Blade of Grass

Blade of Grass

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	18 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 28 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Melee)
Knockback	4.5 (Average) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 3 (Very weak) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 30 (Average) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Velocity	20
Tooltip	Has a chance to poison enemies
Rarity	03*
Sell	54 SC
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	25%
Duration	7 seconds

Projectile created

• Leaf Blade
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 190
• Internal Buff ID: 20
• Internal Projectile ID: 976

(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Blade of Grass attacking and inflicting the Poisoned debuff on Target Dummies and a Skeleton, spawning its projectiles on each swing. Note how it targets the Skeleton and only pierces two enemies.

(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) The Blade of Grass attacking and inflicting the Poisoned debuff on a Target Dummy.

The Blade of Grass is a pre-Hardmode sword crafted using materials from the Underground Jungle. It has a decent size and swing reach, and has a 1/4 (25%) chance of inflicting the Poisoned debuff for 7 seconds upon striking enemies.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, the Blade of Grass is roughly equal to the Volcano in size, making it one of the largest swords in pre-Hardmode. When swung, it fires a small, green Leaf Blade projectile that flies upwards in a circle, leaving behind a green particle effect resembling leaves. The Leaf Blade projectile can pass through blocks, has 20 armor penetration, can automatically target enemies within a radius of 9.375 tiles, deals 25% base damage (4 base damage), can pierce one enemy, and has the same chance to inflict Poisoned for the same duration as the sword itself.

The Blade of Grass is one of the key ingredients in crafting the Night's Edge.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Blade of Grass	Stinger12 Jungle Spores15 Vine3	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Blade of Grass	Jungle Spores12 Stinger15

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Night's Edge	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
	Blood Butcherer Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano

Notes

• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Note that if gathering the crafting materials for a Blade of Grass in Hardmode, it will be far more difficult to farm Stingers, as the Hornets and Spiked Jungle Slimes that drop them will spawn less often. The enemy that becomes more common during Hardmode is the Moss Hornet, which does not drop Stingers.

Trivia

• The Blade of Grass is a pun which refers to the fact that individual grass leaves are known as "blades" of grass.
• It is the second largest sword in pre-Hardmode, after the Volcano.
• Prior to the 1.2 update, the Blade of Grass appeared to be a grass sawtooth katana (). This was a reference to the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (literally "Grass-Cutting Sword"), a legendary Japanese sword. The sprite was changed into a larger, double-edged sword with a high increase of grass texture.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.3: Fixed Blade of Grass Razor Leaves not inflicting Poisoned.

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Sprite updated. Old sprite was: .
  • Added an upward spiraling leaf-like projectile that fires on swing.
  • Damage reduced from 28 to 18.
  • Use time reduced from 30 to 20.
  • Increased knockback from 3 to 4.5.
  • Crafting recipe now requires 3 Vines, and the Jungle Spore cost has been increased from 12 to 15.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now requires only 12 Stingers instead of 15.

• Desktop 1.2: Sprite updated. Old sprite was: .

• Desktop 1.1:
  • No longer requires the Silver Broadsword to be crafted.
  • Spore requirement reduced from 20 to 12. Stinger requirement reduced from 20 to 15.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Can inflict the Poisoned debuff, ingredients changed from 40 Jungle Roses to 20 Jungle Spores.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Now only requires 12 Stingers instead of 15. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Now only requires 12 Stingers instead of 15. ()

• Console 1.02: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.2.

• Console-Release: Introduced with mechanics and recipes from Desktop 1.1.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.2.

• Mobile 1.1.5536:
  • No longer requires the Silver Broadsword to be crafted.
  • Spore requirement reduced from 20 to 12. Stinger requirement reduced from 20 to 15.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.1.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics, recipes, and sprites from Desktop 1.2.