Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Melee weapon |
|---|---|
| Rarity | White |
| Damage | 8 melee |
| Knockback | 4 |
| Critical strike chance | 4% |
| Use time | 12 (Very fast) |
| Buy price | 14 silver |
| Sell price | 2 silver 80 copper |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Shortsword | 6 × Iron Bar | Iron Anvil |
Quick iron thrusts and directional cursor aiming
Fabricated at an anvil with 6 Iron Bars, the Iron Shortsword delivers rapid jabs aligned with the player cursor. Striking at a brisk 12 use time, it inflicts 8 base melee damage and 4 knockback. This high-frequency thrusting helps fend off individual charging foes in narrow exploratory shafts, allowing miners to dig and defend simultaneously without wide swinging animations. Because thrusts can be directed upwards or downwards, players can easily dispatch bats on ceilings or slimes in pits.
Bar conservation and comparison with broadswords
Crafting this shortsword requires two fewer bars than the Iron Broadsword, leaving extra ingots for early tools or an anvil. While broadswords provide wider clearance for swarms, this blade delivers focused strikes with negligible delay. It is slightly weaker than the Lead Shortsword, but remains handy for narrow shaft exploration. It serves as a practical defensive sidearm while hoarding ingots for an iron pickaxe or chestplate. The Legendary modifier provides the greatest boosts to speed, damage, and reach.
Trivia
- The Iron Shortsword requires only 6 Iron Bars to craft, the lowest of any iron weapon.
- Omnidirectional thrusting allows players to poke enemies through small single-block gaps.