Turtle armor

Turtle Armor is one of the three hardmode end-game armor sets (the two others being Spectre Armor and Shroomite Armor). It is very powerful, being the highest defense granting armor set in the game. Although it empowers melee attacks, its primary purposes are survival and tanking. It is created from Chlorophyte Bars and the shells of Giant Tortoises.

There are no variations of this set available, and if the player chooses to wear it, they should orient themselves towards melee specialization, as well as maximizing defense via accessory reforging. This is because the player wearing it will be drawing monster attention towards themselves for the most part, granting a tanking status while everyone else can be largely ignored in case of playing with friends.

A full set grants also a vastly amplified thorns effect, powerful enough to deliver the full damage the enemy would otherwise give to a non-armored player after the player is injured. Also, when wearing the full set in the Social slots (or in Equip slots with empty Social), a turtle shell appears on the player's back (much like the Leaf Blower and Heat Ray backpacks, this disappears temporarily when using Wings).

Crafting this set requires a total of 54 Chlorophyte Bars (324 pieces of Chlorophyte Ore) as well as 3 Turtle Shells.

Tips

 * Best tanking accessories are Paladin's Shield for reducing damage to your friends, Frozen Turtle Shell, and Ankh Shield which grants you immunity to debuffs like Broken Armor, which can be very helpful in hardmode fights.
 * You can combine chest with Chlorophyte Mask and Hallowed Greaves to have higher damage, but at the cost of losing the Thorns effect.
 * The passive thorns effect can be very convenient as many monsters - especially weak ones - will deal more damage to themselves than to you, effectively killing themselves. This, when combined with an item which prevents knockback (such as the Cobalt Shield), often allows the player to completely ignore monsters.

Turtle Armor Set: 65 defense 14% increased melee damage 12% melee critical strike chance 3 x "Enemies are more likely to target you" "Set bonus: Attackers also take full damage"
 * v1.2.3 Defensive armor comparison chart:

Beetle Scale Set: 61 defense 14% increased melee damage 8% increased melee critical strike chance 12% increased melee speed 12% increased movement speed 2 x "Enemies are more likely to target you" "Set bonus: Beetles increase your melee damage and speed"

Beetle Shell Set: 73 defense 11% increased melee damage 5% increased melee critical strike chance 6% increased melee speed 6% increased movement speed 3 x "Enemies are more likely to target you" "Set bonus: Beetles protect you from damage"