Purple Mucus

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Purple Mucus
  • Purple Mucus item spriteold Purple Mucus item sprite
Stack digit 9.pngStack digit 9.pngStack digit 9.pngStack digit 9.png
Statistics
Type
TooltipUsed to make Purple Dye
RarityRarity level: 1
Sell20 SC
Research3 required
  • Internal Item ID: 1118 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic Mode.png Classic
Expert Mode.png Expert
Master Mode.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Sea SnailSea Snail.gifSea Snail1100%

The Purple Mucus is a dye material that is dropped by Sea Snails, which only spawn in the Ocean biome. Its sole purpose is to make Purple Dye.

Crafting

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Desktop versionConsole versionMobile version only:
Purple DyePurple Dye2
  • Purple MucusPurple Mucus(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Dye VatDye Vat(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Old-gen console version only:
Purple DyePurple Dye
  • Purple MucusPurple Mucus(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)

Tips

  • One of the best ways to farm Sea Snails is during a Solar Eclipse, since that event highly increases the enemy spawn rate (almost as high as during a Blood Moon). The key factor from this method is that Solar Eclipse enemies cannot spawn in water, only being able to spawn in the nearby beach or any cave below the sea, and they rarely come to the ocean water. Most of the time, the player will only fight the regular Ocean enemies with an increased spawn rate, and only very occasionally encounter an Eclipse enemy.

Trivia

  • Even though it is already a liquid, it cannot be used as a dye until it is crafted into Purple Dye.
  • In the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version, the name is incorrectly spelled "Mucos".
  • The ancient Phoenicians used murex (a species of snail) to make purple dye, which was often worth its weight in silver. The desire to emulate the high real-life value of such dye may be the reason why sea snails are so rare in-game.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Sprite updated.
    • Renamed from "Purple Mucos" to "Purple Mucous", which is still incorrect.
    • Now produces 2 Purple Dyes instead of 1.