Tombstones

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Tombstones
  • Tombstone.png Gravestone.png Golden Headstone.png
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Statistics
Type
Furniture
Placeable✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time15 (Very fast)
RarityRarity level: 0
Research2 required

A Tombstone is a furniture item that drops when a player dies. It can then be retrieved and used much like a sign or as a form of decoration. By default, it contains the death message generated based on how the player died. Tombstones created will show the real-life date the player died.

Upon death, a Tombstone will bounce around until it lands on a suitable 2-tile wide surface, where it will place itself. If a Tombstone cannot find a place to land (due to lack of suitable space), it cannot be retrieved and will eventually despawn. Two Tombstones cannot land on each other.

Variants are chosen randomly upon death. Golden Tombstones drop when the player had more than 10 GC in their inventory.[1]

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 off-screen.

In Hardcore, Tombstones cannot be easily obtained because death is permanent. Instead, NPCs in worlds with Hardcore characters will drop Tombstones when they are killed. Variants are still chosen randomly; all NPCs drop a normal Tombstone except the Merchant and Tax Collector who drop a golden variant.[2]

In For the worthy and Get fixed boi worlds, the Tombstone projectiles dropped by players (but not those dropped by NPCs in Hardcore) deal 140 / 280 / 420 damage to players and 70 damage to NPCs, enemies, and critters.

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

Tombstone TombstoneInternal Item ID: 321
Grave Marker Grave MarkerInternal Item ID: 1173
Cross Grave Marker Cross Grave MarkerInternal Item ID: 1174
Headstone HeadstoneInternal Item ID: 1175
Gravestone GravestoneInternal Item ID: 1176
Obelisk ObeliskInternal Item ID: 1177
Golden Tombstone Golden TombstoneInternal Item ID: 3230
Golden Grave Marker Golden Grave MarkerInternal Item ID: 3231
Golden Cross Grave Marker Golden Cross Grave MarkerInternal Item ID: 3229
Golden Headstone Golden HeadstoneInternal Item ID: 3233
Golden Gravestone Golden GravestoneInternal Item ID: 3232

Notes

  • Tombstones are always dropped when the player dies, regardless of the difficulty setting.
  • In worlds with a Hardcore character, the Angler and Princess will not drop a Tombstone, as they leave instead of being slain. The Traveling Merchant will drop a Tombstone despite 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 world spawn point 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.
    • The spawn point can also be flooded with water to drown the player, but it is less efficient than other methods.
  • 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.
  • There is no golden variant of the Obelisk in any version of the game.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • 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.
  • Desktop 1.3.0.1:
    • Golden variants of all tombstones except Obelisks added.
    • Updated Tombstone, Grave Marker, Cross Grave Marker, Headstone, Gravestone, and Obelisk sprites. Old sprites: Tombstone (old).png Grave Marker (old).png Cross Grave Marker (old).png Headstone (old).png Gravestone (old).png Obelisk (old).png
  • 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.
  • Console 1.0.750.0: (PlayStation 4)
    • 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.
  • 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.
  • 3DS-Release: Introduced along with Strange Looking Tombstone and variants from Desktop 1.2.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method DropTombstone() in Terraria.Player.cs.
  2. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method DropTombstoneTownNPC() in Terraria.NPC.cs.
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