Terraria is full of so many items and builds that no playthrough will be the same. Each playthrough will have a new world and things that spawn. One of the best ways to play Terraria is by using a mage build. In this article, we’ll discuss the best accessories you can equip for such a build in your run.
The best Mage build accessories in Terraria during pre-Hardmode include Celestial Cuffs, Mana Flower, Magnet Flower, Magic Cuffs, Band of Starpower, and Mana Regeneration Band.
In Hardmode the best Mage Build accessories include Sorcerer Emblem, mana Cloak, Arcane Flower, Crystal Ball, Celestial Emblem, and Putrid Scent
If you wish to know how you can craft the items mentioned above and want information about what makes a good Mage Build accessory, then keep reading!
Top 6 Pre-Hardmode Mage Build Accessories
There are quite a few options for accessories when it comes to Terraria. However, in the early stages of the game, there aren’t many options. This vastly limits your ability to curate your build to specify how you want it to be. Nonetheless, there are still many important accessories to look for if you want the optimum Pre-Hardmode mage.
1. Celestial Cuffs
How to get: You need to combine Magic Cuffs and a Celestial Magnet at a Tinkerer’s Workshop to craft
The Celestial Cuffs are a pre-Hardmode accessory that restores mana when the wearer is damaged and increases the pickup range for stars. It also increases the maximum mana by 20.
These are great if you already have the magic cuffs, but they are probably one of the hardest things to craft on this list. All the items are pretty dispersed, but they are relatively hard to craft.
You can get this in pre-hard mode, so it is one of the first things you can get on the list. It is also one of the best things you can get early on because of all the perks it gives you. Even if you just have the Band of Regeneration, you should use it because it does help with faster health regeneration.
Here are all the items needed to craft Celestial Cuffs and where to get them:
Band of Regeneration
The Band of Regeneration is an accessory that can be found in Gold Chests in the Underground and Cavern biomes and in Living Mahogany Trees in the Underground Jungle. When equipped, it regenerates 0.5 health every second.
Band of Starpower
The Band of Starpower is an accessory that increases the player’s maximum mana by 20. It can be obtained by destroying shadow orbs in the Underground Corruption or by destroying corrupted or defiled crates. You can get this item pretty early on, and it is very good even if you have it by itself.
Shackle
The Shackle is an accessory that grants 1 point of defense. It is dropped by most kinds of Zombies with a 2% chance. Shackles are most useful early in the game when the defense is at a premium.
You will most likely have one of these lying around, especially if you went through a couple of Blood Moons.
Celestial Magnet
The Celestial Magnet is an accessory that greatly increases the pickup range for Stars. It is purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 15 Gold, but his shop is entirely random. You need to get lucky to find one that he is selling. If he is selling it, make sure to buy a couple so you can use them for other stuff later.
2. Mana Flower
The next accessory we recommend for Mage Build’s pre-hard mode is the Mana Flower. It reduced mana consumption by 8% and allowed you to consume mana-restoring potions automatically from your inventory.
The best aspect of the Mana Flower, and why we particularly recommend it for Mage Builds. That this accessory can stack with other mana cost-reduction items. In particular, it can stack cumulatively with the Celestial Cuffs and Nature’s Gift. You can craft this item at the Tinkerer’s Workshop.
Here are all the items that you need to craft the Mana Flower, and where to get them.
Nature’s Gift
Nature’s Gift can be acquired by harvesting a certain rare flower. This flower grows in the Jungle Grass found in the Underground Jungle in Terraria You can use any weapon or tool if you wish to harvest this accessory from the location. You will find that the flower appears in the blue version of the Jungle Rose.
Mana Potion
The Mana potion restores 100 mana when used. The Mana potion can be crafted. However, you will most likely find the potion within Crates. However, there are two types of Crates where the Mana Potion cannot be found. The Wooden Crates and the Pearlwood Crates.
3. Magnet Flower
How to get: You need to combine a Mana Flower and a Celestial Magnet at a Tinkerer’s Workshop to craft
The Magnet Flower is an accessory that reduces Mana usage by 8%, automatically uses Mana Potions when needed, and increases pickup range for Stars. This item is also another Pre-Hard Mode item, and it is another relatively easy item to get.
We don’t think that the Mana Flowers stack, but it does help to have a bunch of these accessories equipped at once.
As we said before, the Mana usage can be decreased with other accessories too, so if you combine them all, you will have an insanely powerful build that has the maximum damage output.
Here are all the items needed to craft a Mana Cloak and where to get them:
Mana Potion
The Mana Potion restores 100 mana when used. It can be crafted by using 2 Lesser Mana Potions and a Glowing Mushroom. They are extremely easy to get and shouldn’t be an issue.
Nature’s Gift
Nature’s Gift is an accessory that reduces the mana cost of using magic weapons and other mana-consuming items by 6%. It is acquired by harvesting a rare flower that grows on Jungle Grass in the Underground Jungle, using any weapon or tool. The flower appears as a blue version of the Jungle Rose.
Celestial Magnet
The Celestial Magnet is an accessory that greatly increases the pickup range for Stars. It is purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 15 Gold, but his shop is entirely random.
You need to get lucky to find one that he is selling. If he is selling it, make sure to buy a couple so you can use them for other stuff later.
4. Magic Cuffs
Another exceptionally powerful Mage Build accessory for pre-Hardmode is the Magic Cuffs. It increases the maximum amount of mana of your character by 20. Additionally, it can restore mana whenever you are damaged.
This is a really good item since it is quite often that you will find yourself taking damage in a mage build. Built to be essentially squishier, you’ll take a lot more pain from enemies and bosses. So by using this accessory, you can offset the damage taken by increasing your available mana and damage potential.
The Mana you restore through this access is equal to the damage of the attack before factoring in defense. So you might receive far lower damage than the amount of mana that you restore through this item. Truly a brilliant accessory to have around.
Unfortunately, this effect does not stack with other accessories like the Celestial Cuffs.
Here are all the items that you need to craft the Magic Cuffs
Mana Regeneration Band
Obtained through crafting at the Tinkerer’s workshop. The items needed for the crafting of this item are the Band of Regeneration and the Band of Starpower.
Shackle
It is an accessory that is often dropped by many types of Zombies.
5. Band of Starpower
The items that we’ve mentioned so far are craftables that you can get a little later into the game. Even in pre-hard mode, you can expect to be roaming around with weaker items to start with, until you can get the more powerful items crafted.
The Band of Starpower is the perfect early-game Mage Build Accessory. It will increase your character’s mana pool by 20. This is great early on because any item that can increase the number of spells you can cast will be exceptionally powerful.
It can be found in two ways. The first is when you destroy Shadow Orbs. These Shadow Orbs are found in the Underground Corrutipn or the Corrupt or the Defiled Crates. You can also find the Band of Starpowers in Living Trees.
6. Mana Regeneration Band
The last pre-Hardmode accessory that I’d recommend is the Mana Regeneration Band. It increases your mana pool by 20. Additionally, you receive mana regeneration from the band itself as well. Which has to be the most on-the-nose effect ever.
This accessory is perfect for the pre-hardcore mode because it can provide your Mage Build with everything that needs it. You receive both a larger Mana pool and mana regeneration. Both of which increase the total amount of spells that you can cast during a fight.
The item can be made at the Tinkerer’s Workshop. Items that you need are the following:
- Band of Starpower
- Band of Regeneration
Top 6 Hardmode Mage Build Accessories
The more difficult version of the initial world that you spawn into is Hardmode. Your world will permanently convert to Hardmode after you successfully defeat the Wall of Flesh boss for the first time. While in Hard Mode, you will be able to face new challenges in-game and have access to more items, especially accessories.
In this section, we’ll be discussing a few of the best accessories that become available after you access Hard Mode. These accessories will be designed to help you build the strongest mage possible. And the focus of this build will be to make your Mage as powerful as they can be.
My recommendations for Hard mode Mage Build Accessories are as follows:
7. Sorcerer Emblem
How to get: It has a 25% chance to drop after defeating the Wall of Flesh in the Underworld
The Sorcerer Emblem is a Hardmode accessory that increases magic damage by 15%. You can take these and turn them into Avenger Emblems later on, but it does decrease the Damage Bonuses.
The best option if you want to maximize damage with Mage weapons, you want to keep the Sorcer Emblem by itself without upgrading it at all.
You can turn it into an Avenger Emblem later on if you want to have an all-around damage bonus for every weapon type.
You can get a bunch of Emblems from the Wall of Flesh, but this is the best one for Mages. If you do get it, don’t sell it or throw it away by accident. Just don’t upgrade it if you want to keep it the way it is.
Band of Starpower
It can be found by destroying Shadow Orbs in the Underground Corruption or from Corrupt or Defiled CratesYouou can get this item pretty early on and it is very good even if you have this by itself.
Shackle
It is dropped by most kinds of Zombies with a 2% chance. Shackles are most useful early in the game when the defense is at a premium. You will most likely have one of these lying around, especially if you went through a couple of Blood Moons.
Celestial Magnet
The Celestial Magnet is an accessory that greatly increases the pickup range for Stars. It is purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 15 Gold, but his shop is entirely random.
You really need to get lucky to find one that he is selling. If he is selling it, make sure to buy a couple so you can use them for other stuff later.
8. Mana Cloak
How to get: You need to combine a Mana Flower and a Star Cloak at a Tinkerer’s Workshop to craft
The Mana Cloak is a Hardmode accessory that combines the effects of the Mana Flower and Star Cloak. It also adds a new effect to the stars spawned by the Star Cloak. When the player takes damage, the Mana Cloak will spawn three stars that damage enemies.
When one of these stars strikes an obstacle, it will transform into a special glowing mana star that travels toward the player, restoring 50 mana upon collection. Keep in mind that ty get everything for this item, you will need to have a Tinkerer’s Workshop and have defeated the Wall of Flesh in the Underworld.
Here are all the items needed to craft a Mana Cloak and where to get them:
Mana Potion
The Mana Potion restores 100 mana when used. It can be crafted by using 2 Lesser Mana Potions and a Glowing Mushroom. They are extremely easy to get and shouldn’t be an issue.
Nature’s Gift
Nature’s Gift is an accessory that reduces the mana cost of using magic weapons and other mana-consuming items by 6%. It is acquired by harvesting a rare flower that grows on Jungle Grass in the Underground Jungle, using any weapon or tool. The flower appears as a blue version of the Jungle Rose.
Star Cloak
The Star Cloak is a Hardmode accessory that causes three stars to fall around the player whenever the player takes damage. It consumes no Mana. The stars that fall cause 30 magic damage each, pierce through multiple enemies, and pass through blocks until reaching the player’s altitude
9. Arcane Flower
How to get: You need to combine a Mana Flower and a Putrid Scent at a Tinkerer’s Workshop to craft
The Arcane Flower reduces Mana usage by 8% and automatically uses Mana Potions when needed. It also makes it so enemies are less likely to target you. It is pretty much the same as the Mana Cloak, but instead of Falling Stars, you have a lower aggression buff. Honestly, you should probably get this instead of the Mana Cloak, but it is entirely up to you.
Putrid Scents are extremely rare to get and it can be a huge feat to get one, so if you do, you might want to rethink your Mana build and use this instead. You could even have both equipped at once if you want to. It’s your build and up to you to figure out what’s best.
Here are all the items needed to craft a Mana Cloak and where to get them:
Mana Potion
The Mana Potion restores 100 mana when used. It can be crafted by using 2 Lesser Mana Potions and a Glowing Mushroom. They are extremely easy to get and shouldn’t be an issue.
Nature’s Gift
Nature’s Gift is an accessory that reduces the mana cost of using magic weapons and other mana-consuming items by 6%. It is acquired by harvesting a rare flower that grows on Jungle Grass in the Underground Jungle, using any weapon or tool. The flower appears as a blue version of the Jungle Rose.
Putrid Scent
The Putrid Scent is a Hardmode accessory. When equipped, it will increase damage and critical strike chance by 5%, as well as decreases enemy aggression by 400. It is extremely hard to get because you have a 20% chance to get one from a Corrupted Mimic in the underground Corruption in Hard Mode.
10. Crystal Ball
How to get: Bought from the Wizard for 10 Gold once you defeat the Wall of Flesh
The Crystal Ball is a Hardmode furniture item that, when placed and activated, grants the Clairvoyance buff for 10 minutes. It also functions as a crafting station for certain items. It is an extremely important item to get, and the best part is, if you activate it and destroy it, the buff will still be there.
You can hold it in your inventory before you fight anything and place it down when you need to activate it. You can just pick it up again by using a pickaxe or drill on it. It’s sort of an accessory, but you can’t put it into your accessory slots, so keep that in mind. It is a must-have if you are a mage in any capacity.
The clairvoyance buff gives the player these bonuses for 10 minutes:
- +20 Maximum Mana
- +5% Magic Damage
- +2% magic critical strike chance
- −2% mana usage
11. Celestial Emblem
The Celestial Emblem is an accessory only available in the Hardmode of Terraria. It makes for an excellent accessory to obtain and equip if you’re creating a mage build. The celestial emblem offers a 15% increase in the amount of magic damage dealt by your character.
Additionally, it also provides the ability to increase the range at which Stars are picked up. This is increased by 18.75 tiles. This brings the total pickup power of your character up to 21.375. Which is immensely impressive and a decent quality-of-life feature if you’re a new player.
Similar to many items previously discussed in this article, this accessory can be made in the Tinkerer’s workshop. All it requires are a few items, which include the following:
Celestial Magnet
An accessory that can greatly increase the pickup range of Stars. This item can be purchased from the Traveling Merchant. The usual cost for this item is 15. Additionally, the item can be found in Sky Chests and Sky Crates since version 1.4.4 of the game.
Avenger Emblem
The accessory grants a bonus of 12% damage to all weapons. It can be crafted by fusing a Sorcerer’s Emblem, 5 Soul of Might, 5 Soul of Sight, and 5 Soul of Fright.
12. Putrid Scent
The Putrid Scent is a great all-purpose accessory that can be utilized by almost all builds. In particular, however, the increased critical hit chance and the damage potential make this an exceptional add-on to the Mage build.
As described earlier the Putrid Scent will increase damage and raise the Critical Strike chance of your character by 5%. This is exceptionally important as the amount of damage you will be doing will hinge on whether you land critical hits or not.
Additionally, the Putrid Scent also allows your character to be less likely to aggro. The statistic for aggro is reduced by 400. Corrupt mimics provide a 20% time reduction. These are frequently found in underground corruption.
You may also put the Key of Light. Since it is related to the corrupt world, it becomes referred to and knows the traditions.
What makes a good Mage accessory in Terraria?
There are a bunch of things that make Mage accessories good. The first is the amount of bonus Mana gives you. Some give you 2 to 3 extra Mana Stars and it can help if you are relatively low on Mana in a fight. You definitely want as much Mana as you possibly can get.
The second is about mage weapon damage bonuses. Most of these accessories on this list help add bonus damage to your weapons, and every single hit counts. You want to try and get the most out of your weapon, and these items will help you do that.
The final important factor that makes Mage accessories useful is the reduction in Mana usage. Almost all of these items reduce Mana usage in some way, which helps in conjunction with the extra Mana Stars. The less you need to use, the more you can use without using potions. Make sure you are taking advantage of all the bonuses you can if you are using Mage.
- +20 Maximum Mana
- +5% Magic Damage
- +2% magic critical strike chance
- −2% mana usage