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 100% chance
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. While equipped, it grants the following effects:

• +1 defense
• Getting hit by an enemy inflicts all nearby enemies with the Festering Wounds debuff.
• An additional +2 defense for each enemy afflicted with the Festering Wounds debuff while near the player.
  • This effect stacks up to five times, maxing out at +10 defense.

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 grants +2 defense for each enemy afflicted by the debuff while near the player.
  • Decreased defense to 1.
  • Increased debuff infliction range.

• 1.4.2: No longer requires Shadow Scales or Tissue Samples in its recipe.

• 1.4.0.0: Introduced.