Core of the Berserker

Core of the Berserker

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Statistics

Type	Accessory
Defense	2
Tooltip	Increases armor penetration by 6 Increases melee critical strike chance and melee damage by 5% Hitting foes may cause them to release a cloud of gas and melee critical hits may cause foes to explode Increases melee damage and melee speed by 12% when underground and melee damage and melee speed by 7% when under half health Reduces damage taken by 4% and occasionally nullifies hostile projectiles
Inflicts Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff duration	2.5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Inflicts Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff duration	5 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Rarity
Sell	3

The Core of the Berserker is a craftable Hardmode accessory. While equipped, it gives the effects of all of the accessories used in its crafting recipe, some of the effects being improved from the original versions.

Bonuses

• +2 defense
• -4% damage taken
• +6 armor penetration for all weapons
• +5% melee damage
• +5% melee critical strike chance
• When underground:
  • +12% melee damage
  • +12% melee speed
• When under half health:
  • +7% melee damage
  • +7% melee speed
• Melee hits on enemies have a 11.11% (1:9) chance of releasing poisonous Wheeze Gas
• Melee critical strikes may cause enemies to explode, setting them on fire
• Hostile projectiles have 1.67% (1:60) chance to be nullified before hitting the player

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Tinkerer's Workshop
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Shard of the Berserker	1
	Wheezer Scale	1
	Undead Totem	1
	Infernal Flame	1
	Atmos Protector	1
	Fossil Flower	1
	Sun Shard	5
Result
	Core of the Berserker	1

History

• 1.3: Introduced.