Shadow Orb

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Shadow Orb.
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This article is about the background object. For the light pet summon item, see Shadow Orb (item).

The Shadow Orb is a floating, purple, spherical background object found deep in the chasms of the Corruption. A world generated with the Corruption features several Shadow Orbs, and destroying at least three of them (in a single world) is usually a crucial step in game advancement. This can be done using any hammer or explosives. Shadow Orbs emit purple, flickering light, similar to Demon Altars. They are the Corruption counterpart to the Crimson's Crimson Hearts.

Shadow Orbs are usually located in the chasms of the Corruption inside the horizontal tunnels or at the bottom of the vertical pits surrounded by Ebonstone Blocks. In order to reach them, the player may use a Nightmare Pickaxe or better pickaxe, explosives, or Purification Powder.

Consequences of destruction

  • Each Shadow Orb drops items when destroyed. The first will always drop a Musket and 100 Musket Balls, and carrying the Musket and/or Musket Balls will fulfill the criteria for the Arms Dealer to arrive.
  • Destroying at least one Shadow Orb fulfills one of the two criteria for a Goblin Army to attack (having at least 200 health is the other requirement).
  • The third Shadow Orb destroyed summons the Eater of Worlds, which spawns immediately. The Eater of Worlds is re-summoned with every third Shadow Orb destroyed.
  • Once a Shadow Orb is destroyed, the Traveling Merchant has a chance to sell the Revolver.

Messages

The following status messages appear upon destruction of Shadow Orbs:

  • First orb: "A horrible chill goes down your spine..."
  • Second orb: "Screams echo around you..."
  • Third orb: "Eater of Worlds has awoken!"

Achievements

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Smashing, Poppet! • “Using explosives or your trusty hammer, smash a Shadow Orb or Crimson Heart in the evil parts of your world.”
Đập Quả cầu Bóng đêm hoặc Trái Tim Crimson lần đầu tiên. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
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Trivia

  • The Shadow Orb may be a reference to the spherical structure found at the center of a meteorite from the science-fiction horror short story "The Colour Out of Space" by American author H. P. Lovecraft. This may explain why smashing it used to cause a meteorite to land (prior to 1.4.0.2).
  • Both Shadow Orbs and Crimson Hearts drop a gun, magic weapon, melee weapon, light pet, and an accessory.
  • Shadow Orbs and Crimson Hearts share the same counter for how many have been destroyed in a world, meaning that if both appear in the same world, such as in drunk worlds, destroying three total of either will summon the boss associated with the last one broken.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.2: Smashing a Shadow Orb no longer has a chance of causing a meteor crash the following midnight (or immediately, if smashed between midnight and dawn). Instead, this effect is now triggered by subsequent defeats of the Eater of Worlds.
  • Desktop 1.1.2: Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the Eater of Worlds to not spawn after three Shadow Orbs had been smashed.
  • Desktop 1.0.6.1: Shadow Orbs will no longer be smashed during world generation.
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