Ambient objects
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This article is about purely decorative background objects. For the full list of background objects, including those that drop items, see Objects.
For the non-interactive ambient objects that are part of the background, see Ambient entities.
Throughout most biomes and layers, various ambient objects are randomly scattered on world creation. These are naturally-placed background objects that can be broken with a pickaxe, drill, or explosive, but otherwise cause no effects, and do not drop items. They function primarily as visual ambiance and do not regenerate once broken, with the exception of icicles.
Ambient objects cannot be collected by the player, and unlike several other naturally-generating objects, cannot be crafted with the help of Ecto Mist. However, the Rubblemaker can be used to place ambient objects.
Destroying certain ambient objects has a 1/6 (16.67%) chance to spawn a Worm that jumps out of the object and can be collected with a Bug Net. In Graveyard biomes, Maggots are spawned instead. No Worm or Maggot will be spawned if there are already 5 or more Worms/Maggots present in the world. Once this check is passed, there is a 1/400 (0.25%) chance for a Worm to be replaced by a Gold Worm.[1]
Types
Stalactites and stalagmites
These ambient objects will never spawn critters when destroyed.
| Image | Tile ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
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165 (0) | Large icicles |
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165 (0) | Small icicles |
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165 (1) | Large stone stalactites |
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165 (1) | Small stone stalactites |
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165 (2) | Webbed prey |
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165 (3) | Hive stalactites |
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165 (4) | Large Pearlstone stalactites |
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165 (4) | Small Pearlstone stalactites |
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165 (5) | Large Ebonstone stalactites |
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165 (5) | Small Ebonstone stalactites |
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165 (6) | Large Crimstone stalactites |
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165 (6) | Small Crimstone stalactites |
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165 (7) | Large Sandstone stalactites |
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165 (7) | Small Sandstone stalactites |
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165 (8) | Large Granite stalactites |
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165 (8) | Small Granite stalactites |
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165 (9) | Large Marble stalactites |
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165 (9) | Small Marble stalactites |
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165 (10) | Large pink icicles |
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165 (10) | Small pink icicles |
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165 (11) | Large purple icicles |
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165 (11) | Small purple icicles |
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165 (12) | Large red icicles |
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165 (12) | Small red icicles |
| Image | Tile ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
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165 (1) | Large stone stalagmites |
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165 (1) | Small stone stalagmites |
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165 (3) | Hive stalagmites |
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165 (4) | Large Pearlstone stalagmites |
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165 (4) | Small Pearlstone stalagmites |
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165 (5) | Large Ebonstone stalagmites |
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165 (5) | Small Ebonstone stalagmites |
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165 (6) | Large Crimstone stalagmites |
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165 (6) | Small Crimstone stalagmites |
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165 (7) | Large Sandstone stalagmites |
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165 (7) | Small Sandstone stalagmites |
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165 (8) | Large Granite stalagmites |
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165 (8) | Small Granite stalagmites |
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165 (9) | Large Marble stalagmites |
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165 (9) | Small Marble stalagmites |
Small piles
| Image | Tile ID | Description | Critter |
|---|---|---|---|
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185 (0) | Tiny stones | ✔️ |
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185 (1) | Tiny dirt chunks | ✔️ |
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185 (2) | Skulls and bones | ❌ |
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185 (3) | Bloody skulls and bones | ❌ |
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185 (4) | Iron Pickaxe head, Iron Axe head, Iron Broadsword hilt, Iron Hammer head | ❌ |
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185 (4) | Mining Helmet | ❌ |
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185 (4) | Wooden Arrow, broken Wooden Arrow, broken Wooden Bow | ❌ |
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185 (5) | Tiny snow chunks | ❌ |
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185 (6) | Tiny ice chunks | ❌ |
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185 (7) | Tiny gobs of spider eggs | ❌ |
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185 (8) | Tiny Sandstone chunks | ❌ |
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185 (9) | Tiny Granite chunks | ❌ |
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185 (10) | Tiny Marble chunks | ❌ |
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185 (11) | Tiny Living Wood roots with leaves | ❌ |
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185 (12) | Tiny sand piles | ❌ |
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185 (13) | Small stones | ✔️ |
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185 (14) | Small bone piles | ❌ |
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185 (15) | Bloody bone piles | ❌ |
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185 (25) | Small Snow chunks | ❌ |
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185 (26) | Chair, Work Bench, and Toilet covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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185 (27) | Small gobs of spider eggs | ❌ |
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185 (28) | Small grassy stones | ✔️ |
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185 (29) | Small Sandstone chunks | ✔️ |
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185 (30) | Small Granite chunks | ✔️ |
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185 (31) | Small Marble building ruins | ❌ |
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185 (32) | Small Living Wood roots with leaves | ❌ |
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185 (33) | Small sand piles | ❌ |
Large piles
| Image | Tile ID | Description | Critter |
|---|---|---|---|
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186 (0) | Bone and skull piles | ❌ |
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186 (1) | Skeleton pierced by a sword | ❌ |
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186 (2) | Stone chunks | ✔️ |
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186 (3) | Stone and Mining Helmet | ❌ |
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186 (3) | Stone with a Tin Pickaxe stuck in it | ❌ |
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186 (3) | Stone with a sword (seems to be a Tin Broadsword) in it
Serves as a decoy for the Enchanted Sword/Terragrim in stone |
❌ |
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186 (7) | Upside-down Table covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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186 (7) | Overturned Grandfather Clock covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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186 (7) | Broken Chest covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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186 (7) | Broken Gold Chandelier covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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186 (8) | Snow chunks | ❌ |
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186 (9) | Large stones covered in Mushroom grass | ❌ |
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187 (0) | Large stones with Jungle grass | ✔️ |
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187 (1) | Large mud heaps with Jungle grass | ✔️ |
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187 (2) | Large ash piles with spots of Hellstone | ❌ |
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187 (3) | Bones covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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187 (3) | Large gobs of spider eggs | ❌ |
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187 (3) | Dead body covered in Cobwebs | ❌ |
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187 (4) | Large stones with grass | ✔️ |
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187 (6) | Lihzahrd sacrifice table with a bloody knife on it | ✔️ |
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187 (6) | Broken head of a Golem | ✔️ |
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187 (6) | Skull sitting on Lihzahrd Bricks | ✔️ |
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187 (7) | Mossy cages, empty and with chicken | ❌ |
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187 (7) | Rusty Minecart | ❌ |
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187 (7) | Old well | ❌ |
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187 (7) | Pile of dirt and a shovel | ❌ |
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187 (7) | Tent | ❌ |
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187 (7) | Rusty wheelbarrow full of soil | ❌ |
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187 (7) | Post with a rope attached to it | ❌ |
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187 (8) | Large Sandstone stalagmites | ❌ |
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187 (8) | Large anthill | ❌ |
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187 (8) | Large ant hives | ❌ |
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187 (9) | Large Granite boulder | ✔️ |
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187 (9) | Large Granite rocks and stalagmites | ✔️ |
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187 (10) | Large Marble boulder | ❌ |
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187 (10) | Large Marble building ruins | ❌ |
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187 (11) | Large Living Wood roots with leaves | ❌ |
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187 (11) | Large Living Wood roots with leaves | ✔️ |
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187 (12) | Bushes of leaves | ✔️ |
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187 (13) | Cow skeleton and skull | ✔️ |
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187 (13) | Vulture skeleton | ✔️ |
History
- Desktop 1.4.4: Can now be placed using the Rubblemaker.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Updated sprites of several ambient objects.
- Added Corrupt, Crimson, and Hallowed variants of icicles.
- Added new Granite, Marble, Living Tree, and Desert ambient objects.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Certain ambient objects now have a chance of spawning Worms when broken.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.