Terra Blade



The Terra Blade is a Hardmode projectile sword crafted from a True Excalibur and True Night's Edge. When used, it fires a green sword-shaped projectile which costs neither mana nor ammunition, deals 50% /  25% more damage than the sword, and can pierce through two enemies, dissipating upon hitting a third enemy or a wall. The projectile can travel up to 5000 feet (2500 blocks) at a speed of.

On the, the Terra Blade becomes available after defeating Plantera. On the, obtaining it requires defeating one /  all mechanical bosses.

Tips

 * In order to speed up the process of obtaining a Terra Blade, a Solar Eclipse can be spawned manually using a Solar Tablet. It is crafted from Solar Tablet Fragments which are dropped by enemies in the Jungle Temple. Although this biome requires defeating Plantera to enter, its enemies can frequently be found near the entrance door, and there are several methods to enter the Jungle Temple pre-Plantera.
 * Quickly pressing the fire button, as opposed to holding it down, will result in a faster fire rate for the projectiles.
 * Due to the fast speed and high damage of the beams, it is very effective to use the Terra Blade more as a projectile weapon than an actual sword. Even without the sword itself, it can still do massive amounts of damage at long ranges without the use of bullets or mana.
 * Because the Terra Blade shoots projectile beams that can penetrate through enemies, this melee weapon is highly beneficial when fighting against hordes of enemies or for events such as the Pirate Invasion or Martian Madness.
 * When seeking to craft the Terra Blade, it is recommended to gradually get all the materials you need as you progress through the game instead of having to scramble and collect everything when all materials are available.
 * Because the Terra Blade's projectile's fire rate is affected by melee speed, it is recommended to focus on melee speed as well as damage and critical strike chance when making a loadout as opposed to only focusing on damage and crit chances.

Trivia

 * The Terra Blade's crafting tree is the second largest in the melee category, containing a total of eight different usable swords.
 * This is only beaten out by the Zenith, which uses 10 swords. Coincidentally, the Terra Blade is also used in the creation of the Zenith.
 * The largest pre-1.3 crafting tree is the Ankh Shield's, with11 total required items.
 * The largest post-1.3 crafting tree is, however, the Cell Phone's, with 13 total required items.
 * Before the 1.4.1 update, the Terra Beam is the only sword shaped melee projectile that deals piercing damage. The Influx Waver's projectile can also hit multiple enemies, but does so via teleportation from one enemy to another. In the 1.4.1 update, the True Excalibur also pierces enemies.
 * The Terra Beam’s color changes to yellow in a blood moon.


 * The Terra Blade itself bears a certain resemblance to the Night's Edge in terms of shape, while the projectile appears more similar to the Excalibur, as "forged from the finest blades of light and dark".


 * It is considered the strongest sword in the of the game, tied with The Horseman's Blade.
 * On the, crafting the Terra Blade requires the most raw ingredients of any sword:
 * 30 / 40  Demonite / Crimtane Ore
 * 12 Jungle Spores
 * 12 / 15  Stingers
 * 1 Muramasa
 * 60 Hellstone
 * 20 Obsidian
 * 12 Hallowed Bars
 * 2 / 3  Broken Hero Swords


 * Within the beta versions of the game, a feature was added for the developers where when a Copper Shortsword and 5 Mushrooms are placed in a empty Chest, after logging out and back, a Terra Blade will have appeared in the chest.
 * This, however, is not true for released versions, contrary to what this(citation needed) video by Youtuber Chippy Gaming states towards the end.


 * It can be considered to be much harder to craft in the than in the other versions due to needing three Broken Hero Swords and the drop rate being very low (1/250). On the plus side, it can be obtained after defeating one mechanical boss.
 * The Terra Blade appears in the video game Dungeon Defenders 2 as a weapon.

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