The Ankh Shield is an accessory that provides four defense and immunity to eleven different debuffs in addition to knockback.

Although it is arguably the best accessory to have on almost any personality, it’s the 2nd most complicated crafting tree in base Terraria, requiring eleven different ingredients.

This guide is going to show you where to get each material, as well as provide strategies for farming these products.

Crafting Tree

Here is a crafting tree to the Ankh Shield. It lists the enemies that fall each product as well as the names of the accessories required to make it.

Notes & Tips

• All accessory drop chances for the Ankh Charm are 1%, but on Expert mode they are 2%.
• The only accessories available prehardmode are the Nazar and the Bezoar. I would highly recommend getting both of these accessories prehardmode if possible, as Moss Hornets take the place of Hornets, and Cursed Skulls are very rare after killing Plantera.
• Obsidian requires water and lava to touch, and a minimum of 65% pickaxe power to mine (Deathbringer / Nightmare). It can also be blown up.
• Since destroying an altar spawns several Wraiths, you have a relatively high chance of obtaining the Fast Clock at the beginning of hardmode.
• The only “debuff” that bosses will inflict is really knockback. There are, of course, exceptions (Queen Bee’s stingers, BoC Creeper ability to inflict random debuffs, etc).
• While you may be immune to poison with the Ankh Shield, you are not immune to venom. This goes for other upgraded debuffs as well.
• *For some reason, the Ankh Shield gives immunity to the chilled debuff. Oddly enough, the Hand Warmers, a separate accessory, are not used in the recipe.

Conclusion

I hope this guide helped! Obviously, guides like this are already explained in-depth on the Terraria wiki, so I might just be wasting my time.