Thrown Water
Thrown Water refers to a set of three consumable weapons that each convert a small area into a biome (Hallow, Corruption, or Crimson for Holy Water, Unholy Water, and Blood Water respectively) when thrown. This conversion affects a roughly circular area with a radius of four tiles from the center. Enemies within this radius are also damaged slightly; this damage is not classified as any of the four damage types and therefore cannot be modified by any buffs or equipment.
Holy Water is only available in Hardmode. In contrast, Unholy and Blood Water are available in pre-Hardmode, since the Ebonsand or Crimsand required for crafting them can be obtained by using Vile/Vicious Powder to convert pure sand.
Variants
Crafting
Recipes
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Conversions
Thrown water converts blocks and walls as displayed below.[1]
Holy Water
This content is transcluded from Solutions § Blue Solution.
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Unholy Water
This content is transcluded from Solutions § Purple Solution.
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Blood Water
This content is transcluded from Solutions § Red Solution.
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Tips
- The effects of Thrown Water can be reversed with Thrown Powder.
- For creating large areas of Hallow, Corruption or Crimson, a Clentaminator (or its upgrade, the Terraformer) may be a better choice. It fires a stream of solution with a range of about 60 tiles.
Trivia
- The Holy Water, including its sprite and the way it is thrown, is possibly a reference to the item of the same name in the action-adventure video game series Castlevania.
See also
History
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Updated sprites of Holy and Unholy Waters. Previous sprites were:

- Holy Water's crafting recipe changed from 5 Pixie Dust and 1 Bottled Water to 10 Bottled Water and 2 Pixie Dust.
- Unholy Water's crafting recipe now requires 10 Bottled Water, and produces 10 Unholy Water at a time.
- Added Blood Water.
- Updated sprites of Holy and Unholy Waters. Previous sprites were:
- Desktop 1.2.0.3: Holy Water will now purify the Crimson biome.
- Desktop 1.2: Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.
- Desktop 1.1: Introduced Holy and Unholy Waters.
- Console 1.02:
- Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.
- Holy Water will now purify the Crimson biome.
- Console-Release: Introduced Holy and Unholy Waters.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.
- Mobile 1.2.6508:
- Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.
- Holy Water will now purify the Crimson biome.
- Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced Holy and Unholy Waters.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.2.
