Enchanted Sword (NPC)

Enchanted SwordHardmode exclusive

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Hallow
AI Type	Flying Weapon AI
Damage	80/160/240
Max Life	200/400/600
Defense	18
KB Resist	60%/64%/68%
Banner	Enchanted Sword Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Cursed
Debuff tooltip	Cannot use any items
Chance	33%
Duration	4810 seconds

Drops

Coins	1025

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Nazar
  1%2%
• Blessed Apple
  0.5%0.67%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 84

This article is about the enemy. For the weapon of the same name, see Enchanted Sword (item).

The Enchanted Sword is a Hardmode enemy which spawns in the Underground Hallow. It hovers and spins before lunging at the player, traveling through any blocks to reach them. Any knockback dealt to it disrupts its attack, forcing it to pause and spin again. It can inflict the Cursed debuff.

Notes

• Like most other enemies with the ability to pass through tiles, Enchanted Swords are unable to spawn if the player is standing in front of valid housing walls.
• Like most other Hallow enemies, Enchanted Swords can only spawn on top of Hallowed grass, Pearlstone, Pearlsand, or Pink Ice. They can do so even if the player is not specifically in a Hallow biome.
• Like Chaos Elemental the Enchanted Sword will not spawn if:
  • The player is standing in front of a player-placed background wall;
  • An NPC is housed nearby.
  • The player has not moved or used items for 5 seconds, even when moving on Minecarts or Conveyor Belts. However auto-jumping accessories such as Frog Leg and similar items still count as movement, as does the continuous flight offered by Soaring Insignia. Being grappled into platforms and some other tiles simultaneously counts as movement because the hook resets after 10 minutes.

Tips

• The Arkhalis or Terragrim are excellent weapons to deal with this enemy, as even a single hit forces to recharge its spin. In effect, they can act as a shield surrounding the player, completely impassable by the Enchanted Sword.
• The enchanted sword can pass through blocks, however they can be hit through blocks by melee weapons.

Trivia

• The Enchanted Sword shares the same sprite as Excalibur, except with a blue glow. Fittingly, Excalibur is crafted using Hallowed Bars. Both were introduced in the 1.1 update, during which Excalibur was the strongest sword in the game.
  • The Enchanted Sword item, introduced in 1.2, has a completely different sprite.

The Bestiary entry for the Enchanted Sword: "Animated by the blessed light of the crystals, it will slice through anything to cleanse the world's evils."

• This implies that the player is evil or protecting something evil, as the sword targets the player as soon as it can.

See also

• Cursed Hammer, the Corruption counterpart
• Crimson Axe, the Crimson counterpart

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.1: No longer drops the Blade Staff.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now has a chance to drop the Blade Staff and can no longer drop the Blessed Apple.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now has a chance to drop the Blessed Apple.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.