Turtle armor

Turtle armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	65 (set)
Set Bonus	Attackers also take double damage Reduces damage taken by 15%
Rarity	08*
Sell	1440 (set)

Turtle armor is a Hardmode armor set available after defeating all three mechanical bosses. The set consists of the Turtle Helmet, Turtle Scale Mail, and Turtle Leggings. A full set grants a vastly amplified Thorns effect, which reflects the full / twice the full damage from melee attacks onto the attacking enemy.

The full set of armor also provides the following:

• 14% increased melee damage,
• 12% increased melee critical strike chance,
• +65 defense
• +750 aggro, and
• 15% damage reduction.

With no vanity items covering the turtle armor, a turtle shell appears on the player's back (much like the Leaf Blower, Flamethrower, Elf Melter, and Heat Ray backpacks), if the full set is equipped.

Crafting this set requires a total of 54 Chlorophyte Bars ( 270 / 324 Chlorophyte Ore) and 3 Turtle Shells.

Set

Turtle Helmet

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	21
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	6% increased melee damage Enemies are more likely to target you
Rarity	08*
Sell	6
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1316
• Internal Armor ID: 99

Turtle Scale Mail

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	27
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	8% increased melee damage and critical strike chance Enemies are more likely to target you
Rarity	08*
Sell	480
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1317
• Internal Armor ID: 65

Turtle Leggings

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	17
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	4% increased melee critical strike chance Enemies are more likely to target you
Rarity	08*
Sell	360
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1318
• Internal Armor ID: 54

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Turtle Helmet	Chlorophyte Bar12 Turtle Shell	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Turtle Leggings	Chlorophyte Bar18 Turtle Shell
Turtle Scale Mail	Chlorophyte Bar24 Turtle Shell

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Beetle Helmet	Beetle Husk4 Turtle Helmet	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Beetle Leggings	Beetle Husk6 Turtle Leggings
Beetle Scale Mail	Beetle Husk8 Turtle Scale Mail
Beetle Shell	Beetle Husk8 Turtle Scale Mail

Notes

• Though it provides considerable defense, Turtle armor's bonuses to melee damage and critical strike chance are barely higher than those of Cobalt armor and Molten armor.
• If one intends to craft both chest pieces of the Beetle armor, a total of 78 Chlorophyte Bars (390 Chlorophyte Ore) and 4 Turtle Shells are required to craft the whole Beetle armor set.
• The set's Thorns effect cannot be improved by the Thorns Potion buff nor the Dryad's Blessing buff. It deals twice as much damage as a Thorns Potion but is otherwise identical.
• The reflected damage is decreased by banners (25% in Classic or lower, 50% in Expert or above), rerolled inversely by luck (having negative luck will give a chance to increase incoming damage, and thorns as a result) and capped at 1000 damage.
• Each armor piece of this set increases aggro by 250 points.

Tips

• The passive Thorns effect usually allows players to ignore weak enemies that rely on contact damage, especially when combined with a shield for knockback immunity.
  • However, the Thorns effect deals negligible damage compared to most Hardmode weapons, causing it to be relatively worthless for boss fights. The effect also does not activate when players are hit by lasers or other projectiles that bosses tend to use.
• Turtle armor works well as a support set for multiplayer since it draws aggro from enemies and bosses. It pairs well with the Paladin's Shield and both of its upgraded versions, increasing the survivability of the player's teammates as well as their own.
• Unlike the Helmet and Leggings, Turtle Scale Mail has relatively decent offensive stats. It can be combined with a Chlorophyte Mask or Hallowed Mask and Squire's Greaves for a much stronger offensive melee set, though it lacks the 15% damage reduction and Thorns effect of full Turtle armor.
• As of current versions, it is no longer possible to exploit this armor's Thorns effect to quickly defeat the Dungeon Guardian, as the Guardian's attack has been reduced to 1000 while its health remains at 9999 and the Thorns effect now deals 1 damage like all other attacks. Upgrading to Beetle armor, however, will allow the player to survive one hit while using a Lifeforce Potion and Endurance Potion. You also aren't able to use this exploit against the Empress of Light, despite her average defense and heavy damage.
• On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, the Turtle armor can be seen as the Hardmode counterpart of the Cactus armor.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Set bonus now gives 15% Damage Reduction.
  • Set bonus Thorns damage now does twice as much.
  • Sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Now dyes correctly.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Now used to craft the Beetle armor set.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Female sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Reduced the Turtle Helmet's defense from 23 to 21, the Turtle Scale Mail's from 30 to 27, and the Turtle Leggings's from 18 to 17. The combined defense was thus reduced from 71 to 65.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.