Ankh Shield



The Ankh Shield is a Hardmode accessory that provides immunity to 10 different debuffs, knockback immunity, and provides an additional 4 defense. It is crafted from an Obsidian Shield and an Ankh Charm at the Tinkerer's Workshop. See Guide:Ankh Shield for more information on how to craft it.

The Ankh Shield currently entails one of the most complex crafting trees in Terraria. It provides immunity from all of the following debuffs:

Tips

 * The Ankh Shield can be obtained before defeating any Hardmode bosses, and can be a very useful accessory when one does decide to fight them.

Trivia

 * Ankh was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that meant "life", this character is depicted in the shield.
 * Of all accessories, the Ankh Shield and the Celestial Stone offer the third most base defense, being bested only by the Paladin's Shield which has 6 base defense, and the Flesh Knuckles which has 7 base defense.
 * On the PC version, there are twelve debuffs that can occur that this cannot block; Blackout, Cursed Inferno, Frostburn, Frozen, Ichor, Mana Sickness, On Fire!, Potion Sickness, Tipsy, Venom, Stoned, Webbed, and Moon Bite.
 * You can negate Frozen by using a Hand Warmer.