True Night's Edge

True Night's Edge

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	105 / 90 / 78   (Melee)
Knockback	4.75 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	26 (Average)
Velocity	10
Rarity	08*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Night Beam
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 675
• Internal Projectile ID: 157

Animation of the True Night's Edge. Notice its inability to pierce.

The True Night's Edge is a Hardmode sword. It has the second highest base damage of any Pre-Plantera sword. On  Mobile, it has the highest base damage of any Pre-Plantera sword. It is also a stronger version of the Night's Edge, doing more damage and firing a glowing, spinning, green sword projectile called "Night Beam" in the direction of the cursor. Because this ability has a short cooldown, not every swing of the sword launches a Night Beam. The True Night's Edge is one of the ingredients necessary to craft the Terra Blade.

On the  Desktop,  Mobile, and 3DS versions, the True Night's Edge is capable of autoswing.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

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)

Crafting tree

 Desktop version:

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 30 ( )

Crimtane Ore × 30 ( )

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 12 ( )

( )

Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

/

/

/

/

Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Fiery Greatsword

Light's Bane

or

Blood Butcherer

/

Night's Edge

Soul of Sight x 20 ( )

Soul of Might x 20 ( )

Soul of Fright x 20 ( )

/

True Night's Edge

 Console version,  Old-gen console version,  Mobile version, and 3DS version:

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 12   15   ( )

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 30   40   ( )

Crimtane Ore × 30   40   ( )

( )

Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

/

/

/

/

Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Fiery Greatsword

Light's Bane

or

Blood Butcherer

Broken Hero Sword (   (25%) /   (0.04%)

/

Night's Edge

/

True Night's Edge

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Terra Blade ( )	True Night's Edge True Excalibur	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Terra Blade (  )	True Night's Edge True Excalibur Broken Hero Sword

total: 2 row(s)

Notes

• On the  Desktop version, the projectile that the blade shoots does 1.5× damage compared to the blade itself.
• Due to their similar properties and counterpart characteristics, the True Night's Edge can be compared to the True Excalibur:
  • The True Night's Edge does 50% (  30%) more damage, but is only 63% as fast. The Light Beam, the glowing sword projectile fired by the True Excalibur, can go through one block-wide gaps, both horizontally and vertically, while the Night Beam can pass through solid one block-thick walls if standing directly adjacent. It cannot be fired vertically through ceilings or floors.
  • Because it spins, the Night Beam effectively hits more enemies than the Light Beam. However, the Light Beam can be launched more often and moves at a faster speed.
  • The True Excalibur has a 8% (  20%) lower DPS as it may swing faster but has less damage than the True Night's Edge. Note that DPS is merely a rough estimate and far from being a reliable stat for comparison.

Trivia

• The Night Beam seems to resemble a regular Night's Edge colored green, rather than a True Night's Edge.
  • The beam color resembles that of Cursed Flames.
• Unlike most projectile swords, the True Night's Edge fires a spinning projectile instead of a straight one.
• The True Night's Edge resembles the old sprite for the Night's Edge, with duller shading.
• The True Night's Edge is the item referenced in the foil Terraria badge.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Crafting recipe now requires 20 Souls from each Mechanical Boss rather than a Broken Hero Sword.
  • Can now autoswing.
  • Projectile does 1.5x base damage

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Item sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Damage increased from 90 to 105.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 78 to 90.
  • Use time increased from 24 to 26.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 78.
  • Projectile cooldown decreased from 0.75 to 0.4 seconds.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4’s 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Damage increased from 78 to 90.
  • Use time increased from 24 to 26.

• Console 1.06:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 78.
  • Projectile cooldown decreased from 0.75 to 0.4 seconds.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 78.
  • Shoots projectiles more rapidly.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.