Wooden Sword

The Wooden Sword is most likely the first real melee weapon that you craft in the game. It is crafted with 7 Wood at a Workbench.

In comparison with the starting melee weapon, the Copper Shortsword, the wooden sword deals slightly higher damage per hit and has a much lower crafting cost. It also does not require an anvil (and therefore Iron) and swings in an arc rather than performing a stabbing motion in front of the player. These characteristics make it generally much more useful than the Copper Shortsword new players start with, so it is usually desirable to replace it with this sword as soon as wood is acquired.