Frost armor
Statistics
Type Defense 43 (set) Set Bonus (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Melee and ranged attacks cause frostbite (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Increases melee and ranged damage by 10%(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Melee and ranged attacks cause frostburnRarity 05* Sell 12 GC (set)
Debuff Frostbite (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Debuff tooltip It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts Chance 100% < Duration 5–14 seconds
Debuff Frostburn Debuff tooltip It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts Chance 100% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Duration 5–14 seconds
Internal Buff ID : 324 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) , 44
Frost armor is a Hardmode armor set that provides a combination of melee and ranged damage bonuses. Crafting the full set requires 3 Frost Cores and 46 Titanium Bars or Adamantite Bars . On the Old-gen console version , Hallowed Bars are required instead.
A full set of Frost armor provides the following bonuses:
While wearing the full set, the player's melee and ranged weapons gain the ability to inflict the Frostbite (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / Frostburn (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) debuff on enemies for 5–14 seconds, causing affected weapons to give off bright blue light and particles.
Visually, wearing the full set causes a "snow trail" to be left behind the player as they walk, similar to running with Hermes Boots . Also, the sound when the player takes damage is replaced with the shattering sound https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Item_27.wav heard when breaking through Thin Ice .
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The Frost armor set can easily be farmed by creating a large one-sided trench with a roof over the top of it containing a one-block wide hole. The Ice Golem will not be able to shoot the player because of its laser spawning off-center when being above it. Using Water Candles increases the spawn rate.
(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) The Dungeon Guardian is not immune to the debuff, thus making Frost armor useful in obtaining the Bone Key .
The Frostbite / Frostburn debuff is particularly devastating when used against worm enemies because it affects each segment, thereby multiplying the damage dealt by the number of affected segments. Additionally, the light and particles from the debuffs allow the player to track them through tiles.
Unfortunately, The Destroyer is immune to the debuff, thus limiting the effectiveness of this strategy.
The debuff is also useful for most bosses as only three of them (The Destroyer , Duke Fishron and Mourning Wood ) are immune.
When used with a Flymeal or Rotten Eggs , Frost armor is a highly efficient way to kill friendly NPCs.
The Frostburn effect adds light to all melee and ranged attacks, including tools such as pickaxes and drills , and to ordinary ammunition, such as that used by the Endless Quiver and Endless Musket Pouch .
This makes the armor set very useful for exploring caves.
Selling Frost armor results in less profit than selling its crafting ingredients.
For melee users, pairing this armor with Magma Stone /Fire Gauntlet and a flask will inflict three different debuffs on a single hit, possibly more if the weapon itself inflicts another debuff. This proves particularly useful when used with the Shadowflame weapons.
(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) For ranged users, this armor has slightly more defense than Hallowed armor with the Hallowed Helmet , however, the damage bonuses are only equal to those from Mythril armor .
As a ranged user with Adamantite armor , it may be better to change the Adamantite Breastplate for the Frost Breastplate, as this will result in 11% more critical strike chance and 4 more defense at the cost of 8% damage and its set bonus, which only reduces ammo consumption by 25%.
Trivia
Prior to 1.3 , if the Frost Breastplate and Leggings were paired with a Gold Helmet , and all pieces were dyed with Blue Flame and Black Dye , it would cause an afterimage and pulsing aura, akin to Hallowed armor. This was the armor Redigit used to wear before his specific set was added.
The Frost Breastplate and Leggings look strikingly similar to the Molten Breastplate and Greaves .
The Frost armor is the Snow biome counterpart to the Desert 's Forbidden armor (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) , as they are both obtained similarly. However, the Forbidden armor buffs magic and summon weapons instead of melee and ranged weapons .
The sound effect when a player is struck while wearing Frost armor takes priority over other items that also alter the sound effect of a player being hit, such as the Moon Charm at night.
Unlike other armors, the Frost Leggings increase melee attack speed instead of just melee speed; but in terms of gameplay, they both mean the same.
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History
Desktop 1.4.2.3 : Fixed an issue where the debuff inflicted by the set bonus of the Frost armor would deal 20 DPS instead of the intended 25 DPS .
Desktop 1.4.1 :
Frost armor's set bonus now gives an additional 10% melee/ranged damage.
Frost armor's set bonus now inflicts a special version of Frostburn that deals 25 DPS instead of 8.
Desktop 1.3.0.1 : Now requires Titanium/Adamantite Bars instead of Hallowed Bars to craft.
Desktop 1.2.0.3 : The Frost Breastplate now correctly gives bonus based off the tooltip.
Console 1.0.750.0 : ( )
Now requires Adamantite/Titanium Bars instead of Hallowed Bars to craft.
Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.2.
Console 1.06 :
Now crafted by combining Frost Cores with Hallowed Bars.
Wearing Frost armor no longer makes Spiky Ball Traps inflict the Frostburn debuff.
Mobile 1.3.0.7 : Now requires Titanium/Adamantite Bars instead of Hallowed Bars to craft.
Mobile 1.2.11212 :
Now crafted by combining Frost Cores with Hallowed Bars.
Wearing Frost armor no longer makes Spiky Ball Traps inflict the Frostburn debuff.
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