Cardboard 'Armor' Trinket Guide

Description

Cardboard 'Armor' appears as a cardboard box cut and taped together to resemble body armor. It has a small arrow symbol on the cardboard chest plate pointing to the right, likely indicating which side was up when that segment used to be part of a box. It was added on September 28, 2024, alongside Lucky Coin, Megaphone, and Water Cooler. The quotation marks around the word armor reflect the fact that it is not real armor.

Strategies

Cardboard 'Armor' protects you once per floor from a ranged attack. It is used as a safeguard in case a Twisted with a ranged attack unexpectedly hits you. However, this Trinket is incredibly situational, as currently all eligible Twisteds with long-ranged attacks are in the Rare category.

Despite these setbacks, Cardboard 'Armor' has its own perks. It is useful if a ranged Twisted hits a slow Toon like Shrimpo or Connie — particularly useful for Connie since her ability does not work on ranged attacks, and it covers her weak side of having high Stealth. It also activates against Twisted Gigi, helping prevent loss of valuable Items, especially when playing as Bassie. Bassie can also simply drop her items to prevent any risk of them being stolen altogether.

If you are proficient at avoiding ranged Twisted attacks, this Trinket will not be of much use. Its value is higher on days that ranged Twisteds occupy the Daily Twisted Board or if you struggle with Blackouts. For a better alternative, you can play as Soulvester, who is immune to some ranged attacks (Twisted Goob and Twisted Scraps), though this comes at the cost of mobility.

Trivia

Cardboard 'Armor' needs the most Ichor for a Trinket at 2750. It is currently the only thing in Dandy's World to require 2 separate Twisteds' Research (Twisted Goob and Twisted Scraps). It is the only Trinket in Dandy's Store to require Research on a Twisted. Cardboard 'Armor' activates against Twisted Gigi, Twisted Goob, and Twisted Scraps. Twisted Bassie, Twisted Blot, Twisted Razzle and Dazzle, Twisted Rodger, Twisted Sprout, and Twisted Squirm are the only Twisteds with potential ranged attacks that do not activate this Trinket. Cardboard 'Armor' emits a bump sound when activated, but it is quiet and not very noticeable.

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