Talk:Armored Skeleton

Armor polish drop?
I have been attempting for a while now to get some Armor Polish from these skeletons, but so far have only received a few Beam Swords and the skeleton banner. Can anyone else confirm that they actually drop the Armor Polish, or perhaps I am just very unlucky? Ivysaur1996 (talk) 22:45, 14 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes they do actually drop armor polish i have got it a few times from armored skeletons so your just very unlucky.


 * 2015, v1.3; i can confirm the drop. killed 400 of them in hardmode in a hallowed cavern and got ONE armor polish, pre-mechanical bosses. mby the droprate is a bit broken or i was just unlucky but except for the armor polish i got every rare thing multiple times. mechanical boss spawners, hallowed keys, beam swords, lots of Lost Girls, Hallowed Mimics and normal Mimics spawns.


 * 27 Feb, 2016, 11:06PMEST: Could it be that the Drop rate is bugged? I have the exact same issue as of the current version, and have not had any past issues with any of the other Ankh Charm pieces.


 * 2019, v1.3; The drop rate is definitely not 1% in all cases.  Either (a) there is a bug, or (b) only the 400/400 Heavy Skeletons drop it, or (c) it drops at a much lower rate pre-mechanical bosses and becomes 1% later.


 * Looking at the source code, I can confirm that the drop chance for the Armor Polish is 1% /  at all times. It is dropped by the NPCs with the IDs 77, 273, 274, 275, and 276, i.e. both Armored Skeletons and all four Blue Armored Bones variants. --Rye Greenwood (talk) 20:20, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I believe you about the source code, but there must be a bug then because it's definitely not dropping at a 1% rate. Not just me, but many people have asked about the same thing for this item specifically.  Every other rare item, even rarer items, has dropped like 10 times already.  Statistics isn't magic, multiple people can't all be that (un)lucky for that long.  Can you find the bug in the source code and let them know how to fix it? ^^

Damage swapped?
The page indicates that damage switched from 36 to 260, but I've been hit by these things and had about 50 armor. They didn't seem to be that much of a threat. I think the numbers are just in the wrong order.