True Excalibur

True Excalibur

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	70 / 66 / 60 (Melee)
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	16 (Very fast)
Velocity	11
Rarity	08*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Light Beam
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 674
• Internal Projectile ID: 156

Animation of the True Excalibur.

Animation of the True Excalibur.

The True Excalibur is a Hardmode sword. It is a stronger version of the Excalibur, firing a glowing pink sword projectile called "Light Beam" in the direction of the cursor. Because this ability has a short cooldown, not every swing of the sword launches a Light Beam. The True Excalibur is one of the ingredients necessary to craft the Terra Blade.

The projectile can pierce once, hitting up to two enemies.

Unlike the Excalibur, the True Excalibur is not capable of autoswing.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result Ingredients Crafting station True Excalibur (   ) Excalibur Broken Hero Sword Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil True Excalibur () Excalibur Chlorophyte Bar (24) total: 2 row(s)

Crafting tree

 Desktop version:

Hallowed Bar × 12 ( )

Chlorophyte Ore × 120

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Excalibur

Chlorophyte Bar × 24

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True Excalibur

 Console version,  Old-gen console version,  Mobile version, and 3DS version:

Hallowed Bar × 12 ( )

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Broken Hero Sword ( (25%) / (0.04%)

Excalibur

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True Excalibur

Used in

Result Ingredients Crafting station Terra Blade ( ) True Night's Edge True Excalibur Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil Terra Blade (  ) True Night's Edge True Excalibur Broken Hero Sword total: 2 row(s)

Notes

• Due to their similar properties and counterpart characteristics, the True Excalibur can be compared to the True Night's Edge:
  • The True Night's Edge does 50% ( 30%) more damage, but is only 62.5% as fast. The Light Beam can go through one block-wide gaps, both horizontally and vertically, while the Night Beam, the glowing sword projectile fired by the True Night's Edge, can pass through solid one block-thick walls if standing directly adjacent. It cannot be fired vertically through ceilings or floors.
  • Because it spins, the Night Beam effectively hits more enemies than the Light Beam. However, the Light Beam can be launched more often and moves at a faster speed.
  • The True Excalibur has a 7.69% ( 20%) lower DPS as it does less damage and the more speed bonus doesn’t make up for it. Note that DPS is merely a rough estimate and far from being a reliable stat for comparison.
• On the  Mobile version, the beams fire faster when rapidly tapping the screen (thrice a second) than using the autoswing (twice a second).

Trivia

• The Light Beams quickly pulsate, which can be viewed in detail by riding in a Minecart at full speed and firing straight forward.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Crafting recipe now requires Chlorophyte Bars rather than a Broken Hero Sword.
  • Can now autoswing.
  • Damage increased from 66 to 70.
  • Projectile now pierces once, hitting up to 2 enemies.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 60 to 66.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage increased from 55 to 60.
  • Projectile cooldown reduced from 0.5 to 0.2 seconds.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4’s 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.1.
  • Damage increased from 60 to 66.

• Console 1.06:
  • Damage increased from 55 to 60.
  • Projectile cooldown reduced from 0.5 to 0.2 seconds.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Damage increased from 55 to 60, shoots projectile more rapidly.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.