Light's Bane

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	16 (Melee) / 8 (Slash of Darkness) /; 17 (Melee)
Knockback	5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Rarity
Sell	27
Research	1 required
Use

The Light's Bane is a Pre-Hardmode broadsword crafted solely out of Corruption Demonite Bars, considered to be an upgrade from the Gold Broadsword and the Platinum Broadsword. It has a Crimtane counterpart, the Blood Butcherer, which is stronger and larger but also much slower. It is one of the first five Demonite items available to the player, along with the Demon Bow, the War Axe of the Night, the Fisher of Souls, and the Malaise, as it does not require Shadow Scales to craft. It is notably faster and slightly smaller than the metal broadswords. It creates a purple streak when used.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Light's Bane	Demonite Bar10	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Night's Edge	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
only: Night's Edge	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar

Light's Bane offers higher DPS than the War Axe of the Night. However, the latter has better range.
- However, on the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, and tModLoader version, the Light's Bane has better range, as its size has been increased in 1.4.0.1.
The Breaker is even stronger, but is incredibly slow, making it less efficient.
It is still important to craft the Light's Bane, as it is needed to craft the Night's Edge later on in the game.
The swing of the Light’s Bane offers a new sweeping effect as of 1.4.4, which provides more range. This effect increases in size during a critical attack.

Desktop 1.4.4: Damage reduced from 18 to 16. Now generates a slash of darkness when the sword is swung, dealing half of the base damage of the sword