Guide to Environmental Preservation

  

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

Guide to Environmental Preservation

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Statistics

Type	ToolCrafting material
Tooltip	Prevents you from accidentally destroying the environment while in the inventory Right click to deactivate effects
Rarity	01*
Buy	5 GC
Sell	1 GC
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 5309 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Guide to Environmental Preservation (Inactive)

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Statistics

Type	ToolCrafting material
Tooltip	Prevents you from accidentally destroying the environment while in the inventory Effects are currently inactive, Right click to reactivate
Rarity	01*
Buy	5 GC
Sell	1 GC
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 5454 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

The Guide to Environmental Preservation is a pre-Hardmode tool that prevents the player's attacks from breaking plants while inside their inventory. It can be purchased from the Dryad for 5 GC.

Pressing ⚷ Open / Activate on the Guide to Environmental Preservation in the player's inventory or hotbar will toggle it between the Guide to Environmental Preservation and the Guide to Environmental Preservation (Inactive), disabling its functions.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Guide to Peaceful Coexistence(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Any Guide to Critter Companionship(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Any Guide to Environmental Preservation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Work Bench

Notes

• The Guide to Environmental Preservation will also prevent player attacks from breaking pots and Pigronatas.
• The Guide to Environmental Preservation will not prevent player attacks from breaking the following:
  • Larvae
  • Bee Hives
  • Antlion Eggs
  • Rolling Cacti
  • Thorny bushes
  • Cobwebs
  • TNT Barrels
  • Cracked Dungeon Bricks

Trivia

• The book's cover seems to depict a Life Fruit.

See also

• Guide to Critter Companionship
• Guide to Peaceful Coexistence
• Guide to Plant Fiber Cordage

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.5: Now the effects can be toggled on and off via ⚷ Open / Activate.

• Desktop 1.4.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.4: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.4: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.4: Introduced.

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Tools:

• Usual Tools
• Grappling Hooks
• Summoning Tools
• Other Tools

Usual Tools

Digging Tools

Pickaxes

• Copper
• Tin
• Cactus
• Iron
• Lead
• Silver
• Tungsten
• Gold
• Candy Cane(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Platinum
• Fossil(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Reaver Shark
• Bone
• Nightmare
• Deathbringer
• Molten
• Cobalt
• Palladium
• Mythril
• Orichalcum
• Adamantite
• Titanium
• Chlorophyte
• Spectre
• Luminite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Drills

• Cobalt
• Palladium
• Mythril
• Orichalcum
• Adamantite
• Titanium
• Chlorophyte
• Laser Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Luminite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Other

• Gravedigger's Shovel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Cutting Tools

Axes

• Copper
• Tin
• Iron
• Lead
• Silver
• Tungsten
• Gold
• Platinum
• War Axe of the Night
• Blood Lust Cluster
• Axe of Regrowth(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Lucy the Axe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Cobalt
• Palladium
• Mythril
• Orichalcum
• Adamantite
• Titanium
• Chlorophyte

Chainsaws

• Sawtooth Shark
• Cobalt
• Palladium
• Mythril
• Orichalcum
• Adamantite
• Titanium
• Chlorophyte
• Butcher's(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Hammers

• Wooden
  • Boreal(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  • Palm(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
  • Rich Mahogany
  • Ebonwood
  • Shadewood
  • Ash Wood(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Pearlwood
• Copper
• Tin
• Iron
• Lead
• Silver
• Tungsten
• Gold
• Platinum
• The Breaker
• Flesh Grinder
• Rockfish
• Pwnhammer
• Hammush
• Chlorophyte
  • Warhammer
  • Jackhammer

Multi-use Tools

Pickaxe and Axe

• Pickaxe Axe
• Drax
• Shroomite Digging Claw(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Picksaw

Hammer and Axe

• Meteor
• Molten
• Haemorrhaxe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Spectre
• Luminite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• The Axe

Grappling Hooks

Single Hooks

• Grappling
• Squirrel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Amethyst
• Topaz
• Sapphire
• Emerald
• Ruby
• Diamond
• Candy Cane(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Bat
• Dissonance(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Multi Hooks

• Web Slinger
• Slime(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Skeletron Hand
• Fish
• Ivy Whip
• Dual
• Thorn(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Illuminant(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Worm(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Tendon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Anti-Gravity(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Spooky
• Christmas
• Lunar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Static(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Summoning Tools

Pets

• Amber Mosquito
• Baby Grinch's Mischief Whistle
• Ball O' Fuse Wire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bamboo Leaf(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bedazzled Nectar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bernie's Button(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Betsy's Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Birdie Rattle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Blue Chicken Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bone Key
• Bone Rattle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Brain in a Jar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Carrot(Desktop and Mobile versions)
• Celestial Wand(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Companion Cube(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Cosmic Skateboard(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Cursed Sapling
• Deactivated Probe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Deerclops Eyeball(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dog Whistle(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Dragon Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Eater's Bone
• Eucalyptus Sap(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Exotic Chew Toy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Eye Bone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Eye Spring
• Fish
• Frozen Crown(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Full Moon Squeaky Toy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Gato Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Glommer's Flower(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Glow Tulip(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Lightning Carrot(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Lizard Egg
• Magical Pumpkin Seed
• Monster Meat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Mud Bud(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Nectar
• Ogre's Club(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ornate Shadow Key(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pair of Eyeballs(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Parrot Cracker
• Piece of Moon Squid(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Plantera Seedling(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pork of the Sea(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Possessed Skull(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Regal Delicacy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Resplendent Dessert(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Robotic Skull(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Royal Delight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Seaweed
• Seedling
• Shark Bait(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Shrub Star(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Slice of Hell Cake(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Sparkling Honey(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Spider Egg
• Spiffo Plush(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Stardrop(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Strange Glowing Mushroom
• Suspicious Grinning Eye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Tablet Fragment(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Tartar Sauce
• The Dirtiest Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Tiki Totem
• Toy Sled
• Unlucky Yarn
• Writhing Remains(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Zephyr Fish

• Brain(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Broken Heart(3DS version)
• Beeswax(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Cabbage(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Golden Seaweed
• Holiday Bauble(3DS version)
• Old Walking Stick(3DS version)
• Petri Dish(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Pot o' Gold(3DS version)
• Shiny Black Slab
• Suspicious Looking Apple(3DS version)
• Turkey feather(3DS version)
• Vial of Blood(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
• Wolf Fang(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)

Mounts

• Ancient Horn(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Black Studded Saddle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Blessed Apple(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Brain Scrambler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Cosmic Car Key(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dark Mage's Tome(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Drill Containment Unit(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dusty Rawhide Saddle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Fuzzy Carrot(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Gelatinous Pillion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Goat Skull(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Golf Cart Keys(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Hardy Saddle(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Hexxed Branch(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Honeyed Goggles(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Lilith's Necklace(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Mollusk Whistle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pogo Stick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Reindeer Bells
• Royal Gilded Saddle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Scaly Truffle(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Shrimpy Truffle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Slimy Saddle(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Superheated Blood(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• The Black Spot(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Toy Tank(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Witch's Broom(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Minecarts

• Wooden(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Minecart
• Mechanical(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Desert(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Minecarp(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bee(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ladybug(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pigron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Sunflower(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Demonic Hellcart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Shroom(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Amethyst(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Topaz(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Sapphire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Emerald(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ruby(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Diamond(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Amber(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Beetle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Meowmere(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Party Wagon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• The Dutchman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Steampunk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Coffin(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Digging Molecart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Fart Kart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Terra Fart Kart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Light Pets

• Shadow Orb
• Crimson Heart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Magic Lantern(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Fairy Bell
• Creeper Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Guardian Golem(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Jewel of Light(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pumpkin Scented Candle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Wisp in a Bottle
• Suspicious Looking Tentacle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Portable storage

• Money Trough(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Void Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Other Tools

Exploration

• Binoculars
• Breathing Reed
• Magic Mirror
  • Ice Mirror(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Cell Phone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Shellphone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Trident
• Portal Gun(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Rod of Discord
• Rod of Harmony(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Umbrella
• Tragic Umbrella(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Magic Conch(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Demon Conch(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Terrain affecting

• Wands
• Dirt Rod
• Sandcastle Bucket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Staff of Regrowth
• Axe of Regrowth(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Clentaminator
• Terraformer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Lawn Mower(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Rubblemaker(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Wiring

• Wrench
  • Blue
  • Green
  • Yellow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Multicolor(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Wire Cutter
• The Grand Design(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Actuation Rod(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Painting
(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)

• Paintbrush
  • Spectre
• Paint Roller
  • Spectre
• Paint Scraper
  • Spectre

Other

• Bucket
  • Bottomless Buckets(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Sponges(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dirt Bomb(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Sticky(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dry Bomb(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Honey(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Lava(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Wet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bug Net
  • Lavaproof(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Golden(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Sickle
• Bubble Wand
• Fishing Poles
• Golf Clubs(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Golf Whistle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Snake Charmer's Flute(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Rain Song(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ivy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Encumbering Stone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Inactive(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Guide to Critter Companionship(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Inactive(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Guide to Environmental Preservation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Inactive(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Guide to Peaceful Coexistence(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
  • Inactive(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)