Red Giant

Red Giant

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	425 (Melee)
Knockback	12 (Insane)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	36 (Very slow)
Tooltip	REALLY FRICKIN' BIG Hitting enemies with the blade inflicts Daybroken, with a chance to cause Wildfire Direct strikes also cause the blade to spurt lingering embers, which only inflict Daybroken 'A colossal weapon, forged in the everlasting inferno of a raging star'
Inflicts Debuff	Wildfire
Debuff duration	5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Burning alive
Inflicts Debuff	Daybroken
Debuff duration	5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Incenerated by solar rays
Rarity	10*
Sell	28

The Red Giant is a craftable Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist sword. Most notable for its incredible size, it inflicts Daybroken on hit with a chance to apply Wildfire as well. On hit, it will spawn several ember projectiles that linger on the ground for a time, also inflicting Daybroken.

Crafting

Recipes

Result Ingredients Crafting station Red Giant Solar Fragment (18) Ancient Manipulator

Gallery

The Red Giant's swing animation.

Trivia

• The name comes from the red giant phase of stellar evolution, in which the star swells to enormous size- which this item's huge size is meant to reference.