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 combined 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. It is possible for Defense to increase damage: if affected by the Shadow Shaman Jinxed debuff with no defensive items equipped, providing a net Defense of -8, a Green Slime deals between 12 and 14 damage.

Food

The following foods temporarily increase Defense.

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Magic Rock Candy	A rare and powerful candy infused with the essence of the prismatic shard.	N/A	500225	Mining (+2) Luck (+5) Speed (+1) Defense (+5) Attack (+5)	8m 24s	N/A - Must be purchased, earned, or may be dropped by Haunted Skulls	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
	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

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 (Weapon Defense has no gameplay effect)

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)