Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Armor |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Light Red |
| Defense | 14 |
| Buy price | 7 gold 50 silver |
| Sell price | 1 gold 50 silver |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Palladium Mask | 12 × Palladium Bar | Iron Anvil |
Heavy melee visor and point-blank protection
Forged from 12 Palladium Bar ingots at an Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil, the Palladium Mask offers 14 defense for melee brawlers. It increases melee damage and melee speed by 12% each. Serving as the melee headpiece of the tier, it provides heavy base protection to withstand hardmode monsters without immediately needing higher ore tiers.
Sustained health recovery during close skirmishes
Combining the mask with Palladium Breastplate and Palladium Leggings brings overall armor to 32 defense and activates Rapid Healing upon striking adversaries. Because melee characters engage at point-blank range, continuous health restoration offsets incoming hits significantly. Compared to Cobalt Helmet, which emphasizes attack speed, Palladium Mask grants superior endurance that remains relevant through early mechanical boss challenges and blood moon events.
Trivia
- Functions as the melee headwear for the Palladium set, contrary to Cobalt where the helmet is melee.
- Grants 14 defense, matching the highest single-piece armor rating of tier-1 hardmode ores.