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Moss
  • Green Moss Brown Moss Red Moss Blue Moss Purple Moss
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Statistics
Type
Placeable✔️
Use time15 (Very fast)
RarityRarity level: 0
Research25 required
Glowing Moss
  • Lava Moss Krypton Moss Xenon Moss Argon Moss Neon Moss Helium Moss
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Type
Placeable✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time15 (Very fast)
Tooltip'A sight to dwell upon and never forget'
RarityRarity level: 1
Research25 required
  • Internal Item ID: 4354, 4377, 4378, 4389, 5127, 5128
  • Internal Tile ID: 381, 534, 536, 539, 625, 627, 517, 535, 537, 540, 626, 628

Moss is a grass-like plant that grows on Stone Blocks. It comes in 11 / 6 / 5 different colors, and one color can be found throughout each third of a given map (three colors per world), either randomly on cave surfaces or in moss chambers with a matching mossy wall. Mossy stone requires one more hit to break than clean stone. Moss will be destroyed if the Stone Block it is on converts to Ebonstone, Crimstone, or Pearlstone. Moss sprouts fuzz that can be cut like grass weeds.

On the PC version PC version, Console version Console version, Mobile version Mobile version, and tModLoader version tModLoader version, moss can be collected using a Paint Scraper or Spectre Paint Scraper. Only 11.11*1/9 (11.11%) of such moss will drop as an item when using either scraper, the rest will simply disappear as usual.[1] Collected moss can be placed on Stone Blocks and Gray Bricks, or used to craft mossy walls.

Lava Moss is a special variant of moss that can only be found in the lava layers of the Cavern, though if harvested, it can be planted at any level. Despite not being considered one of the glowing mosses, it glows in the dark.

Glowing mosses are special variants of moss that grow in glowing moss biomes in much larger areas than standard moss, and glow in the dark similarly to Lava Moss. There are five variants of glowing moss: Krypton (green), Xenon (blue), Argon (pink), Neon (violet), and Helium (color-changing) Mosses. Only one type of glowing moss can be found in each world, in a total of up to two (small world) / three (medium) / four (large) glowing moss biomes in the Cavern layer, mostly above the lava layers, but not under the spawn area.

Types[]

Type Placed on
Stone BlockStone Block Gray BrickGray Brick()
Green Moss Green Moss
Internal Item ID: 4349
Green Moss placed Green Moss (placed) (bricks)
Brown Moss Brown Moss
Internal Item ID: 4350
Brown Moss placed Brown Moss (placed) (bricks)
Red Moss Red Moss
Internal Item ID: 4351
Red Moss placed Red Moss (placed) (bricks)
Blue Moss Blue Moss
Internal Item ID: 4352
Blue Moss placed Blue Moss (placed) (bricks)
Purple Moss Purple Moss
Internal Item ID: 4353
Purple Moss placed Purple Moss (placed) (bricks)
Lava Moss Lava Moss
Internal Item ID: 4354
Lava Moss placed Lava Moss (placed) (bricks)
Krypton Moss Krypton Moss
Internal Item ID: 4377
Krypton Moss placed Krypton Moss (placed) (bricks)
Xenon Moss Xenon Moss
Internal Item ID: 4378
Xenon Moss placed Xenon Moss (placed) (bricks)
Argon Moss Argon Moss
Internal Item ID: 4389
Argon Moss placed Argon Moss (placed) (bricks)
Neon Moss Neon Moss
Internal Item ID: 5127
Neon Moss placed Neon Moss (placed) (bricks)
Helium Moss Helium Moss
Internal Item ID: 5128
Helium Moss placed Helium Moss (placed) (bricks)

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Helium MossHelium Moss
ShimmerShimmer Transmutation
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Blue MossBlue Moss
Work BenchWork Bench
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Brown MossBrown Moss
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Green MossGreen Moss
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Purple MossPurple Moss
PC versionConsole versionMobile versiontModLoader version only:
Red MossRed Moss

Used in[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Argon Moss BrickArgon Moss Brick
10
FurnaceFurnace
Helium Moss BrickHelium Moss Brick
10
Krypton Moss BrickKrypton Moss Brick
10
Lava Moss BrickLava Moss Brick
10
Neon Moss BrickNeon Moss Brick
10
Xenon Moss BrickXenon Moss Brick
10
Helium MossHelium Moss
ShimmerShimmer Transmutation
Argon Moss Fishing BobberArgon Moss Fishing Bobber
Tinkerer's WorkshopTinkerer's Workshop
Helium Moss Fishing BobberHelium Moss Fishing Bobber
Krypton Moss Fishing BobberKrypton Moss Fishing Bobber
Lava Moss Fishing BobberLava Moss Fishing Bobber
Neon Moss Fishing BobberNeon Moss Fishing Bobber
Xenon Moss Fishing BobberXenon Moss Fishing Bobber
Blue Mossy WallBlue Mossy Wall
4
Work BenchWork Bench and Ecto Mist
Brown Mossy WallBrown Mossy Wall
4
Green Mossy WallGreen Mossy Wall
4
Purple Mossy WallPurple Mossy Wall
4
Red Mossy WallRed Mossy Wall
4

Notes[]

  • Strange Plants are able to grow on moss-covered stone blocks.
  • Moss slowly spreads across exposed Stone Blocks and Gray Bricks at any depth, once planted (including above ground). If the player does not have access to a Paint Scraper to collect moss with, they can grow extra moss by building "bridges" of stone for existing moss to grow across.
  • The Staff of Regrowth can be used on Stone Blocks to grow moss at any depth. The type of moss will vary depending on the proximity to other types of moss. As such, one can spread the Lava Moss from the cavern's lava layers all the way up to the surface.

Trivia[]

  • The tooltip of the glowing mosses, 'A sight to dwell upon and never forget', is a quote by Morris Travers, an English chemist who worked with Sir William Ramsay in the discovery of xenon, neon, and krypton.
  • The glowing mosses' colors do not accurately match the actual colors that such gases produce in real life when used in a gas-discharge lamp.
    • In real life, argon glows purple (unless mercury vapor is added to make blue), neon glows red, helium glows white, and krypton and xenon both glow green.
  • The colors of the glowing mosses (including Lava Moss) resemble the Lunar Fragments.
  • During a Blood Moon, Krypton Moss changes its color to yellow and Xenon Moss to light pink. Argon Moss's color remains almost the same, however slightly tinted red.

Gallery[]

History[]

  • Desktop 1.4.2: Fixed an issue where moss would not always use the proper frame when on servers.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Renamed Fire Moss to Lava Moss.
    • Added Krypton, Xenon, and Argon Moss.
    • Mosses have now been given an item form and can be collected with a Paint Scraper.
    • Mosses can now be crafted into Moss Walls, and vice versa.
    • Moss can now spread and be placed on Gray Bricks.
    • All mosses now have official names.
    • Staff of Regrowth can no longer place moss on bare stone.
  • Desktop 1.3.0.1:
    • Added Fire Moss.
    • Staff of Regrowth can now place moss on bare stone.

References[]

  1. Information taken from the PC version PC 1.4.2 source code, method PlaceThing_PaintScrapper() in Terraria.Player.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current PC version PC version is 1.4.4.9.
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