Golden Apple

Golden AppleHardmode exclusive

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Statistics

Type	Accessory – Crafting material
Defense	2
Tooltip	Increases defense as health decreases
Rarity
Sell	2  40
Research	1 required

Dropped by
Entity	Quantity	Rate
Arachmaton Stymphalian Bat Trochmaton	1	1.18%
Lernean Hydra	1	1%

The Golden Apple is a Hardmode accessory that is dropped by some Marble Cave enemies. When equipped, it provides a flat 2 defense, plus more as the player's health decreases.

The amount of defense granted is the fraction of health lost multiplied by 15. For example, if the player has a maximum health of 400 and a current health of 300, then the defense provided is 1/4 × 15 = 3.75, plus the 2 defense that the Golden Apple grants by default. The decimal is always rounded down, so in this scenario the Golden Apple would give 5 defense.

If the player already has the Gilded Shield or Medusa Shield equipped, then the Golden Apple will only provide 2 defense. However, it increases the defense multiplier of the Gilded Shield and Medusa Shield by 5 and 4, up to 25 and 29, respectively.

Crafting

Used in

Result Ingredients Crafting Station Gilded Shield Golden Apple Mythril Anvil    or Orichalcum Anvil Cobalt Shield

History

• 1.4.3: Now dropped from Hardmode Marble enemies.

• 1.4.0.0: Resprited.

• 1.0: Introduced.