Dirt Block

Type	BlockCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity
Research	100 required

“
Check out my dirt blocks; they are extra dirty.
— The Merchant

The particles emitted by Dirt Blocks when stepped or jumped on.

For the pet-summoning item, see The Dirtiest Block.

The Dirt Block is one of the most common blocks in Terraria, occurring naturally almost everywhere throughout the world. All caves above the elevation of 0 ft are made of Dirt. Below 0 ft, in the underground layer, the caves are made of roughly 50% Dirt. Small patches of Dirt can be found in the cavern layer, though it is mostly made of Stone.

Dirt Blocks may be covered by different types of grass: regular, Corrupt, Crimson, Hallowed, mowed, or mowed Hallowed. Grass spreads onto adjacent Dirt Blocks, and it can be grown manually using seeds or the Staff of Regrowth or Axe of Regrowth.

In all cases, the grass applies to the block as a whole, and will appear on all exposed surfaces.
If a grass block is covered by blocks on its four sides, the grass will remain and show as markings on the block. However, if the block is completely surrounded with eight blocks, the grass is lost and the block will revert to regular Dirt.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Dirt Block	Wood	Shimmer Transmutation
	Dirt Wall4	Work Bench
	Rocky Dirt Wall4
	Cave Dirt Wall4
	Rough Dirt Wall4
	Layered Dirt Wall4
	Crumbling Dirt Wall4
	Cracked Dirt Wall4
	Wavy Dirt Wall4

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Dirt Bomb	Bomb Dirt Block25	By Hand
Sticky Dirt Bomb	Sticky Bomb Dirt Block25	By Hand
Floret Protector Helmet	Glass20 Dirt Block10 Daybloom	Loom
Floret Protector Pants	Silk20 Dirt Block15
Floret Protector Shirt	Silk20 Dirt Block15
only: Hardened Sand Block	Sand Block Dirt Block	Solidifier
Mud Block	Dirt Block	Water or Sink
Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block	Work Bench
Cave Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block	Work Bench and Ecto Mist
Cracked Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block
Crumbling Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block
Layered Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block
Rocky Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block
Rough Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block
Wavy Dirt Wall4	Dirt Block

Notes

Dirt Blocks are one of the most fragile blocks in the game. A single hit from most pickaxes will successfully mine them, but Dirt Blocks with any kind of grass on them will take an additional hit.
In Hardmode, the evil biomes are capable of converting nearby Mud Blocks to Dirt Blocks, and Chlorophyte Ore is capable of doing the reverse.
Dirt Blocks can be moved around freely with a Dirt Rod.
The Dirtiest Block is a pet-summoning item that looks identical to a Dirt Block which can be collected and used to summon a pet.

Tips

Dirt Blocks are without doubt the most accessible block type to new players, making them useful for building a rudimentary shelter to take refuge during the first night.
Replacing Dirt with non-convertible blocks during pre-Hardmode near the player's base will help a lot to prevent any possible contamination from the Crimson or Corruption.