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The Horseman's Blade
  • The Horseman's Blade item sprite
Stack digit 1
Statistics
Type
Damage75 (Melee)
Knockback7.5 (Very strong)
Critical chance4%
Use time25 (Fast)
Velocity12
TooltipSummons Pumpkin heads to attack your enemies
Rarity8
Sell10

    The Horseman's Blade is an auto-swinging Hardmode, post-Plantera sword that summons homing pumpkin heads upon striking an enemy. It was the third strongest sword in the game prior 1.3.0.1, being beaten only by the True Night's Edge and the Terra Blade by 13 base damage. However, this weapon's homing projectiles can add up to more damage per swing than the Terra Blade. Despite it being called Horseman's Blade, it drops from Pumpking.

    The best Modifier available is Legendary.

    Notes

    • The player is unable to turn while swinging the sword, similar to the Excalibur.
    • The pumpkins do the same amount of damage as the sword and can also critically hit.
    • The sword can be seen in darkness, but casts no light on other objects.
    • Pumpkins may spawn and follow Spike Balls, enemy projectiles, and even bound NPCs.
    • The pumpkins won't spawn or home in on other players in PvP, but can damage other players if they are already spawned and happen to make contact.
    • Wearing full Frost Armor or a Fire Gauntlet, or using one of the many flasks that generate light on weapon swings, will cause pumpkin projectiles to glow as well.

    Tips

    • Attacking large segmented enemies such as the Destroyer or Wyvern with the blade will cause many pumpkins to spawn and attack.
    • Using an automatic Slime Farm, you can kill the Slimes with the Horseman's Blade to make pumpkins spawn and attack other foes, which is especially useful while fighting bosses and during the Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon.
    • Template:Console icon It is possible, due to the higher base damage, to get 115 damage using the Legendary Modifier.

    Trivia

    • The Horseman's Blade (and the Headless Horseman enemy) is a reference to the Headless Horseman featured in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) by Washington Irving. In the story's climax the main character is chased by the Headless Horseman that ultimately throws his head at him, the head afterwards revealed (to the reader) to actually have been a pumpkin. The story has since been referenced many times, as well as linked to Halloween due to Jack-o'-lanterns. In Disney's film adaption (1949) it appears as a Jack-o'-lantern on fire, which this item likewise might be a reference to.
    • Template:Pc icon Template:Mobile icon A Modifier prefix will be displayed incorrectly, such as "Godly The Horseman's Blade". This effect can also be seen on any other item starting with "The"

    History

    Template:Post-Plantera entities

    Template:Beam swords Template:Translation project

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