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Stats
| Type | Potion or food |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Blue |
| Buy price | 10 silver |
| Sell price | 2 silver |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Ironskin Potion | 1 × Bottled Water, 1 × Daybloom, 1 × Iron Ore | Bottle |
| Ironskin Potion | 1 × Bottled Water, 1 × Daybloom, 1 × Lead Ore | Bottle (cannot be reversed in Shimmer) |
Alchemical mineral blending for flat defense mitigation
Ironskin Potion is mixed at a placed Bottle or Alchemy Table using Bottled Water, Daybloom, and either Iron Ore or Lead Ore. Drinking it applies the Ironskin buff for 8 minutes, granting an immediate +8 defense bonus that stacks with all equipped armor and accessories.
Essential protection scaling across boss difficulty tiers
Because defense reduces damage by 0.5 per point in Classic mode, 0.75 in Expert, and 1.0 in Master mode, the potion absorbs 4 to 8 damage from every incoming hit. This flat reduction is vital for early boss fights like the Eye of Cthulhu and remains a standard buff preparation throughout Hardmode progression.
Trivia
- Ironskin Potion can be crafted with either iron or lead ore interchangeably regardless of world generation metal variants.