Gelatin Crystal

  

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Gelatin Crystal

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Statistics

Type	Boss summon
Placeable	✔️
Use time	45 (Very slow)
Tooltip	Summons Queen Slime
Rarity	06*
Sell	1 GC
Research	3 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4988 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Tile ID: 129 (18, 19)

The appearance of the Gelatin Crystal in-game.

The Gelatin Crystal is a Hardmode boss-summoning item used to summon Queen Slime. When a Crystal Shard is to be generated, it has a 1/50 (2%) chance to be replaced by a Gelatin Crystal instead. It drops the item used to summon Queen Slime upon breaking it and can be used at any time of day and any depth, as long as the player is in the Hallow.

Notes

• Gelatin Crystals can be detected by the Metal Detector.
• The Gelatin Crystal glows pink and changes to blue and back in a cycle, which makes it stand out among the similar-looking Crystal Shards.
• It can only be used in The Hallow or Underground Hallow. Attempting to use it in any other biome will have no effect, and will not consume the item.
• Gelatin Crystals will generate in worlds created before 1.4.0.1 and after, so it is unnecessary to create a new world to obtain them.

Achievements

Like a Boss • “Obtain a boss-summoning item.”

Obtain any boss-summoning item. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Collector

Tips

• Similar to Crystal Shards, Gelatin Crystals can be quickly farmed by placing rows of Pearlstone Blocks or Pink Ice Blocks in straight lines in the Underground Hallow.

Trivia

• Unlike Plantera's Bulbs, another type of naturally spawning boss-summoning item, there is no minimum distance restriction between two Gelatin Crystals. The distance is only restricted by the generation of Crystal Shards. This can lead to two or more of them generating very close together.
• Despite the difference, the Gelatin Crystal will be identified as a Crystal Shard on the minimap.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.8: Now grants the "Like a Boss" achievement.

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Can now be detected by the Metal Detector and its upgrades.
  • Can now naturally grow on Pearlsand, Hardened Pearlsand, and Pearlsandstone Blocks.

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Can no longer be used to summon multiple Queen Slimes if one is already alive.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.3.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.3.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.3.