Cobalt armor (2024)

Cobalt armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	:21 /  :32 /  :23 (set)
Set Bonus	:14% reduced mana costs  :15% increased melee speed  :20% chance to save ammo
Rarity
Sell	360 (set)

Cobalt armor is a Hardmode armor set crafted from Cobalt Bars and is the alternative to Palladium armor. Like many Hardmode ore-based armors, Cobalt armor has three different headpiece options, allowing players to focus on magical, melee, or ranged combat respectively, each changing the bonus applied for wearing a full set. A full set also grants a total of +3% critical hit chance and +10% movement speed / +3% damage, +5% critical hit chance and +10% movement speed, from its individual pieces.

Wearing a full set causes the player to display an after-image effect while in motion, similar to the Ninja armor, Shadow armor, and Necro armor.

Crafting a full set with a single headpiece requires 45 Cobalt Bars (135 Cobalt Ore). Crafting all five pieces requires a total of 65 Cobalt Bars (195 Cobalt Ore).

This armor is not the same as the Ancient Cobalt armor set dropped by Jungle enemies; the latter is effectively reskinned Jungle armor, using the former sprites of this set.

Set[]

Cobalt Breastplate

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	10
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	5% increased critical strike chance
Rarity
Sell	120
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 374
• Internal Armor ID: 17

Cobalt Leggings

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	8
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	10% increased movement speed and 3% increased damage
Rarity
Sell	90
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 375
• Internal Armor ID: 16

Helmet variants[]

Cobalt Hat

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	3
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	Increases maximum mana by 40 10% increased magic damage 9% increased magic critical strike chance
Rarity
Sell	150
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 371
• Internal Armor ID: 29

Cobalt Helmet

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	14
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	10% increased movement speed 15% increased melee damage
Rarity
Sell	150
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 372
• Internal Armor ID: 30

Cobalt Mask

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Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	5
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	10% increased ranged damage 10% increased ranged critical strike chance
Rarity
Sell	150
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 373
• Internal Armor ID: 31

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Cobalt Breastplate	Cobalt Bar20	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Cobalt Hat	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Helmet	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Leggings	Cobalt Bar15
Cobalt Mask	Cobalt Bar10

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Dragon Breastplate	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate Soul of Might15 Soul of Blight20	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: Dragon Breastplate	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate or Titanium Breastplate Soul of Might15 Soul of Blight20
only: Dragon Greaves	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings Soul of Might15 Soul of Blight15
only: Dragon Greaves	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings or Titanium Leggings Soul of Might15 Soul of Blight15
only: Dragon Mask	Hallowed Mask Cobalt Helmet Mythril Helmet Adamantite Helmet Soul of Blight15
only: Dragon Mask	Hallowed Mask Cobalt Helmet Mythril Helmet Adamantite Helmet or Titanium Mask Soul of Blight15
only: Spectral Armor	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate Soul of Fright10 Soul of Blight20
only: Spectral Armor	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate or Titanium Breastplate Soul of Fright10 Soul of Blight20
only: Spectral Headgear	Hallowed Headgear Cobalt Hat Mythril Hood Adamantite Headgear Soul of Blight15
only: Spectral Headgear	Hallowed Headgear Cobalt Hat Mythril Hood Adamantite Headgear or Titanium Headgear Soul of Blight15
only: Spectral Subligar	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings Soul of Fright10 Soul of Blight15
only: Spectral Subligar	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings or Titanium Leggings Soul of Fright10 Soul of Blight15
only: Titan Helmet	Hallowed Helmet Cobalt Mask Mythril Hat Adamantite Mask Soul of Blight15
only: Titan Helmet	Hallowed Helmet Cobalt Mask Mythril Hat Adamantite Mask or Titanium Helmet Soul of Blight15
only: Titan Leggings	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings Soul of Sight10 Soul of Blight15
only: Titan Leggings	Hallowed Greaves Cobalt Leggings Mythril Greaves Adamantite Leggings or Titanium Leggings Soul of Sight10 Soul of Blight15
only: Titan Mail	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate Soul of Sight20 Soul of Blight20
only: Titan Mail	Hallowed Plate Mail Cobalt Breastplate Mythril Chainmail Adamantite Breastplate or Titanium Breastplate Soul of Sight20 Soul of Blight20

Notes[]

• The Cobalt melee set offers the second-best melee speed bonus in the game, only bested by the Hallowed melee set.

Tips[]

• If the player changes their mind, the helmet piece can be shimmered and crafted into an alternative.
• With the exception of the Cobalt Helmet, each piece of this set seems to offer less defense than the preceding armor tier, the Molten armor. This may be due to the Helmet being an upgrade to the melee-based Molten Armor; the Mask being upgrade to the ranged-based Necro armor; and the Hat being an upgrade to the magic-based Jungle armor.
  • Despite this, none of the different sets are actually quite upgrades on their pre-Hardmode "counterparts". The helmet and mask versions of the set have respectively higher melee speed and ranged crit chance which may not be preferable to the Molten and Necro armors' higher raw damage, and the hat is somewhat worse than the Jungle armor with 40 less mana and 2% more mana consumption in exchange for only 10% increased movement speed, and also unlike the other versions does not have any more armor or crit chance than its predecessor.

See also[]

• Ancient Cobalt armor

History[]

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Cobalt Breastplate Critical Damage increased from 3% to 5%.
  • Cobalt Leggings Defense increased from 7 to 8.
  • Added a 3% Damage bonus to the Cobalt Leggings.
  • Cobalt Helmet defense increased from 11 to 12, movement speed increased from 7% to 10%, and melee speed bonus (12%) changed into a melee damage bonus (15%).
  • Cobalt Mask critical chance increased from 6% to 10%.
  • Added a 10% magic damage bonus to the Cobalt Hat.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Ancient Cobalt armor re-introduced.

• Desktop 1.1: Re-introduced as a separate armor set for Hardmode

• Desktop 1.0.3: Removed and replaced by Jungle armor.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

• Console 1.0.933.1: ()
  • No longer used to craft Dragon, Titan, or Spectral armors.
  • Sprite updated.

• Console 1.0.750.0: (4)
  • No longer used to craft Dragon, Titan, or Spectral armors.
  • Sprite updated.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.