Can Of Worms

  

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Can Of Worms

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Statistics

Type	Grab bagCrafting material
Tooltip	Right click to open
Rarity	01*
Sell	5 SC
Research	2 required

• Internal Item ID: 4345 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

The Can Of Worms is a consumable grab bag-type item which can be opened by pressing ⚷ Open / Activate from within the player's inventory. It contains 5–11 different worms. Cans Of Worms can be found in chests at the Surface and Underground layers.

Drops

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance
Worm	5–8	100%
Enchanted Nightcrawler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1–2	3/10 (30%)
Gold Worm(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1/20 (5%)

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Can Of Worms(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Herb Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Herb Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Can Of Worms(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

• The Can Of Worms can appear in Surface Chests in stacks of 1–4, but higher amounts are rarer. The chance it has just one is 84%, the chance of two is 12.33%, the chance of three is 3.33%, and the chance of four is only 0.33%.

Tips

• The worms contained in the Cans Of Worms can be used as fishing bait.
• It is much more profitable to sell the contents of a Can Of Worms than the can itself.
• In Journey Mode, the player can research two Cans Of Worms, then duplicate and open them until they obtain a sufficient number of Gold Worms to research them. This can be done easily and early in the game, and doing so will provide access to excellent bait, with 50% Bait Power (on par with the best baits of the game), and Golden Delight, which is the best food in the game, giving 48 minutes of Exquisitely Stuffed.

Trivia

• A can of worms is an idiom used for describing a complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
• Can Of Worms has improper capitalization, with Of being capitalized.
  • This also applies to the Hand Of Creation, Music Box (Empress Of Light), and two paintings (Lady Of The Lake and This Is Getting Out Of Hand).

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Now used to craft the Herb Bag via shimmer.

• 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.