Next set of gear?

[steel trout]

Recently entered the nether, and we're decently strong but Idk what I should be doing to get strong enough to start progressing further (I also don't really know If I should just jump right into getting eyes for the end or what). I'm a vampire, so I haven't had to worry about armor for a while, but I think it's time I get better armor and accessories to get up to speed. Idk if I need a better weapon though, I got a Phantasmal blade from a reward crate and it's been doing great.

[plucky oar]

check out #1391951018404876309 for armor discussion and such

[austere marsh]

Phantasmal blade should work for a while. As for armor, see about getting blaze netherite armor with Tinkers'. You can easily get the required blaze blood with ichor balls/crystals though to do that you do need a bit of blaze blood to start it off.

[steel trout]

Lol its been an issue finding out how much armor I actually need, since I got a Siren Flute, so I never take damage from bosses. I'll make some blaze netherite armor and see how it does

[willow ether]

If you're going to put in the effort for blaze netherite I'd personally go for the activated chromatic steel, especially if you've got at least small power generation up and running for a mekanism charge pad or even one of the more simple generators that accept items to be charged.

[steel trout]

I'm willing to put in a lot of effort

[stray aurora]

ACS is now post end

[willow ether]

Uff. I didn't put that together with the update, I had already made it so I guess I'm lucky.

[hard galleon]

whats your gear setup pre nether

[steel trout]

It was nothing