Zenith



The Zenith is a Hardmode, post-Moon Lord melee weapon crafted using a variety of swords obtained throughout the game's progression. The Zenith possesses autoswing, can hit enemies through blocks, and will attack the area around the cursor, no matter where it is located on the screen.

When used, the sword sprites of its component swords fly towards enemies within a 20-tile radius of the cursor, and circle back in quick frenzied arcs. These pass through solid blocks, and three swords will appear per use (at base melee speed). Each sword sprite deals the weapon's full damage.

The Zenith has the most complex crafting tree in Terraria, consisting of 14 different base items (over the course of 10 crafting operations), surpassing both the Cell Phone (13 items) and Ankh Shield (11 items).

Crafting tree


Tips

 * Due to its piercing effect and large attack radius, it is extremely useful for defeating invasions, as well as enemies with multiple body segments like The Destroyer.
 * The Zenith has the potential to reach ~20,000 on a single target with the right armor, accessories, modifiers, and buffs.
 * With said equipment, the Zenith can defeat Moon Lord (277,311 combined HP) on Master mode in under 20 seconds.

Trivia

 * Zenith is defined as "the time at which something is most powerful or successful."
 * Before the release of 1.4, the sword had various placeholders and scrapped names, including "Final Fractal" and "Summit".
 * The Light's Bane and Blood Butcherer are part of its attack animation, regardless of which was used in crafting. The Terragrim can also be seen, despite it not being an ingredient.
 * In a small hotfix after 1.4, the Bee Keeper was added to the crafting recipe for the Zenith, after being in its animation at 1.4’s release.
 * All swords displayed in the Zenith's attack animation: Copper Shortsword, Light's Bane, Muramasa, Terragrim, Blood Butcherer, Starfury, Enchanted Sword, Bee Keeper, Blade of Grass, Fiery Greatsword, Night's Edge, True Night's Edge, Excalibur, True Excalibur, The Horseman's Blade, Seedler, Terra Blade, Influx Waver, Star Wrath, Meowmere, and Zenith.