Dragon armor

Type	Armor
Defense	26
Bonus	15% increased melee speed and damage; 15% increased critical strike chance
Body slot	Helmet
Rarity
Sell	10

Type	VanitySet
Tooltip	Ceremonial armor of a fabled warrior
Rarity
Buy	2 25 (set)
Sell	45 (set)

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	60
Set Bonus	21% increased melee and movement speed
Rarity
Sell	45 (set)

Dragon Armor or Dragon Set is a top tier Hardmode melee armor / vanity set. It consists of the Dragon Mask, Dragon Breastplate and Dragon Greaves. If the full set is visible, the player will have an afterimage, similar to Necro armor.

On the Old-gen console and 3DS versions, a full set grants 60 defense, 20% increased melee damage, 25% increased critical strike chance, 38% increased melee speed and 35% increased movement speed. Each separate piece of Dragon armor has an 11% chance to be dropped by Ocram, or can otherwise be crafted.

On the Console version, the set is vanity, offering no defense or bonus when equipped, and is occasionally sold by the Traveling Merchant.

Set[edit | edit source]

Note: The stat bonuses are exclusive to

Old-gen console and

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Dragon Breastplate

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	20
Bonus	10% increased critical strike chance 5% increased melee damage
Body slot	Shirt
Rarity	00*
Sell	20

Internal Item ID: 5004

Dragon Greaves

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	14
Bonus	12% increased movement speed 2% increased melee speed
Body slot	Pants
Rarity	00*
Sell	15

Internal Item ID: 5007

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Recipes[edit | edit source]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Dragon Breastplate ()	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate Soul of Might (15) Soul of Blight (20)	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Dragon Breastplate ()	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate or Titanium Breastplate Soul of Might (15) Soul of Blight (20)
Dragon Greaves ()	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings Soul of Might (15) Soul of Blight (15)
Dragon Greaves ()	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings or Titanium Leggings Soul of Might (15) Soul of Blight (15)
Dragon Mask ()	Hallowed Mask Cobalt Helmet Mythril Helmet Adamantite Helmet Soul of Blight (15)
Dragon Mask ()	Hallowed Mask Cobalt Helmet Mythril Helmet Adamantite Helmet or Titanium Mask Soul of Blight (15)

Notes[edit | edit source]

Old-gen console and 3DS users will require a world with Cobalt and Mythril Ore. If the player's world has Palladium/Orichalcum Ore instead of Cobalt/Mythril, the player will either have to make a new world, or fish for Crates (creating a new world may be quicker than fishing for crates). You can also farm Ocram as he will rarely drop each armor piece.
Despite the stats saying the critical hit rate are 15% for the mask and 10% for the breastplate, they are in fact 10% and 5% respectively. This means a full set only provides a total of 15% increase in critical hit rate rather than the listed 25%.
On the mobile version, all existing Dragon armor pieces were replaced by Chlorophyte armor pieces after the update to version 1.3.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Dragon armor is one of the best melee armor sets in the game, however it can be outclassed by Beetle or Turtle armors in certain aspects, so this can be regarded as a situational set.
Though it is a very effective melee set, the Turtle armor provides an extra 5 defense points, is easier to obtain, and has the Thorns set bonus, which returns all of the damage taken by melee attacks back to the attacker.
If you are willing to forgo the set bonus, the Beetle Scale Mail offers 8% increased melee damage and critical strike chance, and 6% increased movement and melee speed (with a positive change in defense), though is harder to obtain.
Dragon Armor can be considered an upgrade of the Shadow armor.