Herbs

Herbs are plants used to craft potions. They 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 their kind in addition. Herbs can also be grown in Clay Pots or Planter Boxes  .

Types

There are currently 7 different types of herbs.

Plant		Seeds	Biome	Suitable soil	Blooming condition
	Blinkroot Internal Item ID: 315		Underground	Dirt or Mud	Randomly
	Daybloom Internal Item ID: 313		Surface	Pure or Hallowed grass	Daytime
	Deathweed Internal Item ID: 316		Corruption, Crimson	Ebonstone, Corrupt grass, Crimstone, or Crimson grass	Blood Moon or    Full Moon
	Fireblossom Internal Item ID: 318		Underworld	Ash	Sunset (from 3:45 PM to 7:30 PM) unless it is raining, or   submersion in lava
	Moonglow Internal Item ID: 314		Jungle	Jungle grass	Nighttime
	Shiverthorn    Internal Item ID: 2358		Snow	Snow, Ice	Enough time having passed
	Waterleaf Internal Item ID: 317		Desert	Sand or Pearlsand	Rain or   submersion in water

Growth

Herb Growth

Herb growth has three distinct stages:

• Sprout Stage – A very small stump or bud of the plant is noticeably 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 were planted in the first place).
• Mature Stage – The plant'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, unless the player uses a Staff of Regrowth.
• Blooming Stage – This is characterized by the appearance of flowers (possibly with other secondary effects, such as sparks, glows, flashes of light, etc.) and will occur only when the required conditions are met. Weather or event-dependent blooming will last for the duration of these (e.g. Moonglow blooms at night and closes during the day). Generally, this is the best stage at which to harvest plants, as doing so will yield both an herb and its seeds. These seeds can be replanted to regenerate the supplies of herbs, or may be used to initiate farming (if their quantity is large enough).

Notes

• 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.
• A herb will bloom on every occasion which provides its blooming conditions, not just once. For example, Moonglow will bloom each night.
• Planter Boxes and Clay Pots can grow any type of herb, bypassing requirement of a suitable soil. Using them also avoids the problem of swinging tools breaking nearby herbs.
• Herb seeds are named after their herb, e.g. Blinkroot Seeds. There are also plain Seeds that are ammunition for the Blowpipe. These latter seeds cannot be planted.
• All herbs sell for 20*20 , while their seeds sell for 16*16 .

Tips

• 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.

See also

• Guide:Gardening
• Coral
• Mushrooms

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced Shiverthorn.

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