Board Thread:Help Desk/@comment-10283732-20130601015740

So, I just entered hard mode and while traveling underground through the corruption, i died before my magic mirror could zap me out of danger. On my first item rescue mission with secondary equipment, i died again before I could reach them...On the third attempt, my computer was closed while I was out of the room and I lost my progress and dropped items. Among them were many items found only in the dungeon (that is, according to this wikia; I'm new to the game so I'm taking its word) such as the cobalt shield. Before going into hard mode, I emptied out the dungeon completely and now those items are gone. Is that it? Have I lost the convenience of the Obsidian Shield for the rest of the game? Frankly, if that is so, I would rather just start over.  