Legacy:True Night's Edge

 

This is the Legacy page whose information relates to the article True Night's Edge.
It applies only to the Old-gen console and 3DS versions of Terraria, detailing their differences from modern versions.

On the  Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, the True Night's Edge fires a glowing, spinning, green, sword-shaped Night Beam projectile in the direction of the cursor every 0.86 seconds by default. The projectile deals 100% of the sword's damage (78 base damage). The fire rate can be increased by melee speed bonuses.

The sword also has the highest base damage of any pre-Plantera sword.

Crafting

Recipes

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

Crafting tree

Jungle Spores × 12 ( Underground Jungle )

Stinger × 15  ( )

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Hellstone × 60 ( Underworld )

Demonite Ore × 40  ( )

Crimtane Ore × 40  ( )

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Hellstone Bar × 20

Demonite Bar × 10

Crimtane Bar × 10

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Blade of Grass

Muramasa

Fiery Greatsword

Light's Bane

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Blood Butcherer

Broken Hero Sword (0.04%)

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Night's Edge

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True Night's Edge

Notes

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

• 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 30% more damage, but is only 50% 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 13.33% lower DPS as it may swing faster but has less damage 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.