Purple Mucus

   

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

Purple Mucus

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Tooltip	Used to make Purple Dye
Rarity	01*
Sell	20 SC
Research	3 required

• Internal Item ID: 1118 (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Sea Snail Sea Snail	1	100%

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

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Purple Dye2	Purple Mucus(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Dye Vat(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
only: Purple Dye	Purple 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, 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 version

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Renamed from "Purple Mucous" to "Purple Mucus".

• 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.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.