Weapons & Equip Terragrim obtainability buff and Enchanted Sword buff.

[HammerHoovy🌳]

Terragrim is a decent weapon although it is VERY rare. It only has a 2% chance of being obtained from breaking an Enchanted Sword Shrine. To make things even worse the Enchanted Sword Shrine is also rare. I'm not a maths guy so I can't calculate the exact odds of getting a Terragrim from a Large World but I know that the odds sure aren't high.

I don't think I have ever obtained a Terragrim from playing normally. The only time I've obtained one is by exiting the world without saving after breaking an Enchanted Sword Shrine so you basically get an infinite number of attempts to get the Terragrim from the same Shrine. But the player shouldn't have to do that just to be able to reasonably get a Terragrim.

Proposed obtainability buffs:

1. Make Enchanted Sword Shrines more common and increase the chance of getting Terragrim from breaking one. 1 in 50 chance is way too low.

2. Maybe make Terragrim renewable somehow? Could be through fishing or some expensive crafting recipe. Could maybe leave it as an item that isn't obtainable in every world though as long as it isn't way too rare.


I also want to buff Enchanted Sword. It feels a bit too bad for being a rare weapon. I suggest giving it an aura. I think we need more aura swords and I think Enchanted Sword is special enough to warrant getting one. I think Enchanted Sword was fine before its nerf in 1.4.

I don't know if Terragrim needs a stat buff. I haven't used it much at all due to how rare it is. So it's really hard for me to say.

But I'm very interested to hear what others have to say about these two weapons. So please leave your thoughts down below in a comment.

 

[Lynxical]

Enchanted Sword suffers a very frustrating fate, and so does Terragrim

Terragrim would not fix its issues even if it were a 1/10 like the Arkhalis before. It is simply too small.
Enchanted Sword is ok, but Starfury is better, especially after the buffs and reworks.

Terragrim needs to be bigger and needs an easier obtainment method.
Enchanted Sword needs a better beam timer, I think it's 45 currently, bump it down to 40, or even 30, then you could also give it an aura, to make it feel more special.

 

[NateTheGameK]

Terragrim is currently a good weapon for EoC and Skeletron, and is especially viable for BoC/EoW. Overall, I think the weapon itself needs a slight buff to account for rarity (something like 5 or 10 armor penetration would help it immensely), but otherwise it's in a good spot stat-wise.

Overall I do think this change is warranted, especially for Enchanted Sword. Currently it's kind of left in the dust, considering how it's currently outclassed by Blade of Grass and even Falcon Blade, something vastly easier to get.

 

[Green_Metaknight]

Overall I do think this change is warranted, especially for Enchanted Sword. Currently it's kind of left in the dust, considering how it's currently outclassed by Blade of Grass and even Falcon Blade, something vastly easier to get.

Falcon Blade is from fishing. IT IS NOT VASTLY EASIER TO GET.

 

[J Bame]

might be a little too easy but i'd like it if Enchanted Sword could just be shimmered into Terragrim

even in its best case it really isnt that strong that it has to be extremely rare, there are times where it's pretty mediocre due to just how limited the range is, and the novelty of it as an uber-rare item has long since worn off

enchanted sword is fine it just needs to be more common

if you dont want to make it more common minor stat or range buff and call it a day

 

[Lynxical]

Terragrim is currently a good weapon for EoC and Skeletron, and is especially viable for BoC/EoW. Overall, I think the weapon itself needs a slight buff to account for rarity (something like 5 or 10 armor penetration would help it immensely), but otherwise it's in a good spot stat-wise.

Overall I do think this change is warranted, especially for Enchanted Sword. Currently it's kind of left in the dust, considering how it's currently outclassed by Blade of Grass and even Falcon Blade, something vastly easier to get.

I was gonna ask if Falcon Blade was better, but yeah, those stats are scarily close

Enchanted Sword: 100dps (rounded down from 100.2)

• 23(60/21)1.04+23(60/45)1.04

Falcon Blade: 78dps

• 25(60/20)1.04

Blade of Grass: 75dps (rounded up from 74.6)

• 18(60/20)1.04+4(60/20)1.04+6

Starfury: 136dps (rounded up from 135.7)

• 25(60/20)1.04+37(60/40)1.04

Each one at least has a niche, Starfury isn't even the best all the time due to BoG's range. Enchanted Sword has the second-highest DPS, but its rarity makes it impossible to get early enough to be "great". Falcon Blade while not the best is decently good and you can get it from the easy safety of fishing, as it's from Iron Crates, and decently common from them too.

 

[Stellar Mastodon 267]

I do agree that enchanted swords are gratuitously rare. Iirc there are only 5 in a large world. The most necessary buff would be making it so that when you move your character a different way they actually turn in that direction. This only happens with a few swords, mostly ones that have high use times, but I with they would all cease to do so. The enchanted sword especially.

 

[Zyraphim]

I like the idea of being able to get the Terragrim from fishing and making it more common
As for the Enchanted Sword and Terragrim buffs, they would be nice, but I don't have any strong opinions about it

 

[Big Sammich]

I think the weapons don't really need any buffs to combat ability, but I would definitely like it if they were more common. However, them being rare adds a certain mystique to them. So if they were to be made more common, they shouldn't be made too common.

 

[TheLusion]

Enchanted Sword to Arkhalis to Terragrim shimmer transmutation cycle would be great.

 

[Green_Metaknight]

Enchanted Sword to Arkhalis to Terragrim shimmer transmutation cycle would be great.

Arkhalis is a dev weapon now; it's from Hardmode treasure bags other than Queen Slime treasure bag.

 

[TheLusion]

Arkhalis is a dev weapon now; it's from Hardmode treasure bags other than Queen Slime treasure bag.

Yes, I mean for getting the Terragrim somehow in a single world for collectioners.