Cavern
The Cavern layer is the largest layer of the world, beginning just below the Underground and extending down until the Underworld layer. Darker stone background tiles characterize it. Stone is the predominant block in this layer (as opposed to Dirt in the Underground). Caverns contain occasional Underground Cabins where valuables can be found, as well as Glowing Mushroom biomes, mini-biomes like the Spider Nest, and occasional traps. In the lower areas of the Cavern layer, pools of lava can be found.
Furthermore, the Cavern layer contains the underground versions of several surface biomes: the Ice biome, Underground Jungle, Underground Desert, and Underground Corruption/Crimson and Hallow. A large section of the Dungeon also extends through the Cavern layer.
After defeating at least one Goblin Invasion, the Goblin Tinkerer NPC can be found in this layer. The Wizard NPC can also be found in this layer at any time during Hardmode.
Contents
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Black Slime
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Mother Slime
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Baby Slime[1]
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Giant Worm
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Skeleton
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Cave Bat
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Blue Jellyfish
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Piranha
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Salamander
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Crawdad
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Giant Shelly
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Ghost
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Undead Miner
(uncommon) -
Vampire Miner
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Tim
(rare) -
Nymph
(rare) -
Pinky
(rare) -
Cochineal Beetle
(uncommon) -
Bound Goblin
(after defeating the Goblin Army) -
Old Shaking Chest
(after defeating Skeletron)
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Fairies
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Mouse
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Gold Mouse
(rare) -
Snail
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Angel Statue
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Band of Regeneration
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Brain
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Cloud in a Bottle
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Enchanted Boomerang
(only on ) -
Extractinator
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Flare Gun
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Hermes Boots
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Lava Charm
( only at lava layer
all layers ) -
Mace
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Magic Mirror
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Shoe Spikes
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Wolf Fang
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Whoopie Cushion
(rare)
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Depth Meter
(uncommon)
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Compass
(uncommon)
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Rally
(rare) -
Potato Chips
(rare)
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Chain Knife
(uncommon)
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Trifold Map
(uncommon)
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Mining Shirt
(uncommon) -
Mining Pants
(uncommon)
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Bone Pickaxe
(rare) -
Mining Helmet
(rare) -
Steak
(rare)
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Robot Hat
(very rare)
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Hook
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Wizard Hat
(always)
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Jellyfish Necklace
(rare)
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Metal Detector
(50% / 100% chance)
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Ancient Iron Helmet
(rare) -
Ancient Gold Helmet
(rare) -
Bone Sword
(rare) -
Carton of Milk
(rare) -
Skull
(very rare)
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Beam Sword
(rare) -
Armor Polish
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Magic Quiver
(uncommon) -
Marrow
(uncommon)
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Green Moss
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Brown Moss
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Red Moss
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Blue Moss
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Purple Moss
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Lava Moss
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Krypton Moss
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Argon Moss
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Xenon Moss
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Neon Moss
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Helium Moss
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Blinkroot
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Blinkroot Seeds
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Green Mushroom
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Teal Mushroom
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Orange Bloodroot
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Lime Kelp
(underwater) -
Gemcorns
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Dirt Block
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Stone Block
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Clay Block
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Silt Block
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Gems
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Wood
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Cobweb
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Ores
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Active Stone Block
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Explosives
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Dart Trap
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Geyser
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Boulder
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Enchanted Sword
(extremely rare) -
Terragrim
(incredibly rare) -
Keg
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Loom
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Chest
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Gold Chest
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Wooden Chair
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Wooden Table
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Wooden Door
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Wood Wall
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Wooden Beam
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Blue Jellyfish (bait)
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Green Jellyfish (bait)
(Hardmode)
- ↑ Spawns from Mother Slimes
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For more information, see NPC happiness.
Gallery
Backgrounds
This content is transcluded from Biome backgrounds § Cavern.
Old rocky stone background used pre-1.2
Pre-Underworld
Old underworld background used pre-1.2, features very thin lava flow
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Geysers now spawn on stone rather than under stone.
- Added Otherworldly Underground track from the canceled Terraria: Otherworld.
- Desktop 1.3.2: Geysers now spawn as traps.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Marble and Granite Caves can now be found anywhere in the cavern layer.
- Detonator traps added.
- Desktop 1.2.2: New "Alternate Underground" soundtrack.
- Desktop 1.2: Enchanted Sword (item) can now be found as a rare drop from the terrain.
- Desktop 1.1: Random traps added.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.