Orichalcum armor

Type	Armor
Defense	10
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	11% increased movement speed
Rarity
Sell	135
Research	1 required

Type	Armor
Defense	13
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	6% increased critical strike chance
Rarity
Sell	180
Research	1 required

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	: 42 /  : 30 /  : 27 (set)
Set Bonus	Flower petals will fall on your target for extra damage
Rarity
Sell	540 (set)

Orichalcum armor is a Hardmode armor set and is the counterpart to Mythril armor. Like all Hardmode ore armors, Orichalcum armor has three different headwear options, allowing players to focus on magical, melee, or ranged combat, and each with a corresponding set bonus. Crafting a one-helmet set requires 54 Orichalcum Bars or 216 Orichalcum Ore. Crafting all five pieces requires 78 Orichalcum Bars or 312 Orichalcum Ore.

Whenever the player strikes an enemy while wearing a full set, a flower petal is summoned at the edge of the screen and shoots to the other end of the screen. The flower petal will always be aimed at the enemy that triggered it, but it will damage any other enemy that it goes through. The flower petal has 36 base damage and can pierce, causing damage to multiple foes in a line with a single attack. Petals travel very quickly and pass through solid blocks and liquid with ease. There is a 20 frame cooldown before another flower petal can be summoned again, meaning that this set bonus adds roughly 100 DPS.

Set[]

Helmet variants[]

Orichalcum Headgear

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	4
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	18% increased magic critical strike chance Increases maximum mana by 80
Rarity	04*
Sell	225
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 1212
Internal Armor ID: 88

Orichalcum Mask

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	19
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	11% increased melee damage and melee speed 7% increased movement speed
Rarity	04*
Sell	225
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 1210
Internal Armor ID: 86

Orichalcum Helmet

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	7
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	15% increased ranged critical strike chance 8% increased movement speed
Rarity	04*
Sell	225
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 1211
Internal Armor ID: 87

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Orichalcum Breastplate	Orichalcum Bar (24)	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Orichalcum Headgear	Orichalcum Bar (12)
Orichalcum Helmet	Orichalcum Bar (12)
Orichalcum Leggings	Orichalcum Bar (18)
Orichalcum Mask	Orichalcum Bar (12)

Notes[]

The flower petals will destroy most background objects, like Pots or the Larva inside a Bee Hive, which can lead to accidentally summoning the Queen Bee.
The flower petals can be triggered by minion attacks and the stars from the Star Cloak.

Tips[]

Orichalcum armor test using dyes on accessories

No dye	Pink Dye	Violet Dye

To color-match items to Orichalcum armor, use Violet Dye instead of Pink Dye.
Orichalcum armor's set bonus is powerful against worm-type enemies like Wyverns or The Destroyer, as the petals will hit all of the worm's segments if they enter at a lucky angle.
This armor is effective with high fire-rate weapons such as the Clockwork Assault Rifle, which can trigger the set bonus constantly.

Trivia[]

Orichalcum is a metal mentioned in ancient writings, but its nature and means of creation is lost to history, leaving it known only by name. It is frequently used in fantasy works as a material more valuable than real-world metals, but there is little consistency between its properties in popular culture.