The Shard

The Shard is a  Hard Mode shortsword that can be acquired early on in Hard Mode and provides a reliable melee weapon throughout this part of the game, it has quite an extensive range and speed to compensate for it being a shortsword.

Stats

 * 39 Melee Damage
 * Very Fast speed
 * Weak knockback
 * "Not just any shard"

Crafting
crafted at:
 * 25 Ice Blocks
 * Light Shard
 * 10 Diamonds
 * Frost Core
 * Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil