Night's Edge

Night's Edge

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	42 (Melee)
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	21 (Fast) / 27
Rarity	03*
Sell	4
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 273

Animation of the Night's Edge.

The Night's Edge is a broadsword, notable for having the highest base damage of all swords available before entering Hardmode. It has about the same reach as a Muramasa, one of its crafting ingredients. When swung, the Night's Edge emits light similar to the Fiery Greatsword and Muramasa, but the effect is more subtle and does not last as long.

The Night's Edge can be combined in Hardmode with a Broken Hero Sword at a Mythril or Orichalcum Anvil to create the True Night's Edge. This can be further combined with a True Excalibur (and another Broken Hero Sword on the  Desktop version, as well as the  Old-gen console and 3DS) at a Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil to create a Terra Blade, one of the strongest and most notable Hardmode swords. As the Terra Blade can be crafted even further into the Zenith, commonly known as the best sword in the game, it is highly recommended to obtain Night's Edge early on.

On the  Desktop version, the Night's Edge has autoswing.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Night's Edge	Blood Butcherer Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword

total: 2 row(s)

Crafting tree

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 30  40   ( )

Crimtane Ore × 30  40   ( )

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 12  15   ( )

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Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

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Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Fiery Greatsword

Light's Bane

or

Blood Butcherer

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Night's Edge

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
True Night's Edge (   )	Night's Edge Broken Hero Sword	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
True Night's Edge ()	Night's Edge Soul of Fright (20) Soul of Might (20) Soul of Sight (20)

total: 2 row(s)

Notes

• Because the Night's Edge requires the Muramasa, which is obtained in the Dungeon, it is only obtainable after Skeletron has been defeated.

Tips

• With the Legendary modifier, this weapon can last well into Hardmode.
• Its components net 310 in total when sold, while the sword itself nets 4 when sold.
• In the  Mobile version, autoswing can be enabled manually, enabling the Night's Edge to be autoswung.
• In 1.4.0.1, the secret world seed 05162020 will generate with a Muramasa in the first dungeon chest, above where the Dungeon Guardian spawns. This means that the Night's Edge can be obtained before defeating Skeletron in this seed.

Trivia

• Before the 1.1 update, the Night's Edge was the strongest sword in the game, although it has been dethroned since. Nonetheless, it is still the strongest pre-Hardmode sword; except on  3DS version, where Phasesabers are already available pre-Hardmode.
•    The Night's Edge is the only item crafted at an Altar that is not a boss-summoning item.
• The four swords used to craft it all represent a major difficult pre-Hardmode biome: The Blade of Grass represents the Jungle, the Muramasa the Dungeon, the Fiery Greatsword The Underworld, and the Light's Bane/Blood Butcherer represents the evil biome.
• The Night's Edge is available as a real-life toy, produced by Jazwares.
• The Night's Edge appears in Dungeon Defenders 2 as the Phantom's Edge.
• The Night's Edge resembles a Corruption-themed sword because of the particles it emits, regardless of the crafting recipe.
  • It also looks like the Light's Bane, not like the Blood Butcherer.
• The sword's particles contain all of the ones from the swords it is made from: Muramasa (upright cross), Fiery Greatsword (diagonal cross), Blade of Grass (small bubbles), and Light's Bane/Blood Butcherer (large bubbles).
• Despite being considered an upgrade, the Night's Edge has a few downsides compared to it's components:
  • Smaller than both the Fiery Greatsword and Blade of Grass;
  • Lower knockback than Fiery Greatsword, Light's Bane, and Blood Butcherer;
  •    Lack of autoswing, unlike the Muramasa;
  • Slower than the Muramasa;
  • Lacks on-hit Debuffs, such as the Blade of Grass' Poisoned and the Fiery Greatsword's On Fire!;
    • Note that this can be made up for with the Flask of Poison and Magma Stone respectively.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Use time decreased from 27 to 21.
  • Can now autoswing.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Night's Edge.
  • The Blood Butcherer can now be used instead of Light's Bane in its crafting recipe.
  • Sell value increased from 54 to 1 8.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Damage increased from 40 to 42.
  • Attack speed increased from very slow to average.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.02:
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Night's Edge.
  • The Blood Butcherer can now be used instead of Light's Bane in its crafting recipe.
  • Sell value increased from 54 to 1 8.

• Console-Release: Introduced with sprites and mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Night's Edge.
  • The Blood Butcherer can now be used instead of Light's Bane in its crafting recipe.
  • Sell value increased from 54 to 1 8.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with sprites and mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with sprites, recipes, and mechanics from Desktop 1.2.