Blade of the Mountain
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 78 Melee |
| Knockback | 7 (Strong) |
| Elemental Bonus |   |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 60 Snail |
| Velocity | 5 |
| Tooltip | Parries physical or Ice projectiles, including your own Icefall crystals Deals more damage at the tip of the blade Hitting on the very tip of the blade can freeze enemies Enemies with knockback immunity cannot be frozen 'Send them to their snowy grave' |
| Lore | 'Once a normal greatsword wielded by a well-known warrior of the Iron Realm, her final battle being against a great bear in the mountains. The bear was slain, but the warrior's injuries sealed her death shortly after. The icy blood of the bear fused with the blade, chilling it with an enchanting glow. The blade laid to rest besides it's owner, until another warrior discovered it many years later.' |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Frozen |
| Debuff duration | 0.33-29 seconds |
| Debuff tooltip | brrr |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 3  |
| Research | 1 required |
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Blade of the Mountain
| Dropped by | ||
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Quantity | Rate |
| Calavia, Warrior of the Iron Realm | 1 | 100% |
The Blade of the Mountain is a Pre-Hardmode sword that can be obtained by either killing Calavia or sparing her and forging it from the Zweihander. When used, it will perform a large swing, slightly pushing the player forward. The player can hold the attack button to keep the blade above their head and swing by releasing the button. Enemies further away from the player will take bonus damage, scaling with distance. The maximum bonus damage is +20 at 3.75 tiles or further.
Striking parryable or Ice projectiles will deflect them, including ice crystals created by the player's Icefall. Additionally, the Blade of the Mountain can parry Calavia's sword strike. Striking enemies with the very tip of the blade will inflict the Frozen debuff, with its duration scaling off the enemy's health (more health equals shorter duration).
Its best modifier is Godly.
Forging
Recipe
| Result | Ingredients | NPC |
|---|---|---|
 Blade of the Mountain |
 Zweihander |
 Calavia
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Notes
- Blade of the Mountain cannot deflect projectiles that deal more than 200 / 400 / 600 damage, homing projectiles, as well as certain blacklisted projectiles:
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History
- 0.8.0.4050: Added a hitlag effect.
- 0.8.0.4:
- Removed the crafting recipe.
- Can now parry ice crystals created by the player's Icefall.
- 0.8.0.399:
- Now deals more damage the further away the enemy is.
- Now has a visual effect when freezing an enemy.
- 0.8.0.35: Can now cut tiles.
- 0.8:
- Added a lore tooltip.
- Decreased sell price from 3 5
to 3 . - Reworked:
- No longer has a chance to freeze enemies and no longer inflicts Frostburn.
- Now has a custom swing animation, inflicts the Frozen debuff on enemies struck with the tip of the blade, and can deflect projectiles.
- Increased damage from 42 to 78 and use time from 32 to 60. Decreased critical strike chance from 14% to 4%.
- Now requires 1 Zweihander and 12 Gathic Cryo-Crystals in its recipe instead of 1 Ice Blade, 14 Pure-Iron Alloys, and 2 Grim Shards.
- 0.8.0.3 (1.3): Resprited. Previous sprite was:
- 0.7.9: Introduced.
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