Turtle armor

Turtle Armor is made by first killing Giant Tortoises to obtain their shells. You will also need Chlorophyte Ore to turn into bars. This set is the highest defense granting set in the game.

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 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. This set costs 54 Chlorophyte Bars (324 pieces of Chlorophyte Ore) as well as 3 Turtle Shells. 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).

Tips

 * Best tanking accessories are Paladin's Shield, reducing damage to your friends, Frozen Turtle Shell and Ankh Shield, granting you immunity to debuffs like Broken Armor, which can be very helpful in hardmode fights.
 * You can combine chest and legs with Chlorophyte Mask to have higher damage and defense, but at the cost of losing the Thorns effect.