User blog:Deter2/Good early hardmode items

you can go fishing (previous article on fishing )

also farming souls of light and night for 15 or more can craft a key of light/night. after grabbing a fair amount of these farm chest, then put 1 key in a chest to summon a crimson/hollow/corrupt mimic the always drop items and a few can be good even at late hardmode and even post-plantera (farm corrupt and crimson for best results)

if palladium is in your world, its armor can be really useful for farming and dealing with enemies. but you should switch when fighting bosses because of its low defense. cobalt is rather useless but for a pickaxe. crafting chainsaws for close combat instead of swords is is actually a good thing because of dps, also spears can be used for range.

the nights edge is good pre and early hardmode

the wizard gives you spell tomes which can craft great early-hardmode items. also demon scythe is very underestimated for late-hardmode and sometimes early hard mode but the slow start can be used as a barrier while your attacking with ranged or mage items. then it speeds up to go for the kill. It can go a long way even after post-plantera. if your fast enough a demon scythe could trap a enemy. demon scythe is op against worm enemies.

mimic farming anywhere could benefit. but ice mimic farming is the way to go. the ice bow has a good velocity like a marrow but slower.