Best rings

[Space is the Place]

I´m about to make me the iridium brand but I also got to Ginger Island and know of the forge. Is it worth to still make the Iridium band? which other ring, or which two, are the best basic ones? and which ones do you think it´s the best combo for the forge?

[NBOX21]

I always wear the Slime Charmer Ring on me to completely protect myself against slimes. It's also my go-to for ring combinations, which I have recently done so with my Iridium Band Ring.

[happybjorn]

Yes, it's worth making an iridium band. The real question is whether you should make 1 or 2.

Once you are forging 2 rings together the first one should probably be an iridium band combined with a luck ring. After that whatever you prefer is probably fine.

[Queen Droxxanna]

Originally posted by happybjorn:

Yes, it's worth making an iridium band. The real question is whether you should make 1 or 2.

Once you are forging 2 rings together the first one should probably be an iridium band combined with a luck ring. After that whatever you prefer is probably fine.

ditto

[Space is the Place]

Mmmh, I don´t think I know what ring is the luck one, I´ll have to check it out. That combo with the Slime Charmer does sound interesting as well.

I haven´t really dig much into it, just checked the rings I can craft, but I have to ask: Are there other rings like Iridium Band that are a combination of other rings?

I also like the vampire ring and I was thinking to mix it with another combat focus ring, but the ones sold by the Adventure´s Guild are mostly meh.

[Maya-Neko]

iridium band should 100% be one of the rings to make, unless you love running in pure darkness and needing to run on top of items constantly for whatever reason.

As for the combinations, that mostly depends on your playstyle. I'm using:

For monster farming:
- Iridium band + lucky ring
- Napalm ring + Burglar's ring

And for anything else, if i somehow manage to find a 2nd lucky ring:
- Iridium band + lucky ring
- iridium band + lucky ring (maybe a slime charmer instead of the iridium band for when i grow slimes, but i never really do that)

I never really get hit though, so i'm just completely skipping on defensive rings.

Originally posted by Space is the Place:

I haven´t really dig much into it, just checked the rings I can craft, but I have to ask: Are there other rings like Iridium Band that are a combination of other rings?

There's also the Glowstone Ring, which is a weaker version of the Iridium band, but beyond that no, there are no other basic rings like that. That's what the forge is for after all^^

[Space is the Place]

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

iridium band should 100% be one of the rings to make, unless you love running in pure darkness and needing to run on top of items constantly for whatever reason.

You gonna think I´m crazy, but actually, I spend tons of resources crafting lights that I place in all maps hahaha. Being working my way from the farm out, initially I was gonna fill the maps with trees, but yeah, not that many titles where you can do that, so I´m making light post and some light-torchs hidden behind bushes and what not. It´s just for looks, but it really boost the magical look of some maps at night.

But yeah, I know what you mean, and I would be basically upgrading my Glowstone ring. Thank you for the detailed response.

I gotta ask though, what about Vampire Ring and Inmunity Band? Both sound good to me, are they not?

EDIT: Currently using Glowstone Ring and Magnet Ring by the way, but I do have Vampire Ring and Inmunity Band on my farm somewhere, I just haven´t test them because ... well because I´m lazy, same reason why in the middle of floor 30 of the skull cavern I always go "aww f*ck, I didn´t bring food"

[Queen Droxxanna]

Note; you cant combine 2 of the same rings together.
and SMAPI will give you error messages if you wear 2 lucky rings with other rings, I know I used two and get red error messages all the time, and I dont have double the luck effect.

[ULTRA]

There are a few strategies, but yes, the iridium ring is usually recommendable. People usually combine them for luck, damage, or to get resistance/advantage to as many enemy types as possible.

[Grave:3]

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

iridium band should 100% be one of the rings to make, unless you love running in pure darkness and needing to run on top of items constantly for whatever reason.

As for the combinations, that mostly depends on your playstyle. I'm using:

For monster farming:
- Iridium band + lucky ring
- Napalm ring + Burglar's ring

And for anything else, if i somehow manage to find a 2nd lucky ring:
- Iridium band + lucky ring
- iridium band + lucky ring (maybe a slime charmer instead of the iridium band for when i grow slimes, but i never really do that)

I never really get hit though, so i'm just completely skipping on defensive rings.

Originally posted by Space is the Place:

I haven´t really dig much into it, just checked the rings I can craft, but I have to ask: Are there other rings like Iridium Band that are a combination of other rings?

There's also the Glowstone Ring, which is a weaker version of the Iridium band, but beyond that no, there are no other basic rings like that. That's what the forge is for after all^^

[red255]

yeah i'd make two iridium bands, combine one with the robber band and the other with uh,
not sure, I think the napalm ring.

at the altar in ginger island.

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by Space is the Place:

I gotta ask though, what about Vampire Ring and Inmunity Band? Both sound good to me, are they not?

The Vampire ring restores 2 HP and you can easily loose like 20-30 HP per attack in the late game, so that's 10-15 monsters you might need to kill, which is way too much in my opinion, especially since people who're struggling to not get hit might not be able to heal themselves up properly before the next hit.

As for the immunity band, that's up to you. Each point of immunity gives 10 % of immunity against status changes, so the immunity band alone gets you 40 %. You can pair that with the Genie Shoes or even better the Mermaid Boots (best shoes in the game) to get 100 % immunity against any ailments. This can help, if you've problems in the dangerous Dungeon in the lategame, since there's one debuff that prevents you from eating. Personally i don't use it though, since debuffs only get applied when you get hit.