If weapons are the stars of Terraria, accessories are the quiet directors backstage. A single slot might not seem like much on its own, but with up to seven of the right trinkets equipped, your humble pixelated self transforms from target practice to terror incarnate.
There’s no shortage of options, especially once you start combining effects or tinkering with modifiers. So, rather than flood you with 37 “great picks” and a dozen situational caveats, we’re cutting through the fat and crowning the best-in-class endgame accessories for each of Terraria’s four core playstyles: Melee, Ranged, Magic, and Summoner. Simple as that.
And yes, you should absolutely still stack damage, crit, and movement speed modifiers like your life depends on it, because it does.
Melee accessories
Best accessories for melee
- Fire Gauntlet: +100% knockback, up to +12% damage, +10% melee weapon size, enables autoswing, inflicts fire damage over time
- Mechanical glove: +12% melee damage and speed, +10% melee weapon size, enables autoswing
- Warrior Emblem: +15% melee damage
- Frozen Shield: Immune to knockback, reduces damage by 25% (when below 50% health), absorbs 25% of teammate damage (when above 25% health)
- Ankh Shield: Increases defense by 4. Immune to Poisoned, Darkness, Cursed, Bleeding, Confused, Slow, Weak, Silenced, Broken Armor, Chilled, Stoned, Knockback, and Burning debuffs.
- Yoyo Bag: Increased yoyo range, can wield two yoyos
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Terraspark Boots: Increased acceleration and deceleration on Ice Blocks, Thin Ice, Frozen Slime Blocks, and Aetherium Blocks. Immune to lava for seven seconds, immune to Burning debuff.
It all starts with a modest little pair of claws. Then you fuse it with a Titan Glove. Then you wrap it in lava. Welcome to the Fire Gauntlet, the undisputed king of melee accessories.
The appeal is straightforward. More damage, faster swings, increased knockback, and automatic autoswing on everything from katanas to solar eruption whips. This thing turns your character into a buzzsaw. Whether you’re carving through Plantera’s vines or trying not to get deleted by a Moon Lord phase change, the Fire Gauntlet keeps your offence brutal and relentless.
It also applies a permanent Hellfire or On Fire! debuff on hit depending on your platform, which stacks with other damage-over-time effects to shred enemies faster than they can blink. If you’re running a melee build, you want this. And ideally with a Warding modifier, unless you’ve got a death wish and a nurse on speed dial.
Is the Ankh Shield a pain in the ass to craft? It can be. Some players prefer the Frozen Shield because of that. However, the Ankh Shield’s long list of immunities can prove to be very valuable at times. It can remove debuffs just by equipping it, if you don’t want to use it as your primary shield. There may be better overall shields, but the benefits of the Ankh Shield outweigh most of the drawbacks.
There are a lot of benefits that come with Terraspark Boots, but the primary advantage is speed. When equipped, players can go as fast as 35 mph and briefly achieve flight for just over a second. The Terraspark Boots can also be paired with wings for just under a second of additional flight time.
The boots are pretty useful on the ground as well, as they allow players to step on thin ice without breaking it. Players can even walk on water, so to speak, as long as these boots are equipped. Although these boots aren’t fully immune from lava, they do offer some added protection by reducing the damage taken and lowering the time of the On Fire! debuff.
Ranged accessories
Best accessories for ranged
- Molton Quiver: +10% damage, increased arrow speed, 20% chance not to consume arrows, and turns Wooden Arrows into Flaming Arrows
- Stalker’s Quiver: +10% arrow damage, increased arrow speed, 20% chance not to consume arrows, and enemies are less likely to target you
- Ranger Emblem: +15% ranged damage
- Recon Scope: + 10% ranged damage, +10% critical strike chance, enemies are less likely to target you, and increases view range for guns
Let’s not beat around the bush. Guns and bows don’t hit their stride until you start buffing the hell out of their crit rate and projectile behaviour. That’s where the Recon Scope steps in.
Born from the union of Putrid Scent and a Sniper Scope, the Recon Scope does two things exceptionally well. It increases ranged damage and boosts critical strike chance. Combine that with its long-range targeting assist and it turns you into Terraria’s deadliest cameraman, blowing heads off from a safe distance.
The real magic, though, lies in how it works with multi-projectile weapons. Fire a Tsunami or Daedalus Stormbow and you’re suddenly raining death with terrifying precision. It’s especially lethal in multiplayer, where you can comfortably sit behind your meat shield friends and delete bosses before they even notice you.
Bonus points: Stack it with a Molten Quiver or Stalker’s Quiver for synergy with bows. Yes, they stack. Yes, it’s busted. No, we’re not complaining.
Magic accessories
Best accessories for magic
- Celestial Emblem: +15% magic damage, increased Mana Star pickup range
- Celestial Cuffs: Restores mana when damaged, +20 increased maximum mana, increased Mana Star pickup range
- Sorcerer Emblem: +15% magic damage
- Mana Regeneration Band: +20 increased maximum mana, increases mana regeneration rate
- Mana Cloak: -8% mana cost, uses mana potions automatically, causes stars to fall upon damage
- Arcane Flower: -8% mana cost, uses mana potions automatically, and enemies are less likely to target you
- Charm of Myths: Regenerates 1 health every second when equipped, decreases Potion Sickness debuff duration by 25%
You don’t need to be a wizard to know that mana is a problem in early Hardmode. That’s why many players rush the Celestial Cuffs, a surprisingly stacked accessory that restores mana when you take damage and sucks in mana stars from across the screen like a magical Dyson. Pair that with a Mana Cloak, and you’ll generate the very stars you need to keep afloat.
But if we’re choosing the top-tier pick for endgame spell-slinging, there’s only one champion. The Celestial Emblem.
This bad boy grants a flat 15% boost to all magic damage, and if you’ve ever nuked a boss with Nebula Blaze or decimated crowds with Last Prism, you know how much that multiplier matters. The emblem synergizes perfectly with high-DPS magic builds, making it the clear favorite for mages who want to kill first and mana-manage later.
If you want to save your recovery potions until you really need them, the Charm of Myths can heal your character if given enough time. When taking potions while the Charm of Myths is equipped, the cooldown time will be reduced by about 25%. Having said that, make sure that you keep the Charm of Myths equipped until Potion Sickness or other negative debuffs have expired, or they will increase when the charm is unequipped.
Summoner accessories
Best accessories for Summoner
- Papyrus Scarab: +1 max minion count, +15% summon weapon damage, and +2 minion knockback
- Hercules Beetle: +15% summon damage, +2 minion knockback
- Summoner Emblem: +15% summon damage
- Necromatic Scroll: +1 max minion count, +10% summon damage
- Pygmy Necklace: +1 max minion count
Summoners have always had it rough in Terraria. For the longest time, you had to choose between looking cool and actually doing damage. But once the Papyrus Scarab enters your inventory, the suffering ends.
This elegant little bug boosts minion damage by 15%, increases knockback, and lets you summon one extra minion. That might not sound revolutionary, but when your build revolves around overwhelming the screen with spiderlings, Stardust Dragons, or Terraprisma clones, more is always better.
Papyrus Scarab is a fusion of the Necromantic Scroll and Hercules Beetle, both found post-Plantera, so it’s a late-game investment. But summoners are used to that. The payoff? You become a walking army, effortlessly chewing through invasions and bosses while you stand back and admire your minions like the world’s most bloodthirsty talent scout.
Best Pets
- Chester
Most of the pets in the game are invincible, but serve no purpose beyond companionship. Chester–a literal walking chest–is different, in that he can carry around your items and greatly increase your inventory. Chester can only be summoned by the Eye Bone, and he will follow the player as long as it remains in their inventory. However, Chester can be killed, in which case he will drop the player’s items and the Eye Bone will close. But despite that dark fate, Chester will respawn after a day and the Eye Bone will reopen its eye.
The bottom line
Accessories in Terraria aren’t just side perks. They’re the spine of every build. Whether you’re swinging swords, firing arrows, hurling magic, or sending your minions to do the dirty work, the right pick for your Terraria weapons amplifies your power, shores up your weaknesses, and gives you the edge you need when the screen starts flashing red.
Want to go even further? You can. With accessory slots expanding thanks to items like the Demon Heart and the Void Bag letting you swap builds on the fly, there’s plenty of room for experimentation. But if you’re looking for a definitive loadout anchor per class, this is it.
