Beetle armor

Beetle armor*

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**Beetle Armor** is a Hardmode, post-Golem armor set that provides melee and defensive bonuses. Though it is crafted from Turtle armor, it trades away the Thorns effect in exchange for stronger offensive or defensive bonuses (depending on which chest piece is worn). It is the final melee armor set available on the Old-gen console version, Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DSversion. On the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, Old Chinese version, tModLoader version, and tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, it is the penultimate melee only armor set followed by Solar Flare armor.

Beetle armor has two variants for its chest piece; **Beetle Scale Mail** and **Beetle Shell**. The Beetle Scale Mail enhances damage output and is slightly more agile, whereas the Beetle Shell provides more defense.

Beetle armor provides the following bonuses when fully equipped:

###### With Beetle Scale Mail

* +8% melee critical hit chance
* +14% melee damage
* +12% melee speed
* +12% movement speed
* Significantly higher chance that enemies will target the wearer
* Beetle Might offensive buff: increases melee speed and damage by increments of 10% when dealing melee damage to enemies. The boost can be raised up to 30%, and the rate at which it increases depends on total damage dealt per second. Dealing less than roughly 180 damage per second will not grant Beetle Might at all. The buff depletes at an accelerating rate as long as the wearer does not deal damage, meaning that the buff will reset very quickly outside of combat.

###### With Beetle Shell

* +5% melee critical hit chance
* +11% melee damage
* +6% melee speed
* +6% movement speed
* Significantly higher chance that enemies will target the wearer
* Beetle Endurance defensive buff: When the player avoids taking damage, this buff reduces damage taken on the next hit by 15%, with further boosts to 30% and 45% if the player continues to avoid damage for a longer duration. The buff gets first applied after 3 seconds from taking damage, and will then increase after another 3 seconds. When the player takes damage thereafter, each hit lowers the boost applied to the next hit by one step. This buff features a visual effect showing one to three "beetles" flying around the player, signifying the 15%, 30%, or 45% damage reduction boost currently in effect.

Crafting the full set with one chest piece requires 18 Beetle Husks and a full set of Turtle armor (54 Chlorophyte Bars (or 324 pieces of Chlorophyte Ore), and 3 Turtle Shells). Crafting all four pieces from scratch requires 26 Beetle Husks, 78 Chlorophyte Bars (or 468 pieces of Chlorophyte Ore), and 4 Turtle Shells.

## Set

Beetle Helmet*

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* Internal Item ID: **2199**
* Internal Armor ID: **157**
Beetle Leggings*

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* Internal Item ID: **2202**
* Internal Armor ID: **98**

### Chest variants

Beetle Scale Mail*

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* Internal Item ID: **2200**
* Internal Armor ID: **105**
Beetle Shell*

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* Internal Item ID: **2201**
* Internal Armor ID: **106**

## Crafting

### Recipes

* Turtle Helmet
 Beetle Scale Mail | * Beetle Husk8
 Beetle Shell | * Beetle Husk8
* Turtle Scale Mail

## Notes

* The Beetle Shell armor has the worst damage boosts out of all hardmode melee armors.
* When upgrading to Beetle Armor from Turtle Armor, the stats and defense increase greatly, but the thorns effect is lost. Keep this in mind when preparing for activities requiring a thorns effect.
* While the Beetle Shell is equipped without any items occupying the social slot, Wings will not appear unless the player is in mid-air, similar to the Turtle Armor, Leaf Blower, and Heat Ray.
* The Endurance Potion stacks with the Beetle Endurance buff.
* **Beetle armor** at its 45% state, Worm Scarf (17%) and Endurance Potion (10%) will reduce damage by nearly 60%.

`(100%-45%)×(100%-(17%+10%)) = 40.15% damage taken = 59.85% damage reduction`

Frozen Turtle Shell (25%) will further increase it to almost 74%.

`(100%-45%)×(100%-(25%+17%+10%)) = 26.4% damage taken = 73.6% damage reduction`
## Tips

* If the player changes their mind, the chest piece can be shimmered and crafted into the alternative.
* It is possible to reach a defense of over 100 without buffs by wearing the full set with the Shell, a Frozen Shield or a Hero's Shield, and all accessories reforged to Warding. However, bear in mind that even the highest possible defense cannot efficiently defend against enemies alone.

## Trivia

* With the full Beetle Endurance buff and a Lifeforce Potion (600 HP) and/or Endurance Potion, it is possible to survive a hit from the Dungeon Guardian.
* Beetle Armor is the only armor set to have multiple chest piece variants as opposed to helmet variants.
* Solar Flare armor provides more defense than either of the chest variants. However, the Beetle Shell provides 45% max damage reduction as opposed to the Solar Flare shield's maximum 30% reduction, and regenerates shields 2 seconds faster.
* Excluding the Gi, the Beetle Shell and Beetle Scale mail is the only chest plate to provide a Movement speed buff.

## History

PC version
* Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sprites updated.

* Desktop 1.3.0.1: Updated female sprites and male worn Beetle Shell equipped sprite.

* Desktop 1.2.3: Introduced.

Console version
* Console 1.0.933.1: Updated female sprites and male Beetle Shell equipped sprite. ()

* Console 1.0.750.0: Updated female sprites and male Beetle Shell equipped sprite. ()

* Console 1.07: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version
* Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version
* Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DSversion
* 3DS 1.04: Introduced.