Armored Skeleton

Type	Undead Enemy
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Fighter AI
Banner	Armored Skeleton Banner
Immune to
Debuff	Broken Armor
Debuff tooltip	Defense is cut in half
Chance	16.67%
Duration	2 minutes4 minutes
Hurt	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Hit_2.wav
Killed	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Killed_2.wav
Idle	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_0.wavhttps://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_1.wavhttps://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_2.wav

The Armored Skeleton is a Hardmode enemy which can be found in the Caverns. It has a 16.67*1/6 (16.67%) chance to inflict the Broken Armor debuff for 2 minutes / 4 minutes on contact.

Variants

Classic

Expert

Master

2 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode
3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera

NPC ID	Type		Health	Damage	Defense	KB Resist	Coins
77		Armored Skeleton	260/520/780	40/80/120	28	60%/64%/68%	410
-15		Heavy Skeleton	400	50/101/151	32	66%/69%/73%	4591150

Approximately slightly above lava level, a larger and more powerful version of Armored Skeletons can spawn. It is called "Heavy Skeleton" internally.
Armored Skeletons are the only source of Armor Polish before having defeated Plantera.

Armored Skeletons appear to be wearing a bluer variation of the Ancient Cobalt Breastplate with spiked shoulder guards.
The Heavy Skeleton variant is one of the few enemies whose health does not increase in Expert or Master Mode. Because of this, their health is actually considerably lower than the regular armored skeleton in the latter, and comparable in the former.

The Bestiary entry for the Armored Skeleton: "Remnants of a long lost expeditionary force, these stout warriors mindlessly patrol the caves in which they died."

Desktop 1.2:
- Health reduced from 340 to 260, damage reduced from 60 to 40, and defense reduced from 36 to 28.
- Now has a chance to drop Armor Polish and/or a Beam Sword.
- Heavy Skeleton variant no longer has a unique name, but it retains its stats.