Defense is a statistic that affects how much damage the player takes. Defense can be increased by food and equipment, or decreased by debuffs.
Each point of total Defense reduces damage taken by 1 point, to a minimum of 1 damage per hit. For example, a Green Slime normally deals between 4 and 6 damage. If Sneakers are equipped, providing 1 Defense, it deals between 3 and 5 damage instead. On the other hand, if Space Boots is equipped, providing 4 Defense, a Green Slime deals 1 damage 66% of the time and 2 damage 33% of the time. Negative Defense increases damage taken. For example, the Shadow Shaman Jinxed effect causes damage from each hit to be increased by 8.
Food
The following foods temporarily increase Defense.
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Buff(s) | Buff Duration | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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Magic Rock Candy | A rare and powerful candy infused with the essence of the prismatic shard. | N/A |  500 225
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 Mining (+2) Luck (+5) Speed (+1) Defense (+5) Attack (+5)
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 8m 24s
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N/A - Must be purchased, earned, or may be dropped by Haunted Skulls |  5,000g
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Autumn's Bounty | A taste of the season. |  Yam (1) Pumpkin (1)
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220 99
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 Foraging (+2) Defense (+2)
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7m 41s
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350g
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Crab Cakes | Crab, bread crumbs, and egg formed into patties then fried to a golden brown. |  Crab (1) Wheat Flour (1) Egg (1) Oil (1)
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225 101
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Speed (+1) Defense (+1)
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16m 47s
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275g
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Eggplant Parmesan | Tangy, cheesy, and wonderful. |  Eggplant (1) Tomato (1)
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175 78
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Mining (+1) Defense (+3)
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4m 39s
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200g
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Pumpkin Soup | A seasonal favorite. | Pumpkin (1) Milk (1)
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200 90
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Defense (+2) Luck (+2)
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7m 41s
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300g
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Stuffing | Ahh... the smell of warm bread and sage. |  Bread (1) Cranberries (1) Hazelnut (1)
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170 76
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Defense (+2)
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5m 35s
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165g
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Events
These events give Buffs that affect Defense.
| Image | Buff Name | Effect | Event | Buff Duration |
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Jinxed | Defense (−8)
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Being hit by a Shadow Shaman's fireball. | 8s
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Yoba's Blessing | Invincibility | Being hit by an enemy while wearing a  Ring of Yoba.
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5s
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Equipment
The following equipment affects Defense. See bug note below
Weapons
| Image | Name | Effect |
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Forest Sword | Defense (+1)
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Silver Saber | Defense (+1)
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Templar's Blade | Defense (+1)
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Iron Edge |  Speed (−2) Defense (+1) Weight (+3)
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Claymore | Speed (−4) Defense (+2)
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Neptune's Glaive | Speed (−1) Defense (+2) Weight (+4)
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Tempered Broadsword | Speed (−3) Defense (+3) Weight (+3)
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Lava Katana | Defense (+3) Crit. Power (+25)
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Yeti Tooth | Defense (+4) Crit. Power (+10)
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Rings
| Image | Name | Effect |
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Crabshell Ring | Defense (+5)
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Footwear
| Image | Name | Effect |
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Sneakers | Defense (+1)
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Leather Boots | Defense (+1) Immunity (+1)
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Thermal Boots | Defense (+1) Immunity (+2)
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Genie Shoes | Defense (+1) Immunity (+6)
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Work Boots | Defense (+2)
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Leprechaun Shoes | Defense (+2) Immunity (+1)
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Tundra Boots | Defense (+2) Immunity (+1)
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Cowboy Boots | Defense (+2) Immunity (+2)
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Combat Boots | Defense (+3)
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Firewalker Boots | Defense (+3) Immunity (+3)
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Dark Boots | Defense (+4) Immunity (+2)
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Emily's Magic Boots | Defense (+4) Immunity (+4)
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Space Boots | Defense (+4) Immunity (+4)
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Bugs
Weapon defense has no effect in version 1.4 of the game.
| Skills & Stats | |
|---|---|
| Skills | Farming • Mining • Foraging • Fishing • Combat |
| Stats | Attack • Crit. Chance • Crit. Power • Defense • Immunity • Luck • Magnetism • Speed • Weight |