Thrown Powder
“Have you tried using purification powder on the ebonstone of the corruption?
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The Dryad

Thrown Powders are consumable items that can be used to convert blocks and walls between their Crimson, Corrupt, or (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Hallowed forms. When thrown, they release a cloud of sparkling powder with a very short range, comparable to that of a broadsword, and produce a fair amount of light. Thrown Powder comes in three variants:
Purification Powder is able to revert any Corrupted or Crimson Blocks, but not walls, back into their pure form, such as reverting Ebonstone into Stone or Crimsand into Sand. It is purchased solely from the Dryad for 75 CCeach, while a Blood Moon is not active.
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Purification Powder can also be used on a Tortured Soul in order to transform him into the Tax Collector NPC, as well as on a Mystic Frog to transform it into the Mystic Slime town pet.
Unlike Holy Water and Blue Solution, Purification Powder cannot spread or purify the Hallow.
Vile Powder is able to convert blocks and walls, including the Crimson and the Hallowed ones, into their (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Corrupted form / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) pure form, such as converting Pearlstone into (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Ebonstone / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Stone. If thrown at a Bunny, Penguin, or Goldfish, it will turn into its Corrupted variants: the Corrupt Bunny, Corrupt Penguin, and Corrupt Goldfish, respectively. It can be crafted from Vile Mushrooms or purchased from the Dryad for 1 SC each during a Blood Moon in a Corrupt world.
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Vile Powder can be used to spread the Corruption onto convertible tiles.
(Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Unlike Unholy Water and Purple Solution, Vile Powder cannot spread the Corruption.
Vicious Powder(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) is functionally identical to its counterpart, Vile Powder, to where it can convert blocks and walls, including the Corrupted and the Hallowed ones, into their Crimson form. If thrown at a Bunny, Penguin, or Goldfish, it will turn into its Crimson variants: the Vicious Bunny, Vicious Penguin, and Vicious Goldfish, respectively. It can be crafted from Vicious Mushrooms or purchased from the Dryad for 1 SC each during a Blood Moon in a Crimson world.
Vicious Powder can be used to spread the Crimson onto convertible tiles.
Variants




Type | |
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Consumable | ✔️ |
Use time | 15 (Very fast) |
Velocity | 4 |
Tooltip | Cleanses the evil (Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) Cleanses the corruption (3DS version) |
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Buy | 75 CC |
Sell | 15 CC |
Research | 99 required |
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- Internal Item ID: 66
- Internal Projectile ID: 10




Type | |
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Consumable | ✔️ |
Use time | 15 (Very fast) |
Velocity | 4 |
Tooltip | Spreads the Corruption (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Removes the Hallow (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) |
Rarity | ![]() |
Buy | 1 SC |
Sell | 20 CC |
Research | 99 required |
- Vile Powder
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- Internal Item ID: 67
- Internal Projectile ID: 11
Crafting
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Conversions
The thrown powders convert blocks and walls as displayed below.[1]
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Vile Powder
This content is transcluded from Solutions § Purple Solution.
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Vicious Powder
This content is transcluded from Solutions § Red Solution.
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Notes
- Purification Powder will not clear through Corrupt or Crimson thorny bushes, leaving the player to manually break them before they spread their respective biome.
- Using the Purification Powder to Vile Mushrooms or Vicious Mushrooms will convert them into Jungle Spores.
- To affect walls, there must be a block within one tile of that wall when the Thrown Powder is used on it. Purification Powder does not revert Corrupted/Crimson-infected walls to their pure form.
- The Clentaminator offers an easier yet much more costly alternative to converting background walls.
- None of the powder variants can be purchased from the Dryad in Don't dig up and getfixedboi worlds.
Tips
- Purification Powder is one of the only methods of tunneling through Ebonstone or Crimstone to reach Shadow Orbs / Crimson Hearts in pre-Hardmode without needing to defeat the Eater of Worlds or the Brain of Cthulhu, the other methods being to use explosives or (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) a Reaver Shark.
See also
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.1: Vile and Vicious Powder can now be used to spread their respective biome and turn the Hallow directly into their biome instead of purifying it.
- Desktop 1.3.1: Sprites updated. Old sprites were
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for Purification, Vile, and Vicious Powder respectively.
- Desktop 1.3.0.6: Vicious Powder is now sold by the Dryad.
- Desktop 1.3.0.4: Vicious Powder is now used in crafting recipe for the Bloody Spine.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Vicious Powder introduced.
- Vile Powder tooltip changed from "Removes the Hallow" to "Banishes the Hallow".
- Purification Powder can now purify Tortured Souls.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Tooltip for Purification Powder changed from 'Cleanses the corruption' to 'Cleanses the evil'.
- Desktop 1.2.3: Vile Powder is no longer sold on Crimson worlds.
- Desktop 1.2: Current powders given new sprites. Old sprites were
and
for Purification and Vile Powder respectively.
- Desktop 1.1: Vile Powder no longer deals damage and can now remove the Hallow.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced Purification and Vile Powder.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.