Guide:Crafting a Terra Blade

Note
Let's say you have always wanted a Terra Blade, but you want to know what you need before you initiate Hardcore in your world. Unfortunately, you can't gain one instantaneously. Sure if you have hardcore equipment it would make it easier and quicker but still, no one can make one in one day. So this guide will be over a long (terraria wise) time. So don't hurry, if you do it will just make it more difficult.

The Beginning (Kind of)
When you first defeat the Eye of Cthulhu and have a full set of Shadow Armor or Crimson Armor and have a forge and anvil, it is time to go to the Corruption or Crimson depending on which one is in your world. Make sure you have crafted a Light's Bane or the Blood Butcherer which is made out of 30 Demonite Bars or Crimtane Bars respectively because you will need one of these for the Night's Edge. You will need to make a base in the corruption or crimson to have a Demon Altar or Crimson Altar for making a Night's Edge. Now you just need to continue on the sort of main story line.

The Crossroads
When you have a full set Shadow or Crimson equipment (or if you are a magic character have Meteorite Armor)you have a choice, to go to the Underground Jungle, or to go to the Dungeon. The guide will talk about going into the Underground Jungle first but if you are going into the Dungeon just skip the next section, but come back to it when you need to. You will need to obtain a Muramasa, a auto-swing sword found in the Dungeon, and the Blade of Grass,which is made from 15 Stingers and 12 Jungle Spores which are found in the Underground Jungle. The choice is yours.

The Underground Jungle
When you make the decision to go to the Underground Jungle, go to the Cavern layer inside of the Jungle. Make sure to make a base there with Chests, an Anvil, and a Furnace to store items and to craft the Blade of Grass. First you will need to hunt down the Hornets for their stingers. However, beware of the Maneaters that lurk in the dark and deal a lot of damage without good armor. Jungle Spores are held within small glowing green orbs that appear to be spiked. Break them like how you would grass on the surface. Get all of the stingers and spores you need and then go to your base. Then craft the Blade of Grass. It is recommended that you upgrade your weapons, especially the Thorn Chakram which will help with the next boss fight (there is one in the dungeon and here very, very soon, maybe). If you want you can craft Jungle Armor if you are a mage. Then, if you want, you can fight Queen Bee and that too will help you with the next boss, whose name is Skeletron (If you have done the Dungeon first then Blue Moon will rip Queen Bee apart very easily.) Now you just need to go to the Dungeon entrance and you will see an old man...

The Dungeon
Before you do this you should probably upgrade your house to have more NPCs in it, because there are two very important people down there. When you first get there there is an Old Man wearing red clothes and has a white beard/hair. Now take the time to flatten the ground and add campfires and/or Heart Lanterns. Make sure there is plenty of moving space, because there is going to be one large fight. When it is 7:00 P.M. talk to the old man. Select Curse and then you will fight Skeletron. When you beat him you will gain entry into the Dungeon (technically you could have entered without fighting him but Dungeon Guardians that will instantly kill you, but if you kill one you will get a Bone Key, which summons a baby Dungeon Guardian head.) Now enter the Dungeon. You will first need to make a base exactly like the one in the Dungeon. Now there are five things for you to worry about. There are teleporting mages, Angry Bones, swinging maces, spinning fire wheels, and of course Dart Traps. All you need to do is kill some Angry Bones, get their Golden Keys, and open some Gold Chests. If you want to you can make Necro Armor for your mage character. You should try to get some of the spells inside of the Dungeon and do NOT forget about the weird colored chests there as you will need them later. Now you are done with the Dungeon.

The End of the Beginning
When you are done with both the Dungeon AND the Underground Jungle, go upgrade your house and move it into the sky or into Space or at least 10 blocks off of the ground (or just make a 10 block deep and 5 block wide ditch around your house). You also might want to light up the surface with torches. Then make a Hellavator all the way down into the Underworld. For this you might want to have a Cobalt Shield from the Dungeon and have a Lava Charm along with LOTS of blocks. Be careful of Demons and Voodoo Demons as they are very powerful and the Voodoo Demon drops a Guide Voodoo Doll that summons a boss if dropped into lava (so collect that item!). Try to find some Hellstone (a block covered in red-orange dots) to forge a Fiery Greatsword. You might also want to make Molten Armor and weapons/tools.