Tombstones
A Tombstone drops when a player dies. It can then be retrieved and used much like a sign or as a form of decoration. By default, they contain the death message generated based on how the player died. On the 
Desktop version, 
Console version, and 
Mobile version, Tombstones created will show the real life date the player died.
Upon death, a Tombstone will bounce around until it lands on a 2×2 empty space, at which point it will place itself. Two Tombstones cannot land on each other, nor can they be retrieved if they fail to place themselves (e.g., due to lack of suitable space). If a Tombstone can not find a place to land, it will eventually despawn.
Variants are chosen randomly upon death. Golden Tombstones drop when the player had more than 10 in their inventory[1].
On the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version, having 4–8 Tombstones placed in close proximity will gradually darken and desaturate the environment. Five or more Tombstones placed in close proximity will generate a Graveyard mini-biome. Breaking a Tombstone may spawn a Ghost offscreen.
The 
Strange Looking Tombstone is a 
-exclusive Tombstone variant dropped when the Worm Pet is active at death. Its tooltip is "A Tombstone that kinda looks like a worm, right?". It can be re-placed after being mined.
In Hardcore, Tombstones cannot be easily obtained because death is permanent. On the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version, NPCs in worlds with Hardcore characters will now drop Tombstones when they are killed. This makes it possible to build Graveyards without the need for a non-Hardcore character. Variants are still chosen randomly, all NPCs drop a normal Tombstone except Merchant and Tax Collector who drop a golden variant.
Because Tombstones create Graveyards, and mark a place where a player had died, they are highlighted by Dangersense Potions.
Abigail's Flower can be uncommonly found as a plant growing on grass near a placed Tombstone, regardless of world progression. Its spawn chance is increased in a Constant world.
Variants
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Tombstone Internal Item ID: 321
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Grave Marker Internal Item ID: 1173
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Cross Grave Marker Internal Item ID: 1174
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Headstone Internal Item ID: 1175
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Gravestone Internal Item ID: 1176
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Obelisk Internal Item ID: 1177
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Golden Tombstone Internal Item ID: 3230
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Golden Grave Marker Internal Item ID: 3231
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Golden Cross Grave Marker Internal Item ID: 3229
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Golden Headstone Internal Item ID: 3233
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Golden Gravestone Internal Item ID: 3232
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Strange Looking Tombstone Internal Item ID: 5062
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Notes
- Tombstones are always dropped when the player dies, regardless of the difficulty setting.
- Since the Angler and Princess leave instead of being slain, they will not drop a Tombstone with a Hardcore character.
- In Hardcore, the Traveling Merchant will drop a Tombstone despite him not being a town NPC, but the Old Man and Skeleton Merchant will not.
Tips
- Tombstones can be easily farmed by placing Hellstone or Meteorite directly under the spawn and then creating a new character. The player will die and respawn continuously, creating a Tombstone each time. Alternatively, it can be done by digging straight down from the spawn point so the player will die from fall damage.
- In Journey Mode, even when the enemy spawn rate is set to 0× the normal rate, mining up Tombstones may still cause Ghosts to spawn.
Trivia
- Golden Tombstones, like all other tombstones, have no sell value.
- On the
Xbox 360 version, before an unspecified patch, certain terms which could be considered profanity or sexual content written on Tombstones would have resulted in the Tombstone saying "(Censored)". - There is no golden variant of the Obelisk in any version of the game.
- The Strange Looking Tombstone is part of the Worms 3 crossover.
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.3: Now displayed by the Dangersense Potion.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Golden variants of all tombstones except Obelisks added.
- Updated Tombstone, Grave Marker, Cross Grave Marker and Obelisk sprites.
- Desktop 1.2: Cross Grave Marker, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Headstone, and Obelisk variants added and chosen randomly on death.
- Desktop 1.1: Is now dropped by characters on any difficulty.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Is now dropped by slain Mediumcore and Hardcore characters.
- Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. (
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- Console 1.0.750.0: (
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- Golden variants of all tombstones except Obelisks added.
- Sprites updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.
- Console 1.02: Cross Grave Marker, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Headstone, and Obelisk variants added and chosen randomly on death.
- Console-Release: Introduced, dropped by all characters.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.
- Mobile 1.4.0.5.0:
- Breaking Tombstones has a chance for a Ghost to spawn.
- NPCs now drop Tombstones on death in Hardcore worlds.
- Tombstones are now used to create a Graveyard minibiome.
- Tombstones now show a player's date of death.
- Now displayed by the Dangersense Potion.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7:
- Golden variants of all tombstones except Obelisks added.
- Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.
- Strange Looking Tombstone removed, replaced with Tombstone.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Cross Grave Marker, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Headstone, and Obelisk variants added and chosen randomly on death.
- Mobile 1.1.933: Strange Looking Tombstone introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced along with Strange Looking Tombstone and variants from Desktop 1.2.
