Old Nail

Old Nail

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Statistics

Type	Weapon – Crafting Material
Damage	9 (Melee)
Knockback	3 (Very weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	'Years of age and wear have blunted its blade'
Rarity	00*
Sell	16

The Old Nail is a Pre-Hardmode melee weapon that drops from destroying certain ambient objects underground or the 'fake' sword in most Enchanted Sword Shrines. In combat, it works similar to the Arkhalis, but lacks the autoswing. When attacking from below, the player will bounce on top of enemies.

Crafting

Used in

Result Ingredients Crafting station Sharpened Nail Old Nail Marble Block (30) Silver Bar or Tungsten Bar (10) Anvil

Trivia

The Old Nail and its upgrades are references to the indie game Hollow Knight. It is the player character's starting weapon.

History

• 0.6.4: Introduced.