At this point Depth Cells and Lumenyl will begin to drop from some enemies.

The second trip should be made after defeating Plantera.

The weapons that can be inside will last until around Cryogen. At this point you should be hunting down the shadow chests that spawn in the islands all over the Abyss.

The first trip should be made after defeating Skeletron.

There are three major points in which you should traverse the abyss. It spans the entire height of a world (excluding the small patch of hell at the absolute bottom) and is a source of powerful items at various points of the game. The Abyss is a large biome that spawns past the dungeon in any world.

Demonshade Armour (Obtainable after defeating Supreme Calamitas.

Auric Tesla Armour (Obtainable after defeating Yharon in which Auric ore spawns in the world.

Silva Armour (Obtainable after defeating Yharon’s first phase which allows Darksun Fragments to begin dropping from Mothrons.).

God Slayer Armour (Obtainable after defeating the Devourer of Gods using Cosmilite bars.).

Bloodflare Armour (ObtaInable after defeating Polterghast using Bloodstone Cores and Ruinous Souls.).

Tarragon Armour (Obtainable after defeating Providence from Uelibloom ore that spawns as a result.).

Crafted using Meld bars and Luminite bars.

Xeroc Armour (Obtainable right after defeating Moon Lord.

Serves as the final Hardmode armour set.)

Ataxia Armour (Obtainable after defeating Golem by mining Chaotic ore from the Abyss using a Picksaw.

Easy to skip armour tier due to only being useful on mage or summoner as well as similar to Reaver armour in stats.)

Astral Armour (Obtainable after defeating Astrum Deus in which Astral ore becomes minable.

Reaver Armour (Obtainable after defeating Plantera in which Perennial ore spawns.).

Worth noting that defeating Cryogen also yields a Frost Core which allows access to easy Frost armour if you prefer.) Until Cryogen is defeated, you will only have access to the vanilla hardmode armours.

Daedalus Armour (Obtainable after Cryonic ore spawns from defeating Cryogen.

Serves as the final Pre-Hardmode armour.) Crafted from the Purified Gel dropped by Slime God.

Statigel Armour (Obtainable after deafeating Slime God.

Aerospec Armour (Obtainable after defeating the Hive Mind or Perforators which causes the ore to spawn in your world.).

All of these are dropped by the Cnidrion and Desert Scourge.) Bars are crafted using Seashells, Starfish and Coral along with Victory Shards.

Victide Armour (Obtainable from the moment you spawn in, although it’s incredibly grindy.

Shards used in crafting are dropped by Wulfrum Slimes and Wulfrum Drones on the surface.)

Wulfrum Armour (Obtainable from the moment you spawn in.

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