Obsidian Swordfish

Obsidian Swordfish

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	70 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	24%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	4
Rarity	07*
Sell	1
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Obsidian Swordfish
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 2331
• Internal Projectile ID: 367

Not to be confused with the pre-Hardmode Swordfish, another spear which is obtained through fishing.

Animation of the Obsidian Swordfish. Note the high amount of critical hits.

The Obsidian Swordfish is a Hardmode spear. It has the second-highest base damage of any spear (beaten only by the North Pole). However, it is very short compared to other Hardmode spears. It is obtained via fishing in lava, by using any lava fishing method (including lava bait or Lavaproof Fishing Hook) during Hardmode, or only by using the Hotline Fishing Hook.

The Obsidian Swordfish has an extraordinarily high base critical strike chance of 24% as opposed to the usual 4%. This gives it not only the highest base critical strike chance of any melee weapon, but also the second highest of any weapon, tied with the Sky Fracture and surpassed only by the Sniper Rifle.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

Notes

• The world does not need to be in Hardmode in order to catch this item. However, a Hotline Fishing Hook is required, which can only be obtained in Hardmode worlds.

Tips

• It is possible to obtain the Obsidian Swordfish at the start of Hardmode. On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, catching it only requires lava bait. It is significantly better than the best pre-Hardmode spear, the Dark Lance.

Trivia

• Despite having sword in the name, this weapon is not a sword, but a spear.
• Obsidian Swordfish have a strikingly similar appearance to Obsidifish.
• In real life, obsidian is extraordinarily sharp, which may be why the weapon has such a high crit chance.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Changed the fishing requirements from needing the Hotline Fishing Hook at any point to instead need any lava fishing method in Hardmode only.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.