Enchanted Sword Shrine



The Enchanted Sword Shrine is one of the mini-biome structures added in 1.3 which houses an Enchanted Sword. The shrine tends to generate at one of the far ends of the world, between the distance that a dungeon entrance would spawn if it had been generated on that side of the world and just before the ocean.

It is marked by a very long, narrow natural tunnel which reaches the surface, and features a small hill with flower walls and pools of water on either side, upon which the sword rests. The tunnel leads perfectly straight up from the sword and varies between 1 to 3 blocks in width as it goes. The top of the tunnel can occasionally open up below an overhanging ledge or within a small pocket slightly below the surface where sunlight cannot reach, making light producing weapons like the Dark Lance or Starfury useful for locating the entrance.

It is possible for a fake sword to spawn as well.