Noxious Targe

Noxious Targe

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Statistics

Type	Accessory – Shield
Defense	1
Tooltip	Being struck by an enemy inflicts festering wounds Increases defenses by 2 for every afflicted enemy near the player This effect stacks up to five times
Inflicts Debuff	Festering Wounds
Debuff duration	3 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Deals more damage if the victim is under half health
Rarity
Sell	60
Research	1 required

The Noxious Targe is a craftable Pre-Hardmode shield accessory. When equipped, it provides 1 flat defense. Getting struck by enemies inflicts them with the Festering Wounds debuff, and increases the player's defense by 2 for each enemy afflicted by the debuff while near the player. This effect only stacks up to five times, maxing out their defense to 10.

Crafting

Recipe

Result Ingredients Crafting Station Noxious Targe Leather Safeguard Iron Anvil    or Lead Anvil Bismite Crystal (6)

History

• 1.4.4.1:
  • Now inflicts Festering Wounds instead of Poisoned and provides 2 defense for each enemy afflicted by the debuff.
  • Defense reduced to 1 and increased range.

• 1.4.2: Removed requirements of Shadow Scale or Tissue Sample.

• 1.4.0.0: Introduced.