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Shadow armor
  • Shadow armor equipped (male)
  • Shadow armor equipped (female)
Stack digit 1
Statistics
Type
Defense19 (set)
Set BonusIncreased movement speed and acceleration
RarityRarity level: 1
Sell180 (set)
    Shadow armor (demo)

    All of the Shadow Armor's effects, including the Rocket Boot's purple flames.

    Shadow armor is an armor set that consists of the Shadow Helmet, Shadow Scalemail, and Shadow Greaves. The individual pieces provide a total of 19 defense, equal to its Crimson counterpart, Crimson armor. Each of the 3 pieces provide a +5% boost to critical strike chance (for a total of +15%), while wearing all 3 pieces at once grants an additional set bonus of +15% movement speed and an acceleration speed bonus.

    Wearing a full set causes the player to display an afterimage effect during motion (similar to Necro armor) and emit shadow particles. Also, the Rocket Boots will emit purple flames (this does not occur with Spectre Boots or any of its derivatives).

    Crafting a full set requires a total of 60 Demonite Bars (180 / 240 Demonite Ore) and 45 Shadow Scales. Defeating the Eater of Worlds twice can provide enough to craft a full set.

    Shadow armor pieces are interchangeable with pieces from the Ancient Shadow armor set, while still providing the same 15% increased movement speed set bonus, but not the afterimage effect.

    Set[]

    Shadow Helmet
    • Shadow Helmet item spriteold Shadow Helmet item sprite
    Stack digit 1
    Statistics
    Type
    Defense6
    Body slotHelmet
    Tooltip5% increased critical strike chance
    RarityRarity level: 1
    Sell75
    Research1 required
    Shadow Scalemail
    • Shadow Scalemail item spriteold Shadow Scalemail item sprite
    Stack digit 1
    Statistics
    Type
    Defense7
    Body slotShirt
    Tooltip5% increased critical strike chance
    RarityRarity level: 1
    Sell60
    Research1 required
    Shadow Greaves
    • Shadow Greaves item spriteold Shadow Greaves item sprite
    Stack digit 1
    Statistics
    Type
    Defense6
    Body slotPants
    Tooltip5% increased critical strike chance
    RarityRarity level: 1
    Sell45
    Research1 required

    Crafting[]

    Recipes[]

    ResultIngredientsCrafting station
    Shadow GreavesShadow Greaves
    Iron AnvilIron Anvil
    or
    Lead AnvilLead Anvil
    Shadow HelmetShadow Helmet
    Shadow ScalemailShadow Scalemail
    Shadow GreavesShadow Greaves
    ShimmerShimmer Transmutation
    Shadow HelmetShadow Helmet
    Shadow ScalemailShadow Scalemail

    Used in[]

    ResultIngredientsCrafting station
    Ancient Shadow GreavesAncient Shadow Greaves
    ShimmerShimmer Transmutation
    Ancient Shadow HelmetAncient Shadow Helmet
    Ancient Shadow ScalemailAncient Shadow Scalemail

    Trivia[]

    • Despite requiring the fewest resources to craft, the Shadow Helmet sells for the most.

    History[]

    • Desktop 1.4.4: Melee speed bonuses on each piece changed to +5% universal Critical chance.
    • Desktop 1.1:
      • Bars requirement reduced by 5 for each item (from 20/30/25, respectively).
      • Graphics variant for female characters added.
    • Desktop 1.0.6:
      • 15% bonus for full set changed from melee attack speed to movement speed.
      • Each piece of armor now gives 7% to melee attack speed.
    • Desktop 1.0.5:
      • Full set turns Rocket Boots's sparks purple.
      • The Eater of Worlds no longer drops Shadow armor pieces when slain.
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