Enchanted Sword (item)



The Enchanted Sword is a pre-Hardmode, autoswinging projectile sword. When swung, it fires a sword-shaped projectile that costs no ammunition or mana. Both the sword and its projectiles produce lingering sparks that emit large amounts of light. The projectile can be fired once every second, and dissipates upon hitting an enemy or solid block.

The Enchanted Sword can be obtained by destroying an "enchanted sword in stone" background object, which can be found in random locations underground and in. Destroying this background object has a  /   /  100% chance to drop an Enchanted Sword. On the, the Enchanted Sword also has a chance to be found in Golden and Titanium Crates.

Tips

 * If found early on, the Enchanted Sword can be a powerful early-game weapon, outclassing many pre-Hardmode melee weapons due to its decent damage and projectile.
 * When attempting to acquire an Enchanted Sword for the, it is more efficient to create a new world and loot its Enchanted Sword Shrines than fish for crates.
 * One can also use World Seeds to guarantee finding an Enchanted Sword Shrine, just make sure their game version is the same as the version the seed was created in.

Trivia

 * The concept of a sword being stuck in stone originates from the 12th- or 13th-century poem by, in which King Arthur was the only person able to pull a sword from its resting place in a stone. Similar themes have since appeared in other media. The action-adventure video game franchise  features the Master Sword, which lies amongst several fakes and must be pulled from a pedestal. Many games in the Zelda series also gave the hero Link the ability to fire an energy attack from his sword(usually when his health was full).
 * It can be considered a counterpart to the Enchanted Boomerang.
 * There is an extra space at the end of the word sword in the inventory name.