Lava Waders (2024)

Lava Waders

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Type	AccessoryCrafting material
Tooltip	Provides the ability to walk on water, honey & lava Grants immunity to fire blocks and 7 seconds of immunity to lava Reduces damage from touching lava
Rarity
Sell	10
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 908

The Lava Waders are an accessory that allow the player to walk on the surface of all liquids, including water, honey, Shimmer and lava, without taking lava damage or triggering the On Fire! debuff (unlike the Water Walking Boots and Obsidian Water Walking Boots, which only allow walking on water and honey).

Lava Waders also allow the player to submerge in lava safely for 7 seconds (press the ▼ Down key to submerge), without incurring lava damage or triggering the On Fire! debuff. The 7-second countdown is signified by a lava meter that displays over the player's head, similar to the Breath meter, but displaying flame icons instead of bubbles. Lava immunity time is recharged gradually by exiting lava, the same way breathing time is recharged by exiting water (albeit much more slowly).

All liquids, including lava, can be walked on indefinitely while the Lava Waders are equipped. The countdown only applies when submerged in lava, whereas the player can stand on its surface indefinitely.

Lava Waders additionally provide immunity to the Burning debuff incurred from contact with Meteorite, Hellstone or Hellstone Brick. It also reduces lava's base damage from 70 to 35.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

If you want the Lava Waders on PC, it is the same as on Console and Mobile.

Note: Molten Skull rose doesn't require obsidian water walking boots, it requires normal water walking boots for the lava waders since you already have obtained the obsidian skull for the molten skull rose.

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Lava Waders	Obsidian Water Walking Boots Lava Charm	Tinkerer's Workshop
only: Lava Waders	Molten Skull Rose Obsidian Water Walking Boots
	Molten Skull Rose Water Walking Boots
	Obsidian Water Walking Boots Lava Charm Obsidian Rose
	Molten Charm Water Walking Boots Obsidian Rose
	Molten Charm Obsidian Water Walking Boots Obsidian Rose

Crafting tree[]

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Obsidian × 20 ( + )

Obsidian Skull

Lava Charm ( or + )

Obsidian Skull

Water Walking Boots ( )

Lava Charm ( or + )

Obsidian Skull

Molten Charm

Obsidian Rose ( ) ( Only required on )

Water Walking Boots ( )

Obsidian Water Walking Boots

Obsidian Rose ( ) ( Only required on )

Lava Charm ( or + )

or

Molten Charm

or

Lava Waders

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Terraspark Boots	Frostspark Boots Lava Waders	Tinkerer's Workshop

Notes[]

• It is still possible to fall through lava whenever there is a change in its fluid level (e.g. when standing on lava and mining Hellstone).

Tips[]

• Lava Waders are beneficial for mining Hellstone, and during the Wall of Flesh fight(s), if a walkway has not been built.
• Equipping the Flipper in addition makes it possible to swim in lava, while being immune to its effects for 7 seconds.
• Lava Waders let the player walk in thin layers of Lava, such as those used in traps and farms without destroying drops, without using up the 7 second lava immunity.
• The Lava Charm, Molten Charm , Hellfire Treads , Terraspark Boots , and Demonic Hellcart stack with the Lava Waders to increase lava immunity by 7 seconds each to a maximum total of 42 / 14 seconds.
• It is suggested to keep the Flame Waker Boots and Lava Waders as a separate items, as combining the two together prevents you from crafting Terraspark Boots, which are statistically more useful and you can wear Flame Waker Boots as a vanity accessory for the visual effect.
• While trying to get Lava Waders on PC version, Console version, Mobile version, and tModLoader version, it is better to not waste an Obsidian Skull when crafting prerequisite accessories, as the crafting recipe allows to combine the Molten Charm and Obsidian Water Walking Boots, both of which are crafted with an Obsidian Skull.

Trivia[]

• The Lava Waders are one of the few pre-Hardmode accessories to have the rarity.

History[]

• Desktop 1.4.4: Can now be crafted with a Molten Skull Rose and Water Walking Boots/Obsidian Water Walking Boots. No longer used to craft Hellfire Treads.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Now requires an Obsidian Rose to craft, thus receiving its lava damage reduction function.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Now used to craft the Terraspark Boots and the Hellfire Treads.
  • Can now be crafted using the Molten Charm.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.