Water

See also: Guide:Making Liquid

Some Water in a Forest.

Water is an abundant liquid. It is found in nearly any biome in pools of various sizes, and forms the large Oceans on either side of a map. It is less abundant in Deserts, and absent in The Underworld (where it disappears if made to flow there). Water flows more freely than Lava and Honey. Each biome has its own unique water color (these colors can be changed, with the Water Fountains sold by the Witch Doctor once he spawns in your world Template:Pc icon , or after Plantera is defeated Template:Console iconTemplate:Mobile icon). Water is only found above a certain depth, beneath which Lava pools tend to appear instead.

Candles, Torches, and Flaming Arrows do not emit light underwater, but Glowsticks and some other light sources do. Most torches are knocked free when water touches them.

Upon submersion, a player's breath meter will display, indicating their remaining breathing time before drowning damage will be incurred. The point where a player is considered submerged for purposes of the breath meter is one pixel above the eyes.

If the player's feet are in at least one tile of water, movement is hindered noticeably. Certain accessories or potions can boost player movement through liquids, enable swimming, or even allow walking along its surface. Players cannot swim by default.

In Expert Mode, entering water in Snow Biome will give the player chilled debuff, which slows the player even more.

Crafting

An example of water (together with lava and honey) placed to be used as a crafting station. Notice the Crystal Ball above them.

Like Lava and Honey, water can be used as a minor crafting station. It works just like those two; in order to use it the player only has to stand nearby. Creation of items from a body of water does not lower the water level at all. A sink may be used in place of a water fluid tile, and similarly offers unlimited water to recipes.

Used to craft

Water
or
Sink

Result	Ingredients
Bottled Water	Bottle
only: Coralstone Block 5	Stone Block5 Coral
Mud Block	Dirt Block
only: Reef Block 10	Stone Block10 Coral Seashell
Wet Bomb	Dry Bomb
Wet Rocket	Dry Rocket

Crystal Ball and Water
or
Sink

Result	Ingredients
Magic Water Dropper	Empty Dropper
only: Water Candle	Candle
	Platinum Candle
Waterfall Block	Glass

Sky Mill and Water
or
Sink

Result	Ingredients
only: Rain Cloud	Cloud

Water can also be used to make the following items, though not as a crafting station:

Item	When combined with
Obsidian	Lava
Honey Block	Honey

Contents

Water
Characters		Unique Drops
Normal Enemies: Goldfish Piranha Blue Jellyfish In the Ocean: Crab Pink Jellyfish Sea Snail Squid Shark Orca Template:Console icon / Template:Mobile icon	During a Blood Moon: Corrupt Goldfish Crimtane Goldfish Template:Pc icon During Hardmode: Blood Feeder Angler Fish Green Jellyfish Blood Jelly Fungo Fish Arapaima	From Goldfish: Goldfish Template:Console icon / Template:Mobile icon From Piranhas: Hook (crafting material) From Sharks: Shark Fin From Sea Snails: Purple Mucos From Squids: Black Ink From Jellyfish: Glowstick From Green Jellyfish: Megaphone

Items interacting with water

• Flippers allow the player to swim upward by jumping repeatedly from any point within the water.
• Gills Potion allows the player to breathe underwater.
• Breathing Reed allows the player to breathe while in shallow water and also increases the breath meter.
• Diving Helmet increases the breath meter.
• Diving Gear increases breath meter and allows swimming.
• Neptune's Shell allows the player to breathe underwater and allows swimming.
• Water Walking Potion, Lava Waders, Obsidian Water Walking Boots and Water Walking Boots allow the player to walk on the surface of water.
• Pumps and Buckets can move water.
• Flipper Potion and Fishron Wings allow the player to move at normal speed in water.
• Jellyfish Necklace, Jellyfish Diving Gear, and Arctic Diving Gear emit light when in water.
• Fishing Poles allow the player to fish in water.

Notes

• Underground pools of water may sometimes be spotted via the glowing Jellyfish that spawn there.
• The game occasionally has difficulty leveling out large volumes of liquid that flowed into a new space. Exiting and reloading the world, or relocating the liquid elsewhere, can sometimes remedy the problem.

History

• 1.3.4: Water is now dynamic and has a setting to be more or less dynamic.

• 1.3.0.1: In Expert Mode, water in a snow biome gives the player chilled debuff.

• 1.2.4: Actuated tiles no longer remove the water over them on world load.

• 1.2.3:
  • Sped up the Water moving code a bit. 5-10%.
  • Fixed a bug where moving very large quantities of water could leave some water floating.
  • Fixed issue where you cannot jump while in reverse gravity in water.
  • Running underwater no longer causes flashes of the Suffocation debuff.

• 1.2:
  • When water touches a half block, it will create a waterfall. Water can also change colors depending what biome it is in, or if it's a Blood Moon.

• 1.1: Water is in a secondary 'layer' behind the placed blocks, therefore can no longer be removed by placing blocks on it. "Blocked" liquids disappear only after restart of world.

• 1.0.5:
  • Candles, Torches, and Flaming Arrows do not emit light in water (except placed Candle).
  • Bats and flying enemies may no longer enter water and slimes float on its surface. All of them don't make a splash sound when hitting water.
  • Water evaporates when reaching the Underworld.

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