Axe of the Night. However, the latter has better range.
  • The Breaker is even stronger, but is incredibly slow, making it less efficient.
  • It is still important to craft the Light's Bane, as it is needed to craft the Night's Edge later on in the game.
  • The swing of the Light’s Bane offers a new sweeping effect as of 1.4.4, which provides more range. This effect increases in size during a critical attack.

History[]

  • Desktop 1.4.4: Damage reduced from 18 to 16. Now generates a slash of darkness when the sword is swung, dealing half of the base damage of the sword
  • Mobile 1.4.4: added effect to blade swing that provides slightly more range.
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