Necro armor

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	6 / 5
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	5% increased ranged damage /; 4% increased ranged damage
Rarity
Sell	90
Research	1 required

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	6 / 5
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	5% increased ranged damage
Rarity
Sell	90
Research	1 required

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	19 / 16 (set)
Set Bonus	10% increased ranged critical strike chance ; 20% chance not to consume ammo
Rarity
Sell	210 (set)

Necro armor (demo) — After-image shown when a full set of Necro armor is equipped.

Necro armor is a post-Skeletron armor set consisting of the Necro Helmet, Necro Breastplate, and Necro Greaves. Crafting a full set requires a total of 135 Cobwebs and 150 Bones.

The Ancient Necro Helmet is a rare drop from Angry Bones and Dark Casters in the Dungeon, with a 0.22*1/450 (0.22%) chance of dropping. On the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy, it's functionally identical to the Necro Helmet and the two helmets are interchangeable with no bonus loss.

A full set grants:

Defense: 19 / 16
Ranged damage:
- Necro Helmet: 15%
- Ancient Necro Helmet: 15% / 14%
Ranged critical strike chance: 10%
Ammo consumption: 20% chance not to consume ammo

It's currently one of only two ranged-specific pre-Hardmode armor sets on PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader, the other being Fossil armor. This set provides the highest offensive bonuses for the class prior to Hardmode. On Old-gen console, Windows Phone, Old Chinese, 3DS , and tModLoader Legacy, it's the only ranged armor set available in pre-Hardmode.

If the full set is worn, the player leaves an afterimage while running just like full Shadow armor. In addition, the sound the player makes when taking certain types of damage will be the same as for a Skeleton .

Set[]

Necro Breastplate

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	7 / 6
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	5% increased ranged damage
Rarity	02*
Sell	60
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 152
Internal Armor ID: 7

Necro Greaves

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	6 / 5
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	5% increased ranged damage
Rarity	02*
Sell	60
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 153
Internal Armor ID: 7

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Necro Helmet	Ancient Necro Helmet	Shimmer Transmutation
Necro Breastplate	Bone60 Cobweb50	Work Bench
Necro Greaves	Bone50 Cobweb45
Necro Helmet	Bone40 Cobweb40

Notes[]

In a drunk world, this armor set is obtainable before defeating Skeletron, as Dungeon enemies can spawn prior to defeating the boss.
The Ancient Necro Helmet has the same sprite as the Necro Helmet had before 1.0.3, thus the phrase "Ancient" in it.
The Ancient Necro Helmet grants 1% less bonus damage than the Necro Helmet.

Tips[]

The set bonus stacks with other ammo conservation bonuses. When used with the Megashark, it produces a 60% chance to not consume ammo. Furthermore, using the Ammo Box from the Traveling Merchant will result in a 68% chance not to consume ammo. If an Ammo Reservation Potion is then used, the player's chance not to consume ammo amounts to 74.4%, meaning only approximately every fourth shot consumes a bullet.
Given both Cobwebs and Bones in surplus, making Necro Helmets is the most profitable way of monetizing either of them.
In the Drunken World seed, this set is obtainable prior to defeating any bosses, as Angry Bones will spawn above where the Dungeon Guardians will, and cobwebs are always obtainable in the underground.

Trivia[]

The term necro comes from the Greek word νεκρός (nekrós, "dead").
It is the only armor set in the game of a 02* rarity.

History[]

PC version

Desktop 1.4.1:
- Decreased the set bonus ranged critical chance from 15% to 10%.
- Increasing defense of each piece by 1 (3 total), including Ancient Necro Helmet.

Desktop 1.4.0.1: Set bonus changed from 20% chance not to consume ammo to 15% increased ranged critical strike chance.

Desktop 1.3.2: Necro Greaves inventory sprite updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Ancient Necro Helmet ranged damage bonus increased from 4% to 5%.

Desktop 1.2.3: Necro Armor reports the right ranged boost on its tooltip.

Desktop 1.2: Ancient Necro Helmet introduced.

Desktop 1.1:
- Amount of bones needed for crafting increased from 90 (25/35/30) to 150 (40/60/50).
- Graphics variant for female characters added.

Desktop 1.0.6: Necro armor stats altered:
- Added ranged damage increase and new set bonus.
- Removed set bonus of 30% increased movement speed.
- Defense of all pieces reduced by 1.

Desktop 1.0.3: Sprites updated.

Desktop-Release: Introduced.

Console version

Console 1.02: Ancient Necro Helmet introduced.

Console-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile 1.2.6508: Ancient Necro Helmet introduced.

Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced.

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