Spectre armor

Spectre armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	: 30 /  : 42 (set)
Set Bonus	: Reduces Magic damage by 40% and converts it to healing force Magic damage done to enemies heals the player with lowest health  : Magic damage done will hurt extra nearby enemies
Rarity	08*
Sell	18 (set)

Not to be confused with Spectral armor.

Spectre Armor is a Hardmode, post-Plantera armor set that offers magic weapon boosts. The set consists of the Spectre Robe and Spectre Pants, with either the Spectre Hood or Spectre Mask headpiece. Wearing a full set causes small white orbs to manifest whenever the player hits an enemy with a magic weapon. What these orbs do depends on the headpiece option chosen. The Spectre Mask causes the orbs to act as homing projectiles, while the Spectre Hood causes the orbs to travel to a player, healing them.

Crafting a full set with one headpiece requires 54 Spectre Bars (27 Ectoplasm and 54 Chlorophyte Bars (324 Chlorophyte Ore)). The full set with both headpieces requires 66 Spectre Bars (33 Ectoplasm and 66 Chlorophyte Bars (396 Chlorophyte Ore)).

Crafting a full set with one headpiece requires 54 Chlorophyte Bars (324 Chlorophyte Ore) and 54 Ectoplasm. The full set with both headpieces requires 66 Chlorophyte Bars (396 Chlorophyte Ore) and 66 Ectoplasm.

Spectre Mask set bonus: Homing orb projectiles spawn when dealing magic damage to an enemy, which attack nearby enemies, or the same enemy. Orb damage is 50% / 100% of the damage dealt by the magic weapon fired, before it is doubled by a critical hit (if a critical hit deals 200 damage, the orb will have 50 / 100 base damage).

Spectre Hood set bonus: Life steal orbs spawn when dealing magic damage to an enemy, which fly to the player and restore health by 20% of damage done (eg. dealing 50 magic damage heals 10 health). In team multiplayer, the player with the lowest health is healed instead. Note that equipping the Spectre Hood incurs a -40% magic damage decrease.

Set

Spectre Robe

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	14
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	7% increased magic damage and critical strike chance
Rarity	08*
Sell	6
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1504
• Internal Armor ID: 66

Spectre Pants

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	10
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	8% increased magic damage 8% increased movement speed
Rarity	08*
Sell	450
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1505
• Internal Armor ID: 55

Helmet variants

Spectre Mask

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	18
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	Increases maximum mana by 60 and 13% reduced mana cost 10% increased magic damage and critical strike chance
Rarity	08*
Sell	750
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 2189
• Internal Armor ID: 156

Spectre Hood

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	6
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip
Rarity	08*
Sell	750
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1503
• Internal Armor ID: 101

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Spectre Hood	Spectre Bar12	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: Spectre Hood	Chlorophyte Bar12 Ectoplasm12
Spectre Mask	Spectre Bar12
only: Spectre Mask	Chlorophyte Bar12 Ectoplasm12
Spectre Pants	Spectre Bar18
only: Spectre Pants	Chlorophyte Bar18 Ectoplasm18
Spectre Robe	Spectre Bar24
only: Spectre Robe	Chlorophyte Bar24 Ectoplasm24

Notes

• If an attack does not do at least 3 damage while the Mask is equipped, a damaging orb will not appear.
• If an attack does not do at least 5 damage while the Hood is equipped, a healing orb will not appear.
• If one projectile hits enemy repeatedly, the healing amount from this projectile will decrease. In fact, one projectile gives 20% healing amount on its first hit, 15% on the second, 10% on the third and 5% on the fourth, then none.^Verify
• After stable, the healing speed is capped at 36/30 health per second.^Verify
• After stable, the damage by the damaging orb is capped at 500 damage per second.
• Wearing the full set with either helmet makes the player translucent. Also, if the player is riding a Minecart, it will also appear translucent.
• As the rest of the Spectre armor grants a total of 15% increased damage, the total effect of wearing the Hood is only a 25% magic damage reduction.
• Dyes are not as visible on a full set of Spectre armor as they are on other armor sets, because the Spectre armor makes the player translucent.
• Spectre armor with the Hood is widely considered useless against the Moon Lord, whose Moon bite debuff disables lifesteal effects, unless one moves far enough to avoid his tongue to latch on. However, such strategy is usually ineffective since Moon Lord can teleport to the player if they move too far from him.
• On the Nintendo 3DS version, the Spectre Hood has its old statistics, which increases magic damage and heals by 8% of damage dealt.
  • In that case if an attack does not deal at least 13 damage it can't heal the player.

Tips

• One of the most efficient ways to play with this armor is by owning both Hood and Mask and switching between them, depending on the situation. This way the player will be able to both keep themselves alive and deal continuous high damage.
• Casting long-lasting, multi-hit spells, such as the Nimbus Rod, Rainbow Gun, or Magnet Sphere, is a great way to make effortless use of the set bonuses.
  • It also pairs well with piercing and area-of-effect weapons, such as the Toxic Flask, in crowded places and events.
• The combined effects of Mana Sickness and the Spectre Hood's damage reduction will render many magic weapons too weak to be effective, so players should find an alternate means of restoring mana.
• Magic Cuffs or Celestial Cuffs synergize well with the Spectre Hood as they capitalize on any damage taken; with a highly-damaging weapon like the Razorpine, it is possible to maintain both health and mana at comfortable levels.
• A good idea for boss fights/events is to make a "healing station" via the set bonus from the Spectre Hood. To create one, place a few statues in a pool of lava. Wire a 1 second timer to the statues and put two Nimbus Clouds above the spawned enemies, dealing damage and generating healing orbs. The lava will destroy any drops to clear out the item drop limit, and the healing will compensate for the 30 defense.
• By equipping enough accessories that boost magic damage (such as a Sorcerer Emblem, Celestial Emblem, and Celestial Stone) it is possible to stack up enough damage increases to completely negate the Spectre Hood's 40% reduction in magic damage.
• A Magic Power Potion alone will negate all but 5% of the reduction to magic damage when using a full set with the Hood, causing greater damage and thus greater healing.

Trivia

• Spectre Hood is the only armor that decreases player's stats.
• "Spectre" is another word for "ghost" or "spirit", alluding to the fact that the Ectoplasm, required to make them (or spectre bars), is dropped by Dungeon Spirits.
  • Although Re-Logic is based in the United States, "spectre" is the British spelling of the word, with the American spelling being "specter".

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Projectiles spawned from the mask now do 100% of the original damage.
  • Recovery rate of projectiles generated over time by the mask increased from 150 to 250.

• Desktop 1.3.0.3: Spectre Set with Hood no longer heals with the Moon Bite debuff enabled.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now requires Spectre Bars instead of Ectoplasm and Chlorophyte Bars.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: Spectre Hood no longer increases mana usage.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Spectre Mask introduced.
  • Spectre Hood now reduces damage by 40% and increases mana usage by 20%.
  • Life-steal ratio of the Spectre Hood set increased from 8% to 20%.
  • Increased defense of existing pieces:
    • Spectre Hood defense increased from 4 to 6.
    • Spectre Robe defense increased from 12 to 14.
    • Spectre Pants defense increased to from 8 to 10.

• Desktop 1.2.2:
  • Healing capped at 2 hearts per second.
  • Flame traps no longer trigger the set bonus.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: Frost Staff will now trigger Spectre's set bonus.

• Desktop 1.2.1:
  • Life-steal ratio of the set bonus reduced from 10% to 8%.
  • Added requirement of Chlorophyte Bars to craft.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3:
  • Reduced defense:
    • Spectre Hood defense decreased from 6 to 4.
    • Spectre Robe defense decreased from 14 to 12.
    • Spectre Pants defense decreased from 11 to 8.
  • Traps no longer trigger Spectre armor.
  • Spectre Armor does less healing each time the same projectile deals damage.

• Desktop 1.2.0.2: Notes from the Magical Harp now count as magic and should trigger the Spectre set bonus.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.09: Fixed the Spectre Mask not having a set bonus.

• Console 1.08: Added Spectre Mask.