Night's Edge

Night's Edge

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	42 (Melee)
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	21 (Fast) / 27 (Average)
Rarity	03*
Sell	4
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 273

For an extensive guide to crafting this item, see Guide:Crafting a Night's Edge.

Animation of the Night's Edge.

The Night's Edge is a post-Skeletron broadsword, notable for having the highest base damage of all swords available before entering Hardmode. It has slightly shorter reach than the Muramasa, one of its crafting ingredients. When swung, the Night's Edge emits fire-like purple particles, similarly to the swords used in crafting it, but the effect is more subtle and does not last as long.

Once in Hardmode, the Night's Edge can be upgraded into the True Night's Edge, which can be further crafted into the Terra Blade, one of the strongest swords in the  Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version. In the  Desktop version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  Nintendo Switch version, the Terra Blade can ultimately be crafted into the Zenith, which is arguably the most powerful weapon in the game.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  Nintendo Switch version, the Night's Edge is capable of autoswing.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result Ingredients Crafting station Night's Edge Blood Butcherer Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword Demon Altar or Crimson Altar Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword total: 2 row(s)

Crafting tree

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 30  40  ( )

Crimtane Ore × 30  40  ( )

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 12  15  ( )

( )

Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

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/

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/

Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Fiery Greatsword

Light's Bane

or

Blood Butcherer

/

Night's Edge

Used in

Result Ingredients Crafting station True Night's Edge (   ) Night's Edge Soul of Fright (20) Soul of Might (20) Soul of Sight (20) Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil True Night's Edge (  ) Night's Edge Broken Hero Sword total: 2 row(s)

Notes

• Because the Night's Edge requires the Muramasa, which is obtained in the Dungeon, it is only obtainable after Skeletron has been defeated.
  • In a drunk world, a Locked Gold Chest is almost always generated above the level at which Dungeon Guardians spawn, and it will always contain a Muramasa. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the Night's Edge before defeating Skeletron.

Tips

• With the Legendary modifier, this weapon can last well into Hardmode.
• Its components net 310 in total when sold, while the sword itself nets 4 (29.03% more) when sold.
• In the  Mobile version, autoswing can be enabled manually, enabling the Night's Edge to be autoswung.
• Despite being considered an upgrade, the Night's Edge has a few downsides compared to its components:
  • It is smaller than both the Fiery Greatsword and Blade of Grass;
  • It has a lower knockback than the Fiery Greatsword, Light's Bane, and Blood Butcherer;
  • It does not autoswing, unlike the Muramasa;
  • It is slower than the Muramasa;
  • It lacks on-hit debuffs, such as the Blade of Grass's Poisoned and the Fiery Greatsword's On Fire!.
    • Note that this can be made up for with the Flask of Poison and Magma Stone, respectively.

Trivia

• Before the 1.1 update, the Night's Edge was the strongest sword in the game, although it has been dethroned since. Nonetheless, it is still the strongest pre-Hardmode sword; except on 3DS, where Phasesabers are already available pre-Hardmode.
• The Night's Edge is the only item crafted at an Altar that is not a boss-summoning item.
• The four swords used to craft it all represent a major difficult pre-Hardmode biome: The Blade of Grass represents the Jungle, the Muramasa the Dungeon, the Fiery Greatsword The Underworld, and the Light's Bane/Blood Butcherer represents the evil biome.
• The Night's Edge is available as a real-life toy, produced by Jazwares.
• It appears in Dungeon Defenders 2 as the Phantom's Edge.
• The Night's Edge resembles a Corruption-themed sword because of the particles it emits, regardless of the crafting recipe.
  • It also has a similar look to the Light's Bane, not like the Blood Butcherer.
  • This is due to the Night's Edge being added prior to the Crimson biome.
• The sword's particles contain all of the ones from the swords it is made from: Muramasa (upright cross), Fiery Greatsword (diagonal cross), Blade of Grass (small bubbles), and Light's Bane/Blood Butcherer (large bubbles).

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Use time decreased from 27 to 21.
  • Can now autoswing.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Night's Edge.
  • The Blood Butcherer can now be used instead of Light's Bane in its crafting recipe.
  • Sell value increased from 54 to 18.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Sprite updated. Old sprite was
  • Damage increased from 40 to 42.
  • Attack speed increased from very slow to average.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.02:
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Night's Edge.
  • The Blood Butcherer can now be used instead of Light's Bane in its crafting recipe.
  • Sell value increased from 54 to 18.

• Console-Release: Introduced with sprites and mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Now used in the crafting of the True Night's Edge.
  • The Blood Butcherer can now be used instead of Light's Bane in its crafting recipe.
  • Sell value increased from 54 to 18.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with sprites and mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with sprites, recipes, and mechanics from Desktop 1.2.