Ropes
- Internal Item ID: 965, 2996, 3077, 3078
- Internal Tile ID: 213, 353, 365, 366
A player using a Rope.
Ropes are placeable items that primarily provide quick vertical mobility. They can be placed adjacent to blocks in any direction, or in midair where background walls are present. Once placed, Ropes are used by pressing ▲ Up or ▼ Down while moving over them. Streamers and Chains operate identically to Rope, but cannot be crafted into Rope Coils.
All Rope variants operate identically, but Silk and Web Ropes are immune to falling lava, as opposed to normal and Vine Ropes, which will be dislodged similarly to Torches.
All ropes are acquired in different ways:
Visually, the player appears to move along a Rope using a mechanical tool with wheels, as though they were riding a rail. This tool appears automatically when using Rope, does not exist as a separate item, and is available from the beginning of the game.
Vertical movement speed on a Rope equals that of a free fall, though moving down via the Rope and hitting the ground does not cause fall damage. Horizontal movement is also possible by placing adjacent Rope horizontally, but is much slower. Rope can be placed atop any existing placed Rope, which extends the total length of the rope downward without the player having to be at the bottom of the Rope column.
All Rope types can be crafted into their respective Rope Coils, consumable items useful for placing Ropes in inaccessible locations.
Types
Type |
Placed |
Tile ID |
Buy |
Sell
|
![Rope Rope](/images/b/b4/Rope.png) |
RopeInternal Item ID: 965
|
|
213
|
10 CC
|
2 CC
|
![Vine Rope Vine Rope](/images/7/7e/Vine_Rope.png) |
Vine Rope(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 2996
|
|
353
|
-
|
No value
|
![Silk Rope Silk Rope](/images/e/e1/Silk_Rope.png) |
Silk Rope(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3077
|
|
365
|
-
|
2 CC
|
![Web Rope Web Rope](/images/e/e5/Web_Rope.png) |
Web Rope(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3078
|
|
366
|
-
|
2 CC
|
Crafting
Recipes
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
---|
Web Rope(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)3 | | By Hand |
Silk Rope(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)30 | | Loom |
Used in
Notes
- The ascent speed on a Rope is 41 mph, the descent speed is 51 mph, and the horizontal speed is about 5 mph (although it is listed as 0 mph in the game, it is about 7.55 feet per second).
- All varieties of Rope include a "+3 range" attribute that allows the item to be used from further away. This does not affect the usage of placed Ropes.
- No types of Rope can be turned off with Actuators.
- A glitch in the Nintendo 3DS
version causes the Rope to multiply downwards at no extra Rope cost if an eighth piece of Rope is added to a vertical string of seven pieces of Rope. The multiplication is finite, however, and it will eventually stop.
Tips
- Rope works very well for building hellevators because players descend at the same speed as free-fall, and ascend fairly quickly as well. It is very easy to obtain and can be placed at the top of the hellevator over and over again to bring the Rope all the way down. Note that placed items like Torches might interrupt the placement.
- The player can also place Rope even if the top is not anchored to anything, and even extend it skyward. This can be used to easily access Floating Islands: Build a Rope column upwards while climbing skyward. Similarly, Rope can be used to quickly ascend to the surface when exploring the depths of the Ocean.
- Flying into a Rope and continuing to move on the Rope will maintain the velocity of flight.
- Making Silk Rope instead of Web Rope is more resource-efficient: While 30 Web Ropes require 10 Cobwebs, 30 Silk Ropes only require 7 Cobwebs (crafted into Silk).
- However, Silk and Silk Rope both require a Loom to craft, whereas Web Rope can be crafted without any crafting station.
- Converting all Ropes into coils when possible will allow carrying ten times as much Rope, and they can be crafted back into normal Rope if necessary.
Trivia
- The mechanical tool that the player automatically uses to move along Rope is called
PlayerPulley
internally.
See also
- Snake Charmer's Flute(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), an item providing a similar method of mobility.
History
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Range increased from +2 to +3.
- Introduced new varieties of rope: Web Rope, Silk Rope, and Vine Rope.
Luck(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) - Greater Luck(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Luck(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Lesser Luck(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Other
- Builder(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Love(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Mining(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Red(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Stink
- Ale
- Apple Pie(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bacon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Banana Split(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- BBQ Ribs(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bowl of Soup
- Bunny Stew(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Burger(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Carton of Milk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Chicken Nugget(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Chocolate Chip Cookie(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Christmas Pudding(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Coffee(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Cooked Marshmallow
- Cream Soda(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Escargot(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fishing foods
- Fried Egg(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fries(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Froggle Bunwich(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fruits(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gingerbread Cookie(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Golden Delight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Grapes(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Grape Juice(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Grilled Squirrel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Grub Soup(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hotdog(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ice Cream(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Joja Cola(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Milkshake(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Monster Lasagna(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Nachos(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Pad Thai(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Pizza(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Pho(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Potato Chips(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Pumpkin Pie
- Roasted Bird(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Roasted Duck(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sake(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Sauteed Frog Legs(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Shrimp Po' Boy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Shucked Oyster(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Spaghetti(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Steak(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sugar Cookie(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Teacup(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Snowball
- Rotten Egg
- Shuriken
- Grenade
(
- Sticky(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Bouncy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Happy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
- Beenade
- Throwing Knife
- Star Anise(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Spiky Ball
- Frost Daggerfish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Javelin(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
(
- Bone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
- Bone
- Molotov Cocktail(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Dye(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) - Red(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Orange
- Yellow
- Lime
- Green
- Teal
- Cyan(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Sky Blue
- Blue
- Purple(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Violet(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Pink
- Black(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Ancient Cloth(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Beetle Husk
- Broken Hero Sword
- Cursed Flame
- Ectoplasm
- Forbidden Fragment(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Frost Core(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Light Shard
- Mechanical Pieces
(
- Battery(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Wagon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Wheel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
- Pixie Dust
- Spider Fang(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Solar Tablet Fragment(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Spooky Wood
- Turtle Shell
- Unicorn Horn
- Solar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vortex(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Nebula(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Stardust(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Pre-Hardmode Crates- Wooden
- Iron
- Golden
- Jungle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Sky(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Corrupt(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Crimson(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hallowed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dungeon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Frozen(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Oasis(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Obsidian(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ocean(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hardmode Crates- Pearlwood(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Mythril(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Titanium(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bramble(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Azure(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Defiled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hematic(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Divine(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Stockade(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Boreal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Mirage(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Hellstone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Seaside(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Permanent Power-Ups
- Life Crystal
- Life Fruit
- Mana Crystal
- Demon Heart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Peddler's Satchel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Advanced Combat Techniques(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Advanced Combat Techniques: Volume Two(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Minecart Upgrade Kit(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Artisan Loaf(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Torch God's Favor(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vital Crystal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Arcane Crystal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Aegis Fruit(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Ambrosia(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Galaxy Pearl(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gummy Worm(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Miscellaneous
- Coins
- Defender Medal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Bait
- Etherian Mana(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Paints(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
- Wire
- Ropes
- Rope Coils
(
- Silk(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Vine(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Web(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
- Marshmallow on a Stick
- Glowstick
(
- Sticky
- Bouncy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Spelunker(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fairy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
- Vile Powder
- Vicious Powder(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Purification Powder
- Smoke Bomb
- Sparkle Slime Balloon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Confetti Gun
- Bunny License(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
(
- Cat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Dog(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
)
- Chum Bucket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Fertilizer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Geode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Chest Lock(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- World Globe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Tree Globe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Moon Globe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
- Gas Trap(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)