Cavern
The Cavern layer is the largest layer, beginning just below the Underground and extending down until the Underworld layer. Darker stone background tiles characterize it. Stone is the predominant block in this layer (as opposed to Dirt in the Underground). Caverns contain occasional Underground Cabins where valuables can be found, as well as Glowing Mushroom biomes, dangerous traps, rare and dangerous Spider Cave mini-biomes, and much more.
After defeating at least one Goblin Invasion, the Goblin Tinkerer NPC can be found in this layer. The Wizard NPC can also be found in this layer at any time during Hardmode.
In large worlds, lava begins to appear around -2100ft in small pools, which gradually become lava wells at around the -3000ft mark.
Map Size | Min Start Depth | Average Start Depth | Max Start Depth |
---|---|---|---|
Small | 120 ft | 480 ft | 840 ft |
Medium | 180 ft | 720 ft | 1260 ft |
Large | 240 ft | 960 ft | 1680 ft |
Contents[edit | edit source]
Angel Statue
Band of Regeneration
Cloud in a Bottle
Enchanted Boomerang(only on
)
Extractinator
Flare Gun
Hermes Boots
Lava Charm(
only at lava layer
all layers )
Mace
Magic Mirror
Shoe Spikes
Lucky Horseshoe(
only)
Wolf Fang
Whoopie Cushion(rare)
Depth Meter(uncommon)
Compass
(uncommon)
Rally
(rare)
Potato Chips
(rare)
Trifold Map(uncommon)
Chain Knife(uncommon)
Mining Shirt(uncommon)
Mining Pants(uncommon)
Bone Pickaxe(rare)
Mining Helmet(rare)
Steak
(rare)
Robot Hat(very rare)
Wizard Hat(always)
Jellyfish Necklace(rare)
Metal Detector
(50% / 100% chance)
Ancient Iron Helmet(rare)
Ancient Gold Helmet(rare)
Bone Sword(rare)
Carton of Milk
(rare)
Skull(very rare)
Beam Sword(rare)
Armor Polish
Magic Quiver(uncommon)
Marrow(uncommon)
Enchanted Sword(extremely rare)
Terragrim
(incredibly rare /
only)
Arkhalis
(incredibly rare /
only)
- ↑ Spawns from Mother Slimes
NPC happiness
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For more information, see NPC happiness.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Backgrounds[edit | edit source]
This content is transcluded from Biome backgrounds § Cavern.
Pre-underworld[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Geysers now spawn on stone rather than under stone.
- Added Otherworldly Underground track from the canceled Terraria: Otherworld.
- Desktop 1.3.2: Geysers now spawn as traps.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Marble and Granite Caves can now be found anywhere in the cavern layer.
- Detonator traps added.
- Desktop 1.2.2: New "Alternate Underground" soundtrack.
- Desktop 1.2: Enchanted Sword (item) can now be found as a rare drop from the terrain.
- Desktop 1.1: Random traps added.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.