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'''Enchanted Sword Shrines''' are terrain features that generate as small caves below the surface. They can generate with a narrow shaft leading into the top of the cave. The cave's background is made of [[Flower Wall]]s and features a small hill with pools of [[water]] on either side. Atop the hill rests a sword in stone as a [[Objects#Sword in stone|background object]]. They generate in the [[surface]] or [[underground]] layers in [[dirt]] or [[stone]] terrain.

On the {{eversions|1.4.0.1}}, multiple shrines may generate in a world, with larger worlds having a slight increased chance to generate more, although not guaranteed to generate any. They generate in the outer two-thirds of the map, and have a 33% chance of generating a 1-tile-wide shaft leading up to the surface. Upon destroying the background object, there is a 2% chance to drop the [[Terragrim]], and otherwise, will drop the [[Enchanted Sword (item)|Enchanted Sword]].

On the {{eversions|1.3.0.1|not=1.4.0.1}}, multiple shrines may generate in a world, with larger worlds having more available. They generate in the outer two-thirds of the map, and always generate with a 1-tile-wide shaft leading up to the surface. The background object has a 67% chance of displaying a junk sword and a 33% chance of displaying an enchanted sword. Upon destroying the enchanted sword in stone, there is a 2% chance to drop the [[Terragrim]], and otherwise, will drop the [[Enchanted Sword (item)|Enchanted Sword]]. Nothing is dropped from the junk sword background object. It used to drop the [[Arkhalis]], but now it is only obtainable trough [[Treasure Bags|treasure bags]] ([[hardmode]] only).

== Generation chance  ==
{{eicons|1.4.0.1}} The world will attempt to generate 1 to 2 shrines in [[Map size|small]] worlds, 1 to 3 shrines in medium worlds, and 2 to 4 shrines in large worlds, with each shrine having a 50% chance of being placed. The following tables represent the odds of having a certain amount of shrines generate in a world, depending on its size.

{{eicons|1.3.0.1|not=1.4.0.1}} There will always be 1 shrine in [[Map size|small]] worlds, 3 shrines in medium worlds, and 4 shrines in large worlds.
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{| class="terraria"
|+ Small worlds
! # of shrines !! Chance
|-
| 0 || {{chance|reduce=n|2/6}}
|-
| 1 || {{chance|reduce=n|3/6}}
|-
| 2 || {{chance|1/6}}
|-
| colspan=2 class=topline | ''Average: 0.83''
|}
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{| class="terraria"
|+ Medium worlds
! # of shrines !! Chance
|-
| 0 || {{chance|3/14}}
|-
| 1 || {{chance|reduce=n|6/14}}
|-
| 2 || {{chance|reduce=n|4/14}}
|-
| 3 || {{chance|1/14}}
|-
| colspan=2 class=topline | ''Average: 1.21''
|}
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{| class="terraria"
|+ Large worlds
! # of shrines !! Chance
|-
| 0 || {{chance|3/28}}
|-
| 1 || {{chance|9/28}}
|-
| 2 || {{chance|reduce=n|10/28}}
|-
| 3 || {{chance|5/28}}
|-
| 4 || {{chance|1/28}}
|-
| colspan=2 class=topline | ''Average: 1.71''
|}

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== Notes ==
* Although practically guaranteed in normal gameplay, the shaft can only generate with a height of up to 1000 tiles.
* {{eicons|1.4.0.1}} Despite being replaced by the Terragrim, the Arkhalis can still be obtained as a part of the [[Arkhalis' set]].
* Enchanted Sword Shrines may generate in uncommon ways at times:
** The shaft can go all the way to the surface, making it very easy to notice. It can even go to the top of a [[Living Tree]].
** The shrine itself can occasionally spawn on the surface, without a shaft.
** In rare cases, the top of the shaft spawns more than 10 blocks under the ground.
** The shrine itself can generate partially or completely [[Corrupt]]ed/[[Crimson]]. However, at least part of the shaft will always be dirt and uncorrupted grass.
** If generated under an overhang on the surface, the shaft will cut through midair.
** {{eicons|1.3.0.1|not=1.4.0.1}} A [[Minecart]] [[Minecart Track|track]] can go through a shrine, causing the sword to disappear.
* {{eicons|1.4.0.1}} The shrine will only rarely spawn below the surface layer and will only ever reach a maximum of 100 tiles in the underground layer.
* While Enchanted Sword Shrines are currently only on the {{eversions|1.3.0.1}}, Enchanted Swords can still appear scattered throughout the world in all versions.

== Tips ==
* The shaft can be revealed by light particles that fall downwards through blocks. There are many weapons which spawn projectiles of this kind, for instance, the [[Dark Lance]], [[Starfury]], [[Jester's Arrow]], [[Meteor Staff]], [[Solar Eruption]], [[Zenith]], [[Flying Dragon]], [[Flamelash]], [[Durendal]], or [[Firecracker]]. Some enemy projectiles can also reveal the shaft, e.g. those fired from the [[Goblin Sorcerer]]. Additionally, some [[mount]] provides a short burst of light particles when summoned, and if timed correctly, activating/deactivating a mount just before landing can send the light particles downwards 5-7 tiles. Some light pets that move when the player presses a direction (such as the [[Wisp in a Bottle|Wisp]] pet, shown in the Gallery below) can be used to find the shafts by holding {{key|down}}. The [[Clentaminator]] can also be used to provide light, though players should be careful not to spread biomes in locations they did not want.
* The background object will generate an item upon its destruction. Therefore, the player can force close the game to reload a previous save and continue doing this until the desired item is obtained.
* Seeds with sword shrines found before the current version of Terraria will not be guaranteed to contain a shrine in the same location despite the rest of the world being the same. If looking online for a [[Secret world seeds|seed]] that contains a sword shrine make sure that the seed was not discovered in a past update. one such seed(for 1.4.4.9) is: 2.1.1.267537971, go to the rightmost living tree (farther right than middle so use conch if possible), the sword is at the bottom of the tree, always spawns with actual sword.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:Enchanted Sword Shrine map view.png|Map view of a shrine.
File:Enchanted Sword Shrine Shaft.png|Finding the vertical shaft using a [[light pet]].
File:Shaftless Enchanted Sword Shrine.png|An Enchanted Sword Shrine on the surface, without a shaft.
File:Living tree sword shrine.jpg|An Enchanted Sword Shrine next to the bottom of a [[Living Tree]].
File:Enchanted Sword Biome.png|A view of the Enchanted Sword Shrine.
</gallery>

== History ==
{{history|Desktop 1.4.1|Made twice more likely to generate in a world.}}
{{history|Desktop 1.4.0.1|
** [[Arkhalis]] drop replaced with the [[Terragrim]].
** The background object will always be the enchanted sword in stone and drop a sword.
** A fixed number of shrines is no longer guaranteed per world.
** Cave shaft opening is no longer guaranteed and reduced to 33% chance to generate.
** Shrines can no longer generate on top of containers and can no longer have other structures generate on top of them.}}
{{history|Desktop 1.3.0.1|Introduced.}}
{{history|Console 1.0.933.1|Introduced. ({{icon|xbox one}})}}
{{history|Console 1.0.750.0|Introduced. ({{icon|ps4}})}}
{{history|Switch 1.0.711.6|Introduced.}}
{{history|Mobile 1.3.0.7|Introduced.}}

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