How do I find Enchanted Sword Shrines?

[Northern Star]

The information I have found on them is very vague, and I have had no luck finding any :/

[MKJoker]

When on the surface, look for a very straight Vertical hole going a long distance into the ground that you wouldn't be able to fit into barely.

It's hard to miss when you see it.

[Boiledteabag]

Postat inițial de Northern Star:

The information I have found on them is very vague, and I have had no luck finding any :/

Its not even good, its only a good weapon if you per chance run by it on a new character.

And since everyone on steam is obsessed with making brand new characters 100 times a day fresh ones at that theres no point in looking for one unless you wanna brag about how you found one after rolling alot of worlds.

[Carrier Pidgeons]

It's literally just a random chance under forests, if I remember right. Use of Spleunkers, good pickaxes / digging claw, and getting lucky are your best odds.

That (special, rarer) sword is a lot worse.

[RocketPotatoL62]

i managed to find an enchanted sword long ago on my first terraria days but my luck went down hill from there,
finding the enchanted sword is more rare than 10 tims and 20 doctor bones spawning in the same area,and unless you find it very early game its a very weak weapon and even it's hard mode counterpart is easier to obtain by far

[MKJoker]

Postat inițial de Sonic_BasementDweller62:

i managed to find an enchanted sword long ago on my first terraria days but my luck went down hill from there,
finding the enchanted sword is more rare than 10 tims and 20 doctor bones spawning in the same area,and unless you find it very early game its a very weak weapon and even it's hard mode counterpart is easier to obtain by far

Weird, maybe they increased the rate they spawn on Expert, but I've found 3 so far since 1.3.

[Ember]

Postat inițial de Sonic_BasementDweller62:

i managed to find an enchanted sword long ago on my first terraria days but my luck went down hill from there,
finding the enchanted sword is more rare than 10 tims and 20 doctor bones spawning in the same area,and unless you find it very early game its a very weak weapon and even it's hard mode counterpart is easier to obtain by far

Now that they added the enchanted sword shrine it's much easier to obtain, not to mention that it's buffed stats makes it arguably one of the better pre-hardmode weapons.

[Pixel Peeper]

Not to mention the 10% chance to get an Arkhalis, which is ridiculously awesome pre-hardmode.

OP, the telltale 1-tile straight tunnels are what give away the location of the "Sword in the Stone" treasure rooms. However, they usually don't reach quite all the way to the surface. Generally, you'll want a way to see through blocks to find them.

[Northern Star]

Lol... Just found a fake one...

[RocketPotatoL62]

they made it so its not a 1/10000000000000000000000 to find it? well thats a relief to item collectors everywhere

[Pixel Peeper]

Postat inițial de Sonic_BasementDweller62:

they made it so its not a 1/10000000000000000000000 to find it? well thats a relief to item collectors everywhere

Each "Sword in the Stone" treasure room has a 1/3 chance of having a functional sword. 90% of the time it's an Enchanted Sword, 10% of the time it's an Arkhalis.

So basically the rarest item here is the Arkhalis at 1/30 chance per Sword in the Stone treasure room.

[RocketPotatoL62]

wow before 1.3 this subject was nothing but a ultra rare dull sword stuck in a rock

[Northern Star]

I'm really going for the Arkhalis... Will take me a while, I am sure.

[Pixel Peeper]

Postat inițial de Northern Star:

I'm really going for the Arkhalis... Will take me a while, I am sure.

With a decent way to scan the surface, I'd say less than two hours on average. With huge variation on account of luck, of course.

With no way to scan the surface... yikes.

[♥♥♥♥]

i found one while searching caves it was just in a rock that i mined

[Captain Chet]

I made a video on how I found the Enchanted Sword Shrines in case anyone needs a more visual tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwcZ3PF1OsA

I actually found Arkhalis on my first ever try at this so that was pretty amazing. The Shrines were pretty spread out for me (two on the right and one on the left of the map), so make sure you check the whole map. Hopefully the video helps!