I just wanted to ask the community here: Do you prioritize items which provide higher defense or higher immunity? I've never really known how to be strategic with this, and i have always wondered if one might be better than the other depending on where you're mining/fighting. My guess is that it helps with magical attacks, such as the ones from the floating eyeballs, and the shaman guys on mine level 80+, whereas defense would impact physical attacks.

Understanding the Context

Just a guess though. My current boots have 6 defense and 5 immunity, but just now i found a boots that has 7 defense but zero immunity. Should i switch to the 7 defense boots, or is it more important to have immunity too? The difference between 10 and 12 hits without dying is not categorically different.

Key Insights

However, the difference between dying in 23 vs 29 hits is a significant change. Stacked defense allows you to tackle end game challenges without worrying about enemies at all. For players who are running tanky builds and want to have a lot of immunity, this footwear is absolutely perfect. The mermaid boots provide the highest immunity bonus in the game, as well as the third highest defense bonus out of all the footwear in the game. Inferior to iridium band, but nice for early game.

Final Thoughts

Good for those who don't grow coffee. Makes debuffs last a lot less time. +4 immunity, same as space boots, minus the defensive bonus. Monsters that hurt you, also get hurt. If you die, it revives you. It's found on basically every boot i've discovered so far but i have no idea what it does.

I assume more is better but without knowing what it does i don't know if i want more defense over it if given the choice. All the wiki says about it is immunity is a statistic that affects the lack of damage. Which makes about 0 sense to me. Immunity protects against debuffs, like getting slimed or jinxed.