Defense

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 increased Defense reduces damage taken by 1 point. 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. Damage that would otherwise be reduced below 1 is increased to 1: for example, 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.

Cooking

These cooked dishes temporarily increase Defense.

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Autumn's Bounty	A taste of the season.	Yam (1) Pumpkin (1)	220 99	Foraging (+2) Defense (+2)	7m 41s	Demetrius (Mail - 7+ )	data-sort-value="350">350g
	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)	225 101	Speed (+1) Defense (+1)	16m 47s	The Queen of Sauce 21 Fall, Year 2	data-sort-value="275">275g
	Eggplant Parmesan	Tangy, cheesy, and wonderful.	Eggplant (1) Tomato (1)	175 78	Mining (+1) Defense (+3)	4m 39s	Lewis (Mail - 7+ )	data-sort-value="200">200g
	Pumpkin Soup	A seasonal favorite.	Pumpkin (1) Milk (1)	200 90	Defense (+2) Luck (+2)	7m 41s	Robin (Mail - 7+ )	data-sort-value="300">300g
	Stuffing	Ahh... the smell of warm bread and sage.	Bread (1) Cranberries (1) Hazelnut (1)	170 76	Defense (+2)	5m 35s	Pam (Mail - 7+ )	data-sort-value="165">165g

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Defense
Information
Source	Desert Trader for Prismatic Shard (3) Museum reward (90 items) Haunted Skull drop (0.13%) Calico Egg Merchant for data-sort-value="250"> 250 Jas for data-sort-value="300"> 300 Mystery Box Golden Mystery Box Prize Machine Raccoon Wife's Shop for Golden Mystery Box (20)
Buff(s)	Mining (+2) Luck (+5) Speed (+1) Defense (+5) Attack (+5)
Buff Duration	8m 24s
Energy / Health	500 225
Sell Price	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g

Magic Rock Candy is a special edible item that can be dropped by Haunted Skulls (0.13% chance). One can also be purchased each Thursday from the Desert Trader for 3 Prismatic Shards. One Magic Rock Candy can be traded from the Raccoon Wife's Shop for 20 Golden Mystery Boxes after the 6th Raccoon family request is completed and Foraging Mastery has been claimed.

One Magic Rock Candy is the reward for donating 90 items to the Museum.

The 22nd item redeemed from a prize machine will always be a Magic Rock Candy.

During the Desert Festival, the Calico Egg Merchant sells one Magic Rock Candy for data-sort-value="250"> 250 on the last day of the festival, and Jas will also sell one for data-sort-value="300"> 300 whenever she is hosting a shop.

One Magic Rock Candy may be received from opening a Mystery Box or Golden Mystery Box.

Bundles

Magic Rock Candy is not used in any bundles.

Tailoring

Magic Rock Candy is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the prismatic Magic Sprinkle Shirt.

Quests

Magic Rock Candy is not used in any quests.

Notes

• Though it cannot be cooked, its underlying category in the game's data files is "Cooking", so Magic Rock Candy shows up on the "Cooked Items" tab of the Gift Log on the Social tab in-game after giving it as a gift.
• Because it is a "cooked" item, it cannot be added to the Luau soup.

History

• 1.4: Introduced.
• 1.4.1: The Desert Trader now only sells one Magic Rock Candy each Thursday.
• 1.6: Now sold at the Desert Festival by the Calico Egg Merchant. Added as possible prize from Mystery Boxes and Golden Mystery Boxes.
• 1.6.4: Can be obtained by trading Golden Mystery Boxes at the Giant Stump.

Events

These events give Buffs that affect Defense.

Image	Buff Name	Effect	Event	Buff Duration
	Jinxed	Defense (−8)	Being hit by a Shadow Shaman's fireball.	8s
	Yoba's Blessing	Invincibility	Being hit by an enemy while wearing a Ring of Yoba.	5s

Equipment

The following equipment affects Defense.

Weapons

Image	Name	Effect
	Forest Sword	Defense (+1)
	Silver Saber	Defense (+1)
	Templar's Blade	Defense (+1)
	Iron Edge	Speed (−2) Defense (+1) Weight (+3)
	Claymore	Speed (−4) Defense (+2)
	Neptune's Glaive	Speed (−1) Defense (+2) Weight (+4)
	Tempered Broadsword	Speed (−3) Defense (+3) Weight (+3)
	Lava Katana	Defense (+3) Crit. Power (+25)
	Yeti Tooth	Defense (+4) Crit. Power (+10)

Rings

Image	Name	Effect
	Crabshell Ring	Defense (+5)

Footwear

Image	Name	Effect
	Sneakers	Defense (+1)
	Leather Boots	Defense (+1) Immunity (+1)
	Thermal Boots	Defense (+1) Immunity (+2)
	Genie Shoes	Defense (+1) Immunity (+6)
	Work Boots	Defense (+2)
	Leprechaun Shoes	Defense (+2) Immunity (+1)
	Tundra Boots	Defense (+2) Immunity (+1)
	Cowboy Boots	Defense (+2) Immunity (+2)
	Combat Boots	Defense (+3)
	Firewalker Boots	Defense (+3) Immunity (+3)
	Dark Boots	Defense (+4) Immunity (+2)
	Emily's Magic Boots	Defense (+4) Immunity (+4)
	Space Boots	Defense (+4) Immunity (+4)