Guide:Crafting an Ankh Shield

Note
THIS GUIDE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. ALL FEATURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Introduction
The Ankh Shield is a necessary end-game accessory which grants full resistance to knockback and fire blocks, aswell as offering invulnerability to the debuffs Weak, Broken Armor, Poisoned, Bleeding, Slow, Confused, Silenced, Cursed and Darkness. It is crafted at a Tinkerer's Workshop by combining the Obsidian Shield and the Ankh Charm.

Before attempting to get the Ankh Shield, you have to realize that, although you may have stumbled upon one or two of the necessary items to craft it, it will not come along easily. You will have to set up farms for this and it will be extremely time consuming. You have been warned, this is a daunting task, but, if you think it's worth it (which I would agree with you) then begin as soon as possible, because you'll be busy for a while.

Meaning
The term Ankh is in reference to the Egyptian "the key of life" or "the key of the Nile." The Latin term Crux Ansata literally translates to "cross with a handle," hence the symbol on the Shield itself, and on one of its components, the Ankh Charm. The pronunciation is best described here

System
In this guide, there will be a tiered system approach which is not to be confused with any other tier system on the Terraria Wiki.

The system works like this:
 * There are four levels of crafting.
 * Level 1 is the "Result Level." In this level resides the Ankh Shield.
 * Level 2 is the "Sub-Result Level." Here is the Ankh Charm and the Obsidian Shield.
 * Level 3 contains the ingredients for each item in the Sub-Result Level.
 * Finally, Tier 4 contains the ingredients for the items in Level 3.

Tier Four
Here resides the Armor Polish, Vitamins, Adhesive Bandage, Bezoar, Trifold Map, Fast Clock, Megaphone, Nazar and Blindfold.

Finally there is the Blindfold, which has no crafting recipe, but, rather is a 1% drop from Dark Mummies.

Armor Polish
This item is a 1% drop from Blue Armored Bones, Armored Skeletons and Paladins which gives immunity to the Broken Armor debuff. I would suggest going to attaining this item from Blue Armored Bones, because they spawn extremely rapidly in the Hardmode Dungeon. In order to get easy access to hundreds of these enemies at a time, you should set up a grinder in the Dungeon. Use a bed or teleporter to get to said grinder easily, for this should be in hardmode if it is to work, and Diabolists can get in the way greatly (by that I mean repeatedly murdering you).

A basic grinder for this task is an Actuator door controlled room with Lihzahrd traps (Mostly Ball Traps). If you haven't gained access to the Lihzahrd Temple, first of all, I would recommend getting that sorted out before continuing with this guide; however, if you don't want to wait or if you need the Ankh Shield for some other reason, you can manually fight off the enemies with a projectile weapon that can go through walls (ie: Death Sickle).



Vitamins
This item is a 1% drop from Corruptors and Floaty Grosses which gives immunity to the Weak debuff. Since your world will either have one or the other, but never both (unless you manually generate the Crimson or Corruption), you will have to follow the guide that is applicable to you.


 * If your world has the Crimson, click here.
 * If your world has the Corruption, scroll down to the section on the Trifold Map, Megaphone, Fast Clock and Blindfold.