Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Accessory |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Lime |
| Defense | 5 |
| Buy price | 25 gold |
| Sell price | 5 gold |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Ankh Shield | 1 × Obsidian Shield, 1 × Ankh Charm | Tinkerer's Workshop |
Amulet warding matrix and total status affliction immunity
Constructed at a Tinkerer's Workshop by uniting an Obsidian Shield with an Ankh Charm. This shield grants 5 defense, immunity to knockback, and protection from fiery blocks like meteorite and hellstone. Most importantly, it bestows comprehensive protection against 11 debilitating status debuffs: Bleeding, Broken Armor, Confused, Darkness, Slow, Weak, Poisoned, Silenced, Stoned, Chilled, and Cursed. This warding barrier keeps the character moving and attacking unhindered during intense monster assaults. It eliminates status ailments from common cavern creatures.
Defensive tanking stability and paladin shield divergence
The Ankh Shield is an outstanding defensive item for cavern exploration, Hardmode Dungeon crawling, and Blood Moon events where debuff-inflicting monsters abound. For pure boss fights where most debuffs are not inflicted, alternatives like the Frozen Shield or Paladin's Shield provide stronger raw damage mitigation. Reforging the Ankh Shield to Warding raises its defense contribution to 9, creating an unyielding protective bulwark.
Trivia
- Its complex crafting tree requires twelve distinct items traced across drops from numerous Hardmode monsters.
- It does not protect against boss-specific curses such as Moon Bite, Feral Bite, or Cursed Inferno.