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Monk armor
  • Monk armor equipped (male)
  • Monk armor equipped (female)
Stack digit 1
Statistics
Type
Defense46 (set)
Set BonusIncreases your max number of sentries
Lightning Aura can now crit and strikes faster
RarityRarity level: 8
Buy450000*45 Defender Medal (set)
Sell9 (set)

    The Monk armor is a Hardmode armor set purchased from the Tavernkeep for 450000*45 Defender Medal in total, which consists of the Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap, Monk's Shirt and Monk's Pants. Wearing the full set will cause Lightning Aura sentry summons to deal damage 20% faster and allow them to deal critical hits at a fixed 16.7% rate.

    The Shinobi Infiltrator armor can be considered a direct upgrade of the Monk armor.

    A full set of Monk armor provides the following benefits:

    Set[]

    Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap
    • Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap item sprite
    Stack digit 1
    Statistics
    Type
    Defense8
    Body slotHelmet
    TooltipIncreases your max number of sentries by 1 and increases melee speed by 20%
    RarityRarity level: 8
    Buy150000*15 Defender Medal
    Sell3
    Research1 required
    Monk's Shirt
    • Monk's Shirt item sprite
    Stack digit 1
    Statistics
    Type
    Defense22
    Body slotShirt
    Tooltip20% increased summon and melee damage
    RarityRarity level: 8
    Buy150000*15 Defender Medal
    Sell3
    Research1 required
    Monk's Pants
    • Monk's Pants item sprite
    Stack digit 1
    Statistics
    Type
    Defense16
    Body slotPants
    Tooltip10% increased summon damage,
    15% increased melee critical strike chance and 20% increased movement speed
    RarityRarity level: 8
    Buy150000*15 Defender Medal
    Sell3
    Research1 required

    Notes[]

    • The total bonus to max number of sentries is +2, allowing 3 to be summoned at once without other upgrades.
    • The attack speed and critical strike portions of this armor only apply to melee attacks.
    • The Monk armor and Squire armor both provide melee benefits. While the Squire armor has a higher melee crit increase, the Monk armor's increased melee speed means that (especially against enemies with low defense) it does more damage overall. This is especially true when accounting for Whips which are affected by melee speed bonuses, but not by melee damage bonuses. The Squire armor has more defense and a higher regeneration rate to compensate.
    • The Monk armor is a powerful armor against the mechanical bosses (once the player have defeated one to get it) and Plantera. Its bonuses are better than Hallowed armor, and having multiple Spider Queen or Lightning Aura sentries makes the fight much easier. However, the Holy Protection provided by the Hallowed armor may be preferable.

    See also[]

    History[]

    • Desktop 1.4.1: Increased the melee critical chance of the pants from 10% to 15%.
    • Desktop 1.3.4.2: Fixed the Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap tooltip saying "attack speed" instead of "melee attack speed".
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