Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Armor |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Orange |
| Defense | 9 |
| Buy price | 3 gold |
| Sell price | 60 silver |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Molten Breastplate | 20 × Hellstone Bar | Iron Anvil |
Hellstone smithing and melee power
Hammered at an Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil with 20 Hellstone Bar ingots, the Molten Breastplate delivers 9 defense and boosts melee damage by 7%. Smelting the required bars necessitates mining hellstone from the molten Underworld and combining it with obsidian at a Hellforge. As the centerpiece of the Molten armor set, it offers the highest individual torso defense available before entering Hardmode.
Underworld survival and Wall of Flesh preparation
Uniting this breastplate with Molten Helmet and Molten Greaves bestows 25 total set defense, prevents the player from suffering the On Fire! debuff, and applies an ignite effect to melee strikes. This defensive threshold greatly exceeds Shadow Scalemail and Crimson Scalemail, allowing warriors to absorb punishment from lava bats and demon scythes while challenging the Wall of Flesh. The fiery protection ensures melee fighters withstand contact damage while swinging close-range weapons along underworld bridge tracks.
Trivia
- Requires bars smelted from obsidian and raw hellstone at a Hellforge.
- Provides the highest defense value among pre-Hardmode chest armor pieces.