Beetle armor

Beetle armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	61(Scale Mail) - 73(Shell)
Set Bonus	Scale Mail: Beetles increase your melee damage and speed Shell: Beetles protect you from damage
Rarity	8
Sell	14 40 (set)

Beetle armor is a Hardmode, post-Golem armor set with defensive and melee boosts. It is not a direct upgrade of the Turtle armor set, as despite the fact that it is crafted from Turtle armor, it loses the thorns effect it had in exchange for other buffs. It is the endgame melee armor on the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version. On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version,  Old Chinese version,  tModLoader version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, it is mostly outclassed by Solar Flare armor.

Beetle armor's effect

In total, Beetle armor will apply the following boosts:

With Beetle Scale Mail

• +8% melee critical hit chance
• +14% melee damage
• +12% melee speed
• +12% movement speed
• Significantly higher chance that enemies will target the wearer
• Beetle Might offensive buff: This increases melee damage and speed by 10% when successfully attacking Enemies. The boost is raised to 20% and 30% with further successive attacks. When the player stops attacking successfully for a period, the buff resets.

With Beetle Shell

• +5% melee critical hit chance
• +11% melee damage
• +6% melee speed
• +6% movement speed
• Significantly higher chance that enemies will target the wearer
• Beetle Endurance defensive buff: When the player avoids taking damage, this buff reduces damage taken on the next hit by 15%, with further boosts to 30% and 45% if the player continues to avoid damage for a longer duration. The buff gets first applied after 3 seconds from taking damage, and will then increase after another 3 seconds. When the player takes damage thereafter, each hit lowers the boost applied to the next hit by one step. This buff features a visual effect showing one to three "beetles" flying around the player, signifying the 15%, 30%, or 45% damage reduction boost currently in effect.

Crafting the full set with one chest piece requires 18 Beetle Husks and a full set of Turtle armor (54 Chlorophyte Bars (or 324 pieces of Chlorophyte Ore), and 3 Turtle Shells). Crafting all four pieces from scratch requires 26 Beetle Husks, 78 Chlorophyte Bars (or 468 pieces of Chlorophyte Ore), and 4 Turtle Shells.

Set

Beetle Helmet

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	23
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	6% increased melee damage Enemies are more likely to target you
Rarity	8
Sell	6

• Internal Item ID: 2199

Beetle Leggings

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	18
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	6% increased movement and melee speed Enemies are more likely to target you
Rarity	8
Sell	3 60

• Internal Item ID: 2202

Chest variants

Beetle Scale Mail

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	20
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	8% increased melee damage and critical strike chance 6% increased movement and melee speed
Rarity	8
Sell	4 80

• Internal Item ID: 2200

Beetle Shell

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	32
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	5% increased melee damage and critical strike chance Enemies are more likely to target you
Rarity	8
Sell	4 80

• Internal Item ID: 2201

Crafting

Recipe

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Notes

• When upgrading to Beetle armor from Turtle armor, the stats and defense increase greatly, but the thorns effect is lost. Keep this in mind when preparing for activities requiring a thorns effect.
• While the Beetle Shell is equipped without any items occupying the social slot, Wings will not appear unless the player is in mid-air, similar to the Turtle Armor, Leaf Blower, and Heat Ray.
• The Endurance Potion stacks with the Beetle Endurance buff.
• Endurance Potion, Beetle armor at its 45% state and Worm Scarf will reduce damage by about 60%; Frozen Turtle Shell will further increase it to 74%.
• In Expert mode, it may be more useful to have the beetle shell because of the extra defense as well as the damage reduction because all enemies do more damage.

Tips

• The Beetle Armor is not entirely an upgrade from Turtle armor. The Turtle armor strikes a nice balance between offense and defense, whereas the Beetle Armor will sacrifice one for the other and lacks the Turtle armor's damage reflection set bonus.
• It is possible to reach a defense of over 100 without buffs by wearing the full set with the Shell, a Paladin's Shield or Flesh Knuckles or both, and all accessories reforged to Warding.
• Taking Melee Damage, Speed, and Critical Hits into consideration, max DPS is increased by ~75% with three beetles (when using Beetle Scale Mail). However, if you had just the chest piece, the Hallowed Mask and the Valhalla Knight's Greaves, it would increase your overall DPS by ~89% as well as providing 3 more defense and 18% more movement speed without the increase Enemy targeting.

Trivia

• With the full Beetle Endurance buff and a Lifeforce Potion (600 HP) and/or Endurance Potion, it is possible to not be one-hit-killed by the Dungeon Guardian.
• The Beetle Armor set (as of 1.2.3) is the first and only armor set to have multiple chest piece variants as opposed to helmet variants.
• Solar Flare armor actually provides more defense than either of the chest variants. However, the Beetle Shell provides 45% max damage reduction as opposed the the Solar Flare Shield's maximum 30% reduction

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Updated female sprites and male worn Beetle Shell equipped sprite.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Updated female sprites and male Beetle Shell equipped sprite. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Updated female sprites and male Beetle Shell equipped sprite. ()

• Console 1.07: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS 1.04: Introduced.