Cactus armor

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Cactus armor
  • Cactus armor equipped (male)
  • Cactus armor equipped (female)
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Defense3 (set)
Set BonusAttackers take damage from the cactus spines
RarityWhite (Rarity level: 0)
Sell1 SC50 CC (set)
Cactus armor effect damaging and knocking back a Blue Slime.

Cactus armor is a pre-Hardmode armor set consisting of the Cactus Helmet, Cactus Breastplate, and Cactus Leggings. Crafting a full set requires a total of 75 Cactus.

The full set grants the following effects while equipped:

Set

Cactus Helmet
  • Cactus Helmet item sprite
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Defense1
Body slotHelmet
RarityWhite (Rarity level: 0)
Sell40 CC
Research1 required
Cactus Breastplate
  • Cactus Breastplate item sprite
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Defense1
Body slotShirt
RarityWhite (Rarity level: 0)
Sell60 CC
Research1 required
Cactus Leggings
  • Cactus Leggings item sprite
Stack digit 1.png
Statistics
Type
Defense1
Body slotPants
RarityWhite (Rarity level: 0)
Sell50 CC
Research1 required

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Cactus BreastplateCactus BreastplateWork BenchWork Bench
Cactus HelmetCactus Helmet
Cactus LeggingsCactus Leggings

Tips

  • Due to the Thorns set bonus, it is a significant upgrade over Wood armor (and variants).

History

  • Desktop 1.4.1: Set bonus now provides a thorns effect instead of additional defense.

References

  1. Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method Update_NPCCollision() in Terraria.Player.cs.