True Night's Edge

True Night's Edge

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	70 / 95 (Melee)
Knockback	4.75 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	32 (Slow)
Velocity	14
Rarity	08*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• True Night's Edge
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 675
• Internal Projectile ID: 973

Animation of the True Night's Edge. Notice its inability to pierce.

The True Night's Edge is a Hardmode sword. It has the highest base damage of any pre-Plantera sword. It is also a stronger version of the Night's Edge, doing more damage and firing a glowing, spinning, green sword projectile called "Night Beam" in the direction of the cursor. Because this ability has a short cooldown, not every swing of the sword launches a Night Beam (as of  PC version, every swing will now launch a beam). The True Night's Edge is one of the ingredients necessary to craft the Terra Blade.

Unlike the Night's Edge, the True Night's Edge is capable of autoswing.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipe

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: True Night's Edge	Night's Edge Broken Hero Sword	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: True Night's Edge	Night's Edge Soul of Fright20 Soul of Might20 Soul of Sight20

Crafting tree

 PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version:

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 30 ( )

Crimtane Ore × 30 ( )

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 12 ( )

( )

Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

/

/

/

/

Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Volcano

Light's Bane

or

Blood Butcherer

/

Night's Edge

Soul of Sight × 20 ( )

Soul of Might × 20 ( )

Soul of Fright × 20 ( )

/

True Night's Edge

 Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version,  Old Chinese version, Nintendo 3DS version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version:

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 12  15  ( )

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 30  40  ( )

Crimtane Ore × 30  40  ( )

( )

Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

/

/

/

/

Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Fiery Greatsword

Light's Bane

or

Blood Butcherer

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

/

Night's Edge

/

True Night's Edge

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Terra Blade	True Night's Edge True Excalibur Broken Hero Sword	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: Terra Blade	True Night's Edge True Excalibur

Notes

• Due to their similar properties and counterpart characteristics, the True Night's Edge can be compared to the True Excalibur:
  • The True Night's Edge does -3% ( 30%) more damage, but is only 78% as fast. The Light Beam, the glowing sword projectile fired by the True Excalibur, can go through one block-wide gaps, both horizontally and vertically, while the Night Beam 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 45% ( 27%) higher DPS as it may do less damage but has more speed than the True Night's Edge. Note that DPS is merely a rough estimate and far from being a reliable stat for comparison.

Trivia

• The Night Beam seems to resemble a regular Night's Edge colored green, rather than a True Night's Edge.
  • The beam color resembles that of Cursed Flames.
• Unlike most projectile swords, the True Night's Edge fires a spinning projectile instead of a straight one.
• The True Night's Edge resembles the old sprite for the Night's Edge, with duller shading.
• The True Night's Edge is the item refrenced for the foil terraria badge.
• The True Night's Edge has a higher base damage than its successor, the Terra Blade.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Damage increased from 90 to 105.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 78 to 90.
  • Use time increased from 24 to 26.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 78.
  • Projectile cooldown decreased from 0.75 to 0.4 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: ()
  • Damage increased from 78 to 90.
  • Use time increased from 24 to 26.

• Console 1.06:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 78.
  • Projectile cooldown decreased from 0.75 to 0.4 seconds.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Damage increased from 70 to 78.
  • Shoots projectiles more rapidly.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.