Antlion Eggs

  

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Antlion Eggs

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Statistics

Type	Background object
Placeable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	50 CC
Research	5 required

Sounds

Broken

• Internal Item ID: 5067 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Tile ID: 485

Antlion Eggs are background objects that are found in naturally-generated clusters in the Underground Desert. They spawn an Antlion Larva when hit with nearly any tool, weapon, or projectile.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Antlion Eggs(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Sandstone Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)5 Antlion Mandible	Heavy Work Bench(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) and Ecto Mist(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

• Antlion Eggs will slowly regrow over time on ordinary Sandstone Blocks located below the surface layer, even if they are not inside the Underground Desert.
  • They will never spawn within 20 tiles of another set of Antlion Eggs, inside liquids, or in front of background walls suitable for housing.

Tips

• Due to their abundance in the Underground Desert, it is advisable to explore slowly and avoid swinging/shooting weapons unnecessarily. Large swarms of Antlion Larva are deadly to early-game players.
• The eggs have a similar risk to that of Rolling Cactus, which is also triggered by most projectiles.
• If a character is powerful enough to defend against the larva, it may be a good idea to destroy Antlion Eggs whenever encountered. This can remove the possibility that an egg will activate during combat with a different enemy, which could potentially overwhelm the player.
• Antlion Eggs can be placed in the Underground Corruption, Underground Crimson, or Underground Hallow biomes, and then the player can kill the spawned Antlion Larva for a chance to get Souls of Night or Souls of Light, as well as Biome Keys.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1.2: Fixed some exploits/oversight related to Antlion Eggs.

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Now craftable.
  • Antlion Eggs are now less common in initial worldgen but slowly regrow over time.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.