If it's Christmas, you can obtain the Candy Cane Sword, which is dropped from Presents and is quite powerful and has great range. These are equivalent in power to Iron and Lead Broadsword and can be obtained quite easily and provide a great advantage at the beginning of the game. Alternatively, you can quickly venture into the Corruption or Crimson and chop down some trees to get an Ebonwood or Shadewood Sword, respectively. This is a large weapon with decent damage. Upon spawning, it's recommended you immediately craft a Wooden Sword, then quickly go to the Desert and make a Cactus Sword. The first weapon you start out with is a Copper Shortsword, which has short range and pitiful damage. There are 94 / 74 / 61 / 51 swords, 29 / 27 / 17 of which are Hardmode-exclusive. However, as the game progresses, most swords can also shoot projectiles, which increases their overall range. They have the shortest range of all weapons of the game. The sword is the most basic melee weapon of the game.
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