The Black Scythe

The Black ScytheHardmode exclusive

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Statistics

Type	Weapon – Healer
Damage	20 (Radiant)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	8%
Use time	22 (Fast)
Tooltip	Grants 2 soul essence on direct hit Rapidly spins a shadow scythe all around you Dealing damage grants you stacking damage and withers enemies at 50 stacks
Grants Buff	Soul Essence
Buff tooltip	Upon reaching 5 stacks of soul essence, you recover (<Bonus Healing>) health and (<3 × Bonus Healing>) mana
Grants Buff	Darkness Within
Buff duration	10 seconds
Buff tooltip	Only the strongest foes will feed your hunger
Inflicts Debuff	Wither
Debuff duration	3 seconds
Debuff tooltip	WITHER AWAY!!!
Rarity
Buy / Sell	25  / 50000*5
Research	1 required

The Black Scythe is a Hardmode radiant weapon that is sold by the Tracker after completing the "Tracker's End" contract. When swung, it will produce a double-edged shadow scythe that spins in a full circle around the player, damaging enemies. Like other Black Weapons, it grants the Darkness Within buff, granting stacking damage for each hit before peaking at 50 stacks. After reaching 50 stacks, it will inflict the Wither debuff on hit enemies.

Upon striking an enemy, the user will gain 2 stacks of Soul Essence.

Tips

• It is recommended that you use any Black Weapons along with The Black Cane as the Darkness Within buff that it creates will stack, making it easier to get to 50 stacks.

History

• 1.6.0.0: Sprite updated.
• 1.5.1.1: Added Soul Essence mechanic.
• 1.5.1.0:
  • Damage increased from 15 to 20 and critical strike chance increased from 4% to 8%.
  • Sell value increased from 25000*2  50  to 125000*12  50 .
• 1.5.0.0:
  • Damage decreased from 40 to 15.
  • Sell value decreased from 125000*12  50  to 25000*2  50 .
• 1.4.3.0:
  • Reduced maximum damage stacks from 100 to 50.
  • Reduced Wither duration from 10 to 3 seconds.
• 1.4.1.0: Removed shadow damage.
• 1.4.0.0: Introduced.