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Obsidian Swordfish
Regarding its availability: Weapons are considered pre-hardmode if they're obtainable in a freshly generated world. While technically nothing is stopping a player from acquiring it in a world that isn't in hardmode, any legitimate means of obtaining it requires items from hardmode. By the same rubric Excalibur could be considered a pre-hardmode item, as mechanical bosses are summonable at any time as long as the player has the items.

My reasoning for the change was simple: the comment that it was a pre-hardmode weapon was a very recent addition to the page (less than an hour prior) and it seemed less intuitive to point out that it was incorrect than to just remove an untrue claim. Looking back on it, though, it's probably worth mentioning these sorts of oddities, so I was wrong to just remove it outright. Gearzein (talk) 13:04, 23 January 2015 (UTC)