Land Mine

Land Mine

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureMechanism
Damage	250
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Explodes when stepped on
Rarity	00*
Buy	5 GC
Sell	1 GC
Research	5 required

Projectile created

• Landmine
  

Sounds

Explosion

• Internal Item ID: 937
• Internal Tile ID: 210
• Internal Projectile ID: 164

Not to be confused with the mines placed by the Proximity Mine Launcher, which uses rockets purchased from the Cyborg as ammo.

Animation of the Land Mine blowing up a Skeleton.

The Land Mine is a unique Hardmode, post-Plantera placeable item. They remain dormant once placed, until a character touches them or they are activated by Wire, at which point they explode, dealing 250 damage. They are purchased from the Demolitionist for 5 GC each, after Plantera and at least one Pirate Invasion have been defeated. In the  Old-gen console version, Land Mines can be purchased before Plantera is defeated, but only at night; once Plantera is defeated, they will be available at all times.

Notes

• Land Mine explosions do not damage placed blocks or walls.
• NPCs can trigger Land Mines.
• Land Mines can be painted.

Tips

• Land Mines can be useful in PvP situations where it is necessary to ward players away from a certain patch of land.
  • Land Mines can even kill players who have PvP disabled or their users.
  • A Pressure Plate wired to Explosives may be more effective during PvP, since it is not as visible. However, it will destroy blocks, and other players may hide in the pit.
    • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) However, like any other trap, Echo Coating can be used to conceal the Land Mine, hiding it completely from unsuspecting players.
• Land Mines can be used as a convenient way to kill and collect drops from friendly NPCs, especially considering that they do not dislodge placed blocks.
• Like explosives and Explosive Bullets, Land Mine damage counts as a PvP death, so softcore characters do not drop money when killed.

Trivia

• The Land Mine's texture is a reference to the Land Mine weapon in the artillery tactical video games series Worms.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Item and placed sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: Changed a buy requirement to defeating Plantera instead of Golem.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.