Terragrim



The Terragrim is a rare melee weapon that appears to be a sword, but does not present an actual blade when used. Instead of an overhead broadsword swing or a shortsword stab, the Terragrim autoswings and appears as a series of blurred slashes aimed in the direction of the cursor. Anything within this area takes constant damage at a rate far exceeding the weapon's stated use time. This damaging area has a rather wide spread, even attacking behind the player for a very short distance.

It is obtainable from the unique background object found in an Enchanted Sword Shrine or very rarely in the Caverns layer. This background object has a chance to contain a "true" breakable sword item rather than a discolored "false" sword. When this item is broken, it has a chance to drop the Terragrim rather than an Enchanted Sword. This means that on average, the chance of an Enchanted Sword Shrine dropping a Terragrim is. The sword that the item gives is determined at the time the background object is broken, so there is no way to determine which sword the player will be given.

The Terragrim's unique means of attack is unaffected by any size and speed modifiers.

It's speed makes it very easy to defeat the Brain of Cthulhu in its enraged form, allowing the user to stand still and avoid taking damage.

Trivia

 * The Terragrim's name is a reference to the Valmanway from the Castlevania series. Specifically, it references Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, where the Valmanway was instead known as the Crissaegrim. Like the Arkhalis, the Terragrim's function and appearance are also based off of the Valmanway.
 * The Terragrim appears in the Zenith’s animation despite it not being used to craft the Zenith.
 * The Terragrim replaced the Arkhalis as a special weapon found in Enchanted Sword Shrines, as the Arkhalis is now found in Arkhalis's developer set.
 * The Terragrim, Terrarium, and Terraspark Boots are the only Pre-Hardmode items with 'Terra' in their names.