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 2 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.