Rusty Sword

Type	Weapon
Damage	14 Melee
Knockback	5 Average
Critical chance	4%
Use time	17 Very Fast
Tooltip	Attacks might poison the hit enemy
Inflicts Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff duration	3 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Rarity
Buy / Sell	500050 / 100010

The Rusty Sword is a broadsword that is sold by the Confused Zombie. It applies the Poisoned debuff, dealing additional damage. It also emits particles when swung.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

In real life, contact with rust can cause a tetanus infection, which causes muscle spasms. Poison will have a similar effect on the human body, hence the Poisoned debuff.

History[edit | edit source]

1.6.0.3:
- Decreased use time from 19 to 17.
- Increased poison chance from 50% to 100% and duration from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
1.2.0.0: Introduced.

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True Damage weapons

Melee Weapons
Swords	Frost Fire Katana • Sandstone Scimitar • Thunder Talon • Ocean Slasher • Rusty Sword • Spoon • Kitchen Knife • Steel Blade • Tracker's Skinning Blade • Danger Daikatana • Thorium Blade • Magma Blade • Bellerose • Phaseblade • Blooming Blade • Whirlpool Saber • Darksteel Broadsword • Thor's Hammer - Melee • Bronze Gladius • Granite Saber • Blood Thirster • Champion's Swift Blade • Star Trail • Durasteel Blade • Grim Flayer • Blood Drinker • Saba • Blitz-zard • Glacier • Geode Saber • Dragon's Tooth • Tooth of the Consumer • Phasesaber • Doom Fire Axe • Warp Slicer • Scalper • Executioner • Rapier • Back Stabber • Thermogenic Impaler • Lodestone Claymore • Valadium Slicer • Midas' Gavel • Bloody High Claw • Prime's Fury • Titan Sword • True Blood Thirster • Soul Render • Dread Razor • Demon Blood Sword • Berserker Blade • Illumite Blade • Sol-Scorched Slab • The Black Blade • Wyvern Slayer • Astral Fang • Terrarium Saber • Essence of Flame • Terrarian's Last Knife
Spears	Ice Lance • Sandstone Spear • Ocean Polearm • Fork • Thorium Spear • Magma Polearm • Harpy Talon • Pearl Pike • Moonlight • Bronze Spear • Energy Storm Partisan • Dragon's Talon • Geode Spear • Flesh Skewer • Poseidon's Charge • Valadium Spear • Dread Fork • Demon Blood Spear • Illumite Spear • Terrarium Spear
Boomerangs	Cold Front • Bent Zombie Arm • Danger Doomerang • Thorium Boomerang • Magmatic Reflector • Giant Glowstick • Granite Reflector • Geode Boomerang • Ship's Helm • Climber's Ice Axe • Titan Boomerang • Terrarium Hyper Disc • Ocean's Judgement
Flails	The Snowball • Whip • Magma Flail • Sparking Jelly Ball • Darksteel Mace • Bone Flayer Tail • Geode Smasher • Flesh Mace • Ebony Tail • Mycelium Whip • The Sea Mine • Lodestone Breaker • The Juggernaut • Berserker Breaker • Mantis Shrimp Punch • Livewire Crasher • Seven Seas Devastator
Yoyos	Scorpain • Aerial • Red Hourglass • Illustrious • Bat Wing • Nocturnal • Sanguine • Arthropod • Eye of the Destroyer • Golem's Gaze • The Whirlpool • The Sick Throw • Skadoosh
Other	Drenched Dirk • Schmelze • Spearmint • Soul Reaver • Blood & Glory • Quake Gauntlet

Ranged Weapons
Bows	Frost Fury • Sandstone Bow • Talon Burst • Steel Bow • Danger Dual-shot • Thorium Bow • Yew Wood Bow • Feather Foe • Bramble Shot • Blooming Bow • Stream Sting • Darksteel Longbow • Eternal Night • Hemorrhage • Champion's Trifecta-Shot • Comet Crossfire • Cupid's String • Geode Longbow • Naga's Recurve • Flesh Bow • Cinder String • Glacial Sting • Lodestone Bow • Valadium Bow • Shu's Wrath • Destroyer's Rage • Titan Bow • True Eternal Night • True Hemorrhage • Terra Bow • Decaying Sorrow • Demon Blood Bow • Berserker Bow • Shadow-Flare Bow • The Black Bow • Terrarium Longbow • Omni-Bow • Quasar's Flare
Repeaters	Ocean Crossbow • Darksteel Crossbow • Granite Crossbow • Durasteel Repeater • True Hallowed Repeater • Demon Blood Crossbow • Illumite Shotbow
Guns	Thorium Revolver • Yew-Handled Flintlock • Harpy Pelter • Buccaneer's Blunderbuss • Shark Storm • Guano Gunner • Slugger • Hellfire Minigun • Energy Storm Bolter • Hit Scanner • Cobalt Popper • Palladium Sub-machine Gun • Spine Buster • Vega Phaser • Freeze Ray • Mythril Pelter • Orichalcum Pelter • Dragon's Gaze • Blood Belcher • S. S. Devastator • Funggat • Scorn • Tommy Gun • Armor Bane • Bullet Storm • Obliterator • Lodestone Quick Draw • Valadium Foe Blaster • Adamantite Carbine • Titanium Rifle • Trigun • Red-Fragment Blaster • Illumite Blaster • DMR • Nova Rifle • Mycelium Gatling Gun • Trench Spitter • Terrarium Pulse Rifle • Emperor's Will • Omni-Cannon
Launchers	Marine Launcher • Micro Launcher • Dread Launcher • Illumite Barrager • Launch Jumper • Buffalo Launcher • Phantom Arm Cannon • The Massacre • Terrarium Bomber • Supersonic Bomber • The Javelin
Other	Spud Bomber • Trapper • Webgun • Goblin Warpipe • The Zapper • Aqua Pelter • Man Hacker • Elephant Gun • Thor's Hammer - Ranged • Tranquilizer Gun • Hand Cannon • Ogre Snot-Gun • Teslanator • Shockbuster • Mineral Launcher • Charged Splasher • Spirit Breaker • Reject's Blowpipe • Hydro Pump • Wyrm Decimator

Magic Weapons
Staves	Ice Cube • Opal Staff • Onyx Staff • Enchanted Staff • Thorium Staff • Eighth Plague Staff • Magick Staff • Dark Wave • Vessel Buster • Shadowflame Staff • Obsidian Staff • Jelly Pond Wand • Geyser Staff • Vampire Scepter • Jungle's Wrath • Blooming Staff • Eel-rod • High Tide • Inferno Staff • Spine Breaker • Gorgan Gaze Staff • Light's Lament • Bloodboil • Energy Projector • Champion's Bomber Staff • Particle Whip • Night Staff • Cobalt Staff • Palladium Staff • Vile Spitter • Frost Plague Staff • Prism Staff • Borean Fang Staff • Mythril Staff • Orichalcum Staff • Sea Foam Scepter • Blood Clot Staff • Heaven's Gate • Demon Fire Blast-Wand • Lodestone Staff • Valadium Staff • Adamantite Staff • Titanium Staff • Hallowed Staff • Static Prod • Twin's Ire • True Light's Lament • True Bloodboil • True Hallowed Staff • Wither Staff • Chlorophyte Staff • Terra Staff • Demon Blood Staff • Berserker Staff • Harbinger Surge Wand • Dark Grip • Lightning Staff • Erupting Flare • The Black Staff • Charon's Beacon • Old God's Grasp • Ancient Flame • Ancient Frost • Ancient Spark • Terrarium Sage Staff • Cat's Eye Great Staff • Northern Light
Magic Guns	Detached U.F.O. Blaster • Crystal Phaser • Blackhole Cannon • Bass Booster • God Killer • Dread Blaster • P.L.G. 8999 • Super Plasma Cannon
Spell Tomes	Flurry • Wind Gust • Grave Buster • Dark Tome • Dragon's Breath • Stalagmite • Cyclone • Time Gate • Spores • Nuclear Fury • Almanac of Agony
Other	Siphon • Ignite • Dissolve • Poison • Freeze • Confuse • Charm • Pierce • Petrify • Magic Conch • Phantom Camera • Thor's Hammer - Magic • Hydromancer's Catalyst • Devil Dagger • Dynasty War Fan • Geomancer's Brush • Kinetic Knife • Wondrous Wand • Snow White • Harbinger Blade • Harbinger Spear • Harbinger Bow • Spectral Blade • Legacy • Ancient Light • Teleologic Imposition • Devil's Claw

Summoning Weapons
Minions	Living Wood Acorn • Seahorse Wand • Enchanted Barrier Wand • Butterfly Staff • Storm-Hatchling Staff • Rosy Slime Staff • Meteor Head Staff • Prehistoric Amber Staff • Taboo Wand • Viscount's Cane • Mantis Cane • Yarn Ball • Astral Barrier Wand • Blood Feaster Staff • Ice Fairy Staff • Mushymen Staff • Draconic Magma Staff • Blob-horn Coral Staff • Corruptling Staff • Crimson Hound Staff • Lady's Light • Master's Libram • Hail Bomber • Beholder Staff • Steamgunner Controller • Valkyrie Blade • Corrodling Staff • Eye of Odin • The Black Cane • Bloody Pagan Staff • Enigma Rift Staff • Nebula's Reflection • Ember Staff
Sentries	Antlion Staff • Spittin' Fish • Devourer Staff • Bleeding Heart Staff • Creeping Vine Staff • Nano Clam Cane • Strongest Link • Strange Skull • Weed Eater • Infernal Animator • Boulder Probe Staff • Totem Caller • Distress Caller • Fungal Cane • Mortar Staff • Void Lance • Aeon Staff • Rude Wand • The Incubator • Volt Module • Promethean Staff
Other	Rod of Flocking • Stellar Rod • Stellar System • Phantom Wand • Shadow Orb Staff

Thrown Weapons
Knives	Cactus Needle • Sandstone Throwing Knife • Shinobi Slicer • Enchanted Knife • Harpy's Barrage • Thorium Dagger • Danger Dagger • Magma Shiv • Dracula Fang • Naiad's Shiv • Aquaite Knife • Arcane Anelace • Molten Knife • Gauss Flinger • Embowelment • Light's Anguish • Fungal Popper • Kunai • Eviscerating Claw • Venom Kunai • Captain's Poignard • Hadron Collider • Carnwennan • True Embowelment • True Light's Anguish • True Carnwennan • Stalker's Snippers • Soul Cleaver • Terra Knife • Lihzahrd Kunai • Soulslasher • The Black Dagger • Shade Kunai • Dragon Fang • Witchblade • Brinefang • White Dwarf Cutter • Terrarium Ripple Knife
Throwing Spears	Stone Throwing Spear • Goblin War Spear • Cobalt Throwing Spear • Palladium Throwing Spear • Durasteel Throwing Spear • The Cryo-Fang • Lodestone Javelin • Titan Javelin • Shadow-Tipped Javelin • Star Eater • Swamp Rot • Deity's Trefork • Angel's End
Bombs	Meteorite Cluster Bomb • Pod Bomb • Morel Grenade • Clockwork Bomb • Legion Ornament • Bud Bomb • Soul Bomb
Plague Doctor Vials	Gas Container • Aphrodisiac Vial • Corrosive Vial • Nitrogen Vial • Combustion Vial • Plasma Vial
Balloons	Corrupter's Balloon • Festering Balloon • Crystal Balloon
Throwing Axes	Ocean Tomahawk • Iron Tomahawk • Lead Tomahawk • Demonite Tomahawk • Crimtane Tomahawk • Steel Throwing Axe • Phase Chopper • Granite Throwing Axe • Bronze Throwing Axe • Valadium Throwing Axe • Rift Tearer • Chlorophyte Tomahawk • Fire Axe
Shurikens	Sea Ninja-Star • Blooming Shuriken • Adamantite Ricochet • Titanium Ricochet • Shade Shuriken • Tidal Wave
Caltrops	Icy Caltrop • Spiky Caltrop • Shadow-Purge Caltrop • Proximity Mine
Others	Severed Hand • Crude Bat • Obsidian Striker • Bolas • Wack Wrench • Spike Bomb • Champion's God Hand • Chum • Volt Hatchet • Omniwrench • Rocket Fist • Hot Pot • Spark Taser • Axe Blade • Playing Card • Soft Serve Sunderer • Pharaoh's Slab • Cosmic Dagger • Electro-Rebounder • Shade Kusarigama

Radiant Weapons
Swords	Heretic Breaker • Life Quartz Claymore • Cursed Hammer • Light Bringer's Warhammer
Scythes	Wooden Baton • Ice Shaver • Dark Scythe • Crimson Scythe • Aquaite Scythe • Bat Scythe • Bountiful Harvest • Bone Reaper • Molten Thresher • Falling Twilight • Blood Harvest • Lustrous Baton • Bone Baton • Hallowed Scythe • Titan Scythe • True Falling Twilight • True Blood Harvest • True Hallowed Scythe • Terra Scythe • Morning Dew • Dread Tearer • Demon Blood Ripper • Illumite Scythe • The Black Scythe • Kineto-scythe • Christmas Cheer • Terrarium Holy Scythe • Reality Slasher
Maces	Rotten Cod • The Stalker • Templar's Judgement • Sacred Bludgeon • The Effuser
Staves	Shadow Wand • Feather Barrier Rod • Deep Staff • Life Disperser • Spirit Blast Wand • Omen • Heavenly Cloud Scepter • Midnight Staff • Iridescent Staff • Li'l Devil's Wand • Twilight Staff • Hallowed Blessing • Mind Melter • Spirit Bender's Staff • Friendly-Fire Staff • Pagan's Grasp • Cosmic Flux Staff • Life and Death • Lucidity
Spell Tomes	Leech Bolt • Blood Transfusion • Dark Contagion • Holy Fire • Wild Umbra
Other	Pill • Palm Cross • Cleric's Cross • Purified Water • Samsara Lotus • Poison Prickler • The Digester • Tranquil Lyre • Smiting Hammer • Hippocrati-crossbow • Lethal Injection • Pill Popper • Holy Hammer

Symphonic Weapons
Brass Instruments	Gold Bugle Horn • Platinum Bugle Horn • Didgeridoo • Alphorn • Vicious Mockery • Scuba Curva • Conch Shell • Hot Horn • Bone Trumpet • Dragon's Wail • Trombone • Serpent's Cry • 24-Carat Tuba • Shadowflame Warhorn • Zunpet • Prime's Roar • Cadaver's Cornet • Buisine • Ghastly French Horn • Organ • Betsy's Bellow • Duke's Regal Carnyx • Sousaphone
Percussion Instruments	Antlion Maraca • Drum Mallet • Tambourine • Seashell Castanets‎ • Steel Drum • Ebonwood Tambourine • Shadewood Tambourine • Sinister Honk • Blooming Bell • Aquamarine Wineglass • Jar O' Mayo • Bongos • Bronze Tuning Fork • Vinyl Record • Frostwind Cymbals • Hell's Bell • Wind Chimes • Xylophone • Portable Wintergatan • The Green Tambourine • Turtle Drums • Haunting Bass Drum • Jingle Bells • The Triangle • The Set
String Instruments	Ukulele • Grand Piano • Dynasty Guzheng • Skyware Lute • Yew Wood Lute • Sitar • Calaveras • Nocturne • Acoustic Guitar • Scholar's Harp • Lullaby • Riff Weaver • Violin • Eskimo Banjo • Sunflare Guitar • The Maw • Fishbone • Strawberry Heart • Siren's Lyre • Call of Cthulhu • Shooting Star Blast-Guitar • Edge of Imagination
Wind Instruments	Wooden Whistle • Icy Piccolo • Harmonica • Flute • Riveting Tadpole • Magma Rackett • Meteorite Oboe • Forest Ocarina • Panflute • Honey Recorder • Song of Ice & Fire • Mythril Melodica • Orichalcum Slide Whistle • Bagpipe • Geode Saxophone • Chrono Ocarina • Concertina • Kazoo • Steam Flute • Red Vuvuzela • Yellow Vuvuzela • Green Vuvuzela • Blue Vuvuzela • Clarinet • Bassoon • Pungi • Holophonor
Electronic Instruments	Sonar Cannon • Microphone • Granite Boom Box • Roboboe • Hallowed Megaphone • Midnight Bass Booster • The Bopper • The Black Otamatone • Terrarium Autoharp • Turntable • Sound Sage's Lament • Sonic Amplifier • Black MIDI

True Damage Weapons
Weapons	Adventurer's Lantern • Hex Wand • Icy Gaze • Bow of Light • Mjölnir

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