Meteor armor

Type	Armor
Defense	6
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	9% increased magic damage
Rarity
Sell	60 SC
Research	1 required

Type	Armor
Defense	5
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	9% increased magic damage
Rarity
Sell	90 SC
Research	1 required

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	16 (set)
Set Bonus	Space Gun costs 0 mana
Rarity
Sell	2 GC10 SC (set)

Meteor armor is a pre-Hardmode mage armor set consisting of the Meteor Helmet, Meteor Suit, and Meteor Leggings. Crafting a full set requires a total of 45 Meteorite Bars (135 Meteorite ore).

The full set grants the following effects while equipped:

+16 defense
+27% magic damage
Reduces the mana cost of the Space Gun, Gray Zapinator, and Orange Zapinator to 0
The player leaves behind a visual trail of flames.

Set

Meteor Leggings

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	5
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	9% increased magic damage
Rarity	01*
Sell	60 SC
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 125
Internal Armor ID: 6

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Meteor Helmet	Meteorite Bar10	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Meteor Leggings	Meteorite Bar15
only: Meteor Suit	Meteorite Bar20

Tips

In versions prior to 1.4, it could be beneficial for players to aim to destroy a Shadow Orb (or Crimson Heart) as quickly as possible, as the Meteor armor and the Space Gun make for a strong combination in early pre-Hardmode. In 1.4, Meteorite will not spawn before the player kills the Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu, but the Meteor armor with the Space Gun still remains a very useful combination after that.
Meteorite Bars can be found in Gold Chests in the lower 250 tiles of the Cavern layer above the Underworld, allowing Meteor Armor to be obtained prior to defeating the Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu. They can also be obtained from Shadow Chests in the Underworld.
Oddly enough, the set bonus also affects the Gray Zapinator and Orange Zapinator, which makes this armor set useful into Hardmode. However, the lack of defense will be a great drawback.

Trivia

The fire particle effect can be altered by dyes. Using different dye in each slot of the armor causes the colors to blend.
Despite the Meteor Helmet requiring the fewest bars to craft, it sells for the most, which is the case for many armor sets.
Even though the Space Gun, Gray Zapinator, and Orange Zapinator cost 0 mana to use while wearing the full armor set, only the Space Gun has its mana cost tooltip removed. Both the Gray Zapinator and Orange Zapinator state they still cost the full amount of mana.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.1: Increased the Magic damage bonus on each piece from 7% to 9% (21%->27% total).

Desktop 1.4.0.1: Set bonus now affects Gray Zapinator and Orange Zapinator.

Desktop 1.3.2: Sprites updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Bars requirement reduced by 5 for each item (from 15/25/20, respectively)

Desktop 1.2:
- Bars requirement reduced by 5 for each item (from 20/30/25, respectively)
- Defense of all pieces increased by 2.
- Magic Damage per piece increased by 2%.

Desktop 1.1:
- Bars requirement reduced by 5 for each item (from 25/35/30, respectively).
- Graphics variant for female characters added.

Desktop 1.0.6:
- Defense of all pieces reduced by 1.
- Mana regen replaced by 5% increased magic damage per piece.
- Full set no longer emits light, but leaves a trail of flames behind when the player moves.

Desktop 1.0.3:
- Armor graphics and helmet sprite updated. Previous sprites were and
- Full set no longer reduces mana cost of all items by 20%. Instead, now reduces mana cost of Space Gun to 0.