Volcano

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	36 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	30 (Average)
Tooltip	'It's made out of fire!'
Rarity
Sell	54
Research	1 required
Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	50%
Duration	3 seconds
Use

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	40 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	40 (Very slow)
Tooltip	'It's made out of fire!'
Rarity
Sell	54
Research	1 required
Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	50%
Duration	3 seconds
Use

Fiery Greatswords(demo) — Fiery Greatsword (Before Volcano) attacking Target Dummies. Notice its ability to reach two at the same time.

Not to be confused with the

Large Volcano and

Mini Volcano, two decorative items.

The Volcano (on PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader) or Fiery Greatsword (on Old-gen console, Windows Phone, Old Chinese, 3DS , and tModLoader Legacy) is a sword crafted from Hellstone Bars. While it lacks autoswing and has a slow swing speed, it has the second-longest reach and second-highest damage of all swords in Pre-Hardmode. It generates a small explosion whenever it hits an enemy, dealing extra damage to the original target and nearby enemies, and it has a 50*1/2 (50%) chance per individual hit to inflict the On Fire! debuff for 3 seconds. It emits fiery light particles when swung. It is one of the key ingredients in crafting the Night's Edge and one of the most powerful pre-hardmode weapons.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Fiery Greatsword	Hellstone Bar20	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Volcano	Hellstone Bar20	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Night's Edge	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
only: Night's Edge	Blood Butcherer Muramasa Blade of Grass Fiery Greatsword
only: Night's Edge	Light's Bane Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano
only: Night's Edge	Blood Butcherer Muramasa Blade of Grass Volcano

Trivia[]

The Volcano has the highest base damage of all the swords used to craft the Night's Edge.
Through "usual" game progression, this is usually the last of the Night's Edge ingredients attained, requiring a trip to the Underworld and some hazardous mining. That said, it is entirely possible to make an early Underworld run and get the Volcano even before killing Skeletron and searching for the Muramasa.
The Volcano used to be called the “Fiery Greatsword” until it was changed to Volcano in 1.4.4.

History[]

PC version

Desktop 1.4.4:
- Renamed to Volcano.
- Upon striking an enemy, Volcano will generate a fiery explosive area of effect, dealing additional damage to the original target and nearby enemies.
- Use time increased from 30 to 40.
- Sprite updated. Previous was:

Desktop 1.4.1: Damage increased from 36 to 40

Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Use Time decreased from 34 to 30.
- Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.2:
- Sprite updated. Previous was:
- Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.

Desktop 1.0.6: Now inflicts the On Fire! debuff.

Desktop 1.0.5: Damage increased from 34 to 36.

Desktop-Release: Introduced, as Fiery Greatsword.

Console version

Console 1.02:
- Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.2.
- Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.

Console-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

Nintendo Switch version

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile 1.2.6508:
- Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.2.
- Hellstone Bars needed to craft it reduced from 35 to 20.

Mobile-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced with sprites, recipes, and mechanics from Desktop 1.2.

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Volcano

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Crafting[]

Recipes[]

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Trivia[]

History[]

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