Broken Hero Sword

Broken Hero Sword

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Rarity	08*
Sell	750
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1570

The Broken Hero Sword is a Hardmode crafting material. It is not itself a weapon, and therefore can neither be swung, reforged, nor placed on a Weapon Rack. It can be obtained during the Solar Eclipse event. On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version,  Old Chinese version,  tModLoader version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, the Broken Hero Sword has a 25% (30.94%) chance of being dropped by Mothron, which starts to spawn after all three mechanical bosses have been defeated. On the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version, it is instead dropped by Frankensteins and Swamp Things, with a 0.4% (1/250) chance.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Terra Toilet	Toilet Broken Hero Sword	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Terra Blade	True Night's Edge True Excalibur Broken Hero Sword	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: True Excalibur	Excalibur Broken Hero Sword
only: True Night's Edge	Night's Edge Broken Hero Sword

Tips

• Given the drop rate, it is not guaranteed to obtain one during a Solar Eclipse. Therefore, it can be a good idea to use Water Candles and/or Battle Potions during a Solar Eclipse to increase the number of opportunities of having one or even multiple Broken Hero Swords dropped.
• As of 1.3.0.1, it is more profitable to craft excess Broken Hero Swords into True Excaliburs, as long as one has a surplus of Hallowed Bars: While a non-reforged True Excalibur sells for 10, its ingredients only sell for 1230 (480 for 12 Hallowed Bars and 750 for one Broken Hero Sword). This makes the True Excalibur -23% (−19770) more profitable.

Trivia

• This item is an allusion to the classic literary trope of the disgraced or defeated hero who must repair their sword, or the similar trope of taking up the weapon of a past hero (perhaps killed by the monster dropping this item) to fulfill a destiny.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • No longer used directly to craft the Terra Blade.
  • No longer drops from Swamp Things or Frankensteins.
  • Mothrons now have a chance to drop Broken Hero Swords.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: No longer used directly to craft the Terra Blade. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: No longer used directly to craft the Terra Blade. ()

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.