Herbs

Herbs are plants used at a Placed Bottle to craft potions.

Herbs can be found all across the world, or in Herb Bags, and can be harvested with almost any weapon or tool. Each herb will bloom when certain requirements are met. Herbs harvested while blooming will drop 1-3 seeds of its kind in addition. Herbs can also be grown in Clay Pots or Planter Boxes. There are currently 7 different herbs.

Herbs

Plant	Seeds	Biome	Grows on...	Blooms...
Blinkroot Internal Item ID: 315		Underground	Dirt or Mud	At random
Daybloom Internal Item ID: 313		Surface	Pure or Hallowed grass	During the day
Deathweed Internal Item ID: 316		Corruption, Crimson	Ebonstone, Corrupt Grass, Crimstone, or Crimson Grass	During a Blood Moon or a Full Moon ( )
Fireblossom Internal Item ID: 318		Underworld	Ash	Sunset (from 3:45pm to 7:30pm) ( ) or when submerged in Lava (  )
Moonglow Internal Item ID: 314		Jungle	Jungle Grass	During the night
Shiverthorn    Internal Item ID: 2358		Snow	Snow, Ice	After enough time
Waterleaf Internal Item ID: 317		Desert	Sand or Pearlsand	During rain ( ) or while submerged under Water (  )

Notes

Herb Growth

• Herb growth has 3 distinct stages:
  • Sprout Stage - A very small stump or bud of the plant is noticeable growing out of the ground. This stage can be observed at the moment when seeds are just sown. Trying to harvest the plant at this stage will yield neither an herb nor seeds (not even the seeds that you planted in the first place).
  • Mature Stage - The plants's vegetative parts show reasonable growth, and are quite noticeable. Flowers are absent, however. Harvesting at this point will yield an herb but no seeds.
  • Blooming Stage - This is characterized by the appearance of flowers (possibly with other secondary effects e.g. sparks, glows, flashes of light etc) and will occur only when certain conditions are met. Weather-dependent blooming will last only as long as the weather itself (e.g. Moonglow blooms at night and closes during the day). Generally this is the best stage at which to harvest plants, for you will receive both an herb and its seeds. These seeds can be replanted to regenerate your supplies of herbs, or may be used to initiate farming (if their quantity is large enough).
• Although each herb has a "native" biome, they can randomly appear anywhere as long as the appropriate block (soil) is present. For example, building a skybridge in Space out of bare dirt will cause Blinkroot to appear.
• Planter Boxes and Clay Pots can grow any type of herb, bypassing requirement of a suitable block.
• Herb Seeds can be used to create Herb Farms. A dart trap can be used to quickly harvest herbs growing on soil, however herbs growing in Clay Pots or in Planter Boxes are harvested with a pickaxe or, for a better profit, a Staff of Regrowth.
• Herb seeds are named after their herb, eg. Blinkroot Seeds. There are also plain Seeds that are ammunition for the Blowpipe. These latter seeds cannot be planted.
• An herb will bloom on every occasion which provides its blooming conditions, not just once. For example, Moonglow will bloom each night.
• Herbs sell for 20 , while their seeds sell for 16 .

See also

• Alchemy
• Guide:Gardening
• Coral
• Mushrooms
• Planter Box
• Clay Pot

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced Shiverthorn.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced Blinkroot, Daybloom, Deathweed, Fireblossom, Moonglow, Waterleaf.