Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Melee weapon |
|---|---|
| Rarity | White |
| Damage | 11 melee |
| Knockback | 6 |
| Critical strike chance | 4% |
| Use time | 19 (Very fast) |
| Buy price | 1 silver |
| Sell price | 20 copper |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Shadewood Sword | 7 × Shadewood | Work Bench |
Crimson timber crafting and wide defensive swings
Crafted from 7 Shadewood at a basic Work Bench, the Shadewood Sword provides early survival capability within Crimson worlds. Swinging with an overhead melee arc, it delivers 11 base melee damage alongside 6 knockback at Very fast swing speed (19 use time). This broad coverage fends off erratic Crimson pests like Blood Crawlers and Crimson Goldfish, keeping early spelunkers guarded against common surface hazards.
Wood weapon comparisons and legendary prefix
The blade matches Ebonwood Sword for the highest attack value among all pre-Hardmode wooden broadswords, noticeably outdamaging the basic Wooden Sword and Boreal Wood Sword. Because it lacks innate autoswing and projectile capabilities, engaging tough adversaries like Eye of Cthulhu requires cautious spacing until securing a Blood Butcherer or silver broadsword. For optimal combat efficiency, reforging to Legendary provides peak increases to damage, swing speed, size, and knockback.
Trivia
- Tied with the Ebonwood Sword, it boasts the highest base damage of any craftable wooden sword in pre-Hardmode.
- Chopping crimson trees on day one allows brand new characters to obtain it before mining any metallic ore.