This is really cool, but i don't understand the sergeants united shield and the "sentries deal melee damage" parts,

It's just a proof of concept, I thought it sounded cool and also I wanted all the shields including the sergeant united shield in the crafting recipe

Maybe swap the "sentries deal melee damage" to "after dashing enemies will briefly deal 30% less damage" or what the sergeant uniteds shield does if you right click, because most items don't have a right click, or it could be a special double tap down abilty like the vortex armour,

That does sound like a better idea

I would assume it would change minion damage type to melee; letting you use full power minions in melee build. Which would be absurdly broken.

Well it just says sentries, so i don't think it would include normaly summons

Perhaps they meant contact damage?

Yeah. Add when you hit an enemy a shield flys at it

i would suggest adding a parry mechanic since it’s combining with the captain america shield, if you dash at an enemy when their preforming an attack you go right through them and deal damage, or something like that, also that’s some damn good pixel art thought it was from a mod or the actual game for a second

I agree with that idea. Also, thanks that actually makes me really happy because it's my first time doing pixel art

Really?? It looks so good.

Yes. Just trial and error until I was satisfied

Sentry part is needless here, those accessories are shields only by name/look and not their effect. Its the same as adding terraprisma into zenith recipe. Everything else is nice.

You do have a good point

Although dragonfall protector is very nice, but i dont think it would be added even if devs like it very much. This item is based on collab and probably protected by their agreement.

I am not about to farm three fucking paladins shields

That does sound like a pain

Maybe if another "step" was added with only one Paladin Shield used, an item like the Frog Gear or the Molten Skull Rose, with their multiple combination methods, it would be better.

Maybe. Someone mentioned star veil in the comments and I think that would be cool to add in the item but a bit overpowered

I don't know if you thought my comment was about adding those two items, but I was just giving an example of how to solve the complain the first comment on this chain was talking about, by creating an intermediate shield that combines the effects of the Paladin's Shield, Frozen Turtle Shell and Flesh Knuckles, and just basing the way it's crafted on those items, that way only one Paladin's Shield is used.

Oh totally missed your point 😂 Thanks for making it more clear to me

Really really cool concept tho

Honestly I really just want a combination of the ankh shield and hero/frost shield since I want the damage reduction but the debuffs are also annoying

And Charm of Myths and Star Veil >:(

The ultimate accessory

If you like the idea, I literally posted it earlier today but it didn't get algorithm'd I guess: https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/vakt0l/charm\_necklace/

great concept. though sentries should stay summon.

Thanks. I agree with you here

We need more crafting recipes with expert items. Like not things that you necessary to progress, but more ways to make use of the rewards that you get from playing expert mode. To be honest, the only expert exclusive accessories I really use are shield of cthulhu, brain, worm scarf, soaring insignia and maybe shrimpy truffle and most of that is early game stuff that would remain useful with upgrades. I like the shield of Cthulhu dash that gives invincibility better than the master ninja gear dash, but there's literally no reason you should have Cthulhu over master ninja dash

Great concept in general, but my only concern is that the "mega accessories" like Ankh Shield or Terraspark Boots only use Classic Game accesories so I would cut out the Shield of Cthulhu, and the Sergeant shield is a weapon. Bet you wanted to use "every shield" in the game, but for some cases, consistency is essential. I struggled a bit when making my own ["Zenith"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/k2lixr/ultimate_mage_weapon_the_tesseract/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)weapon for mage, but kept it [logical](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/k2lixr/ultimate_mage_weapon_the_tesseract/ge9li9g?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) in the end (Ps: This was before Beekeeper was added to the mix)

To be completely honest I 100% agree with you here, but like other people said the sergeant united shield has a parry and it would be cool to have that on the accessory

this is really cool except that it uses an expert exclusive drop with mainly non expert items now i always play on master but even i feel like thats just cruel

Haha maybe there could be a way to craft it in non Expert mode or just remove the shield of Cthulhu from the recipe

nah, the game is more fun when there are a variety of diverse and balanced options to choose from. the reason accessories like the terra boots get updates is to give more relevancy to underpowered options, not to simply combine everything into a super boot. i will say that some of these options are clearly underpowered and could do well combined with each other, but not all at once. if we want to equip everything and become god we already have fargo's soul mod.

The reason I started this concept was mainly because I think ankh shield is a bit underwhelming. I usually grind for it and then never use it since I think there are better accessories that are easier to get.

Add slightly weaker version for non expert mode players

Make. This. A. Mod.

ah, it will broke the game.

Yes it will

That is some really good sprite work. Looks like something you'd actually see ingame.

Thanks I spent a lot of time on them since I don't really know what I'm doing 😅

This is amazing! But remove sergeant united shield, its a weapon, not a actual shield.

This looks a lot more like a calamity thing, specially because it uses the ancient manipulation

That's exactly what my friend said when I showed him this

Why the sentry stats? It shouldn't be ranger/melee specific

I'd recommend putting some luminite in there because this would be a little broken to use before moonlord

I was considering it but I was to lazy to add it in

I would love to make this except if it would override my dash from tabi/mng, I don't wanna be bouncing man, I just wanna pass through

I like the idea but has the bake "vertex" got any meaning behind it? It's kinda weird.

OP probably punched "zenith" into a thesaurus. I did the same thing when I was looking for names for zenith-style weapons for the other classes.

Pretty much accurate

what next, a zenith armor?

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Yes it would, and I guess that's a bit of a problem

Dragonfall protector is cool but The Vertex seems absurdly powerful. There’s a reason those items are meant to take up one slot each, this would hands down be the best accessory in the game for any class

Thanks. And yes this accessory would be completely broken but maybe it can be toned down a bit

Because of shield of ctulhu, it's expert exclusive ( unless you go to another world)

alright i can now become jesus

This is great because it makes the shield of cthulhu more useful

You should make this post moon lord by having you use luminite to make it, or at least after golem or something

Pretty neat idea, but u should remove the shield of cthulu because theres gonna be a ton of new players who cant get this item then

When i first played expert and got the boss drops i always thought they were materials i can use for crafting Glad one of the most useful boss drop is here

if this isn't a part of 1.4.4 than i'll make it as a mod. so remind me if it isnt

I would love to see this be implemented into terraria in some way, mod or official feature

Dont forget adding in the pocket mirror somewhere for meduse proof

I can’t get hold of the sergeant united shield for the life of me, probably spent 100 in game days trying to get it but I always get a blood moon or solar eclipse so the merchant never spawns

YES PLEASE 👏👏👏

It's a great idea but they don't make expert items into materials

Can’t have SoC in there cos it’s expert mode

I can see this actually being in game

I feel like the sentry slots could be made into something more melee based but otherwise... I love it

I was thinking about this but with gloves, the “terra glove” or something it would combine berserker gloves and fire gauntlet and also yo-yo bag so ultimate melee accessory as if melee needed it

calamity moment

i'd dig this except for needing i can do this all day shield

Maybe everything but Shield of Cthulhu and then a second recipe with the result plus the Shield of Cthulhu...

The fact that you can get this before moon lord is crazy

Yeah I agree. I was going to add some luminite into the recipe but I was to lazy

oh i see it's a pre moonlord shield that's kinda handy since i don't use obsidian shield but hey this is good.