Brimstone Sword

Brimstone Sword

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	70 Melee
Knockback	7.5 (Very Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	28 Slow
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons brimstone geysers on hit Press Right Click to throw the sword like a javelin that explodes on hit
Inflicts Debuff	Brimstone Flames 100% chance
Debuff duration	5 seconds (Contact) 3 seconds (Explosion, Thrown, Geyser)
Debuff tooltip	Incinerating both body and mind
Rarity
Sell	4  80
Research	1 required

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Use

The Brimstone Sword is a craftable Hardmode broadsword that autoswings. When used with its primary fire (left-click), it summons a brimstone geyser on enemy hits that lingers for a short time before dissipating. When used with its secondary fire (right-click), it throws the sword in a similar fashion to most javelin-like weapons: traveling for a moderate distance before being heavily affected by gravity. The thrown sword pierces four times and upon hitting the first enemy, it causes a shortly lingering explosion that deals 50% of the weapon's damage. The sword, geysers, and explosions inflict the Brimstone Flames debuff.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Unholy Core	6
Result
	Brimstone Sword	1

Notes

• Only the left-click attack can receive true melee boosts.
• Due to the relative ease of crafting this sword, as well as how early it can be obtained, this weapon will remain a very powerful choice well into Hardmode.

Trivia

• This item was previously known as the "Profaned Sword". This was likely changed in order to prevent any kind of unwanted connections with Providence, the Profaned Goddess.

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

• 2.0.4.001:
  • No longer has a 150% size modifier.
  • No longer deals half damage if a true melee hit critically strikes.

• 2.0.3.001:
  • Right click javelins now grant 10 effective local immunity frames instead of 5.
  • Fixed right click still having a melee hitbox.

• 2.0.2.001:
  • Nerfed damage from 100 to 70, and use time from 23 to 28.
  • Javelins and geysers now pierce 4 times instead of infinitely, and explosions now pierce once instead of twice.
  • Geysers inflict Brimstone Flames for 3 seconds instead of 2, and explosions inflict Brimstone Flames for 3 seconds instead of 4.
  • Javelins now only spawn explosions on their first hit.
  • Decreased the geyser's lifespan from 4 seconds to 2.
  • The javelin now grants 10 local immunity frames.
  • The geyser now grants -1 local immunity frames instead of setting global immunity frames to 7.
  • Decreased sell price from 7  20 to 4  80 .

• 2.0.1.001: Now only receives 33% of melee swing speed boosts.

• 1.5.1.001: Explosion now inflicts Brimstone Flames for 4 seconds instead of 10.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Buffed damage from 75 to 100 and direct hits and geyser projectiles now inflict Brimstone Flames for 5 seconds instead of 2.
  • Geyser projectiles now deal 50% less damage if they critically hit.

• 1.4.5.005: Now has a 150% size modifier.

• 1.4.5.001:
  • Resprited.
  • Fixed it using the wrong projectile.

• 1.4.4.002: Buffed damage from 61 to 75.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • Fixed explosion not benefitting from increased all-class damage.
  • Swing now functions in PvP.

• 1.4.2.107: Projectiles are now briefly invisible upon spawning.

• 1.4.2.105:
  • Tooltip now mentions that its effect occurs on hits in general instead of just enemy hits.
  • Sword mode now creates explosions on hit.
  • Left click now counts as true melee and sets NPC immunity frames to 6 instead of 8.

• 1.4.2.102:
  • Can now be right clicked to be thrown.
  • Increased Brimstone Flames duration from 1.67 seconds to 2.

• 1.4.2.001: Geysers now deal melee damage.

• 1.3.4.101: Resprited.

• 1.3.3.011: Renamed from "Profaned Sword" to "Brimstone Sword".

• 1.3.0.001: Buffed damage from 55 to 61.

• 1.2.1.007: Resprited.

• 1.2.0.001: Nerfed damage from 62 to 55.

• 1.1.7.851: Explosions now set NPC immunity frames to 7.

• 1.1.7: Introduced.