Platforms

Platforms

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Statistics

Type	Block • Furniture
Placeable	1 wide × 1 high
Use time	15 Very Fast
Max stack	999     / 99
Rarity

• Internal Tile ID: 19

This article is about the furniture item. For systems that can run Terraria, see game platform.

Platforms are an alternative to blocks that can be walked on, but which also allow movement through the space they occupy. The player normally stands and walks on platforms as if they were ordinary blocks. Players can move down through a platform by pressing the ▼ Down key while standing on one. Players can also walk or jump horizontally through the space occupied by platforms, only treating the platform as "solid" when landing on them from above.

Walking enemies can similarly walk on or pass through platforms. Flying enemies like bats will fly up through them, but not down. Other enemies, including Harpies, ignore them entirely. NPCs will always climb up platforms.

Weapons and their projectiles will travel through Platforms. Any hook will grab them, but grappling while attached to the platform will only re-grapple it. Liquids flow through platforms, and lava will destroy most platforms upon contact. Sand will be supported by platforms.

Because of the high mobility a player has while on them, platforms can be used in a variety of ways: as a bridge across gaps that players can descend through without destroying, for roof access that keeps some enemies from getting through, or to create a fighting area above most enemies that players can fire down through while keeping out of reach of enemies, or bosses. Also, since Piggy Banks, chests, crafting stations and most other furniture can be placed on them (exceptions include gems and Crystal Shards), they can be used as a shelving to pack furniture into a confined space without restricting player movement.

Positioning Platforms

Platforms have four distinct positions, and can be cycled through them by hitting them with a hammer:

1. In the default or "top" position, they occupy the top half of a block space. Only in this position can furniture be placed on top of them. This includes a Bottle (or similar), which will count as a Placed Bottle for crafting potions.
2. After one hammer blow, they will change to the slanted Stairs form, oriented toward the player. They may also show "struts" beneath the slanted part depending on adjacent blocks, but this is purely visual.
3. A second hammer blow will switch them to Stairs facing the other way.
4. A third hammer blow will move them to their "bottom" position, horizontal but lowered to the bottom half of the block. Only in this position, banners (and perhaps some other hanging items) can be attached beneath them (assuming there is room). However, chandeliers or lanterns will not attach there.

A fourth hammer blow will cycle the platform back to its default position. Only one platform can occupy a single block space, so you cannot have top and bottom platforms in the same space.

Stairs

Placed craftable platforms. Click the image to view a summary of each row.

Stairs can face either direction, regardless of what side of a block they are on. Walking up stairs in the direction they face will raise the player as expected, but walking towards stairs facing away from the player will not have any effect. As with normal platforms, pressing ▼ Down will cause stairs to be ignored.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Bone Platform   Internal Item ID: 634 (2)	Bone	Bone Welder
Boreal Wood Platform    Internal Item ID: 2566 (2)	Boreal Wood	By Hand
Crystal Platform Internal Item ID: 3903 (2)	Crystal Block
Dynasty Platform Internal Item ID: 3905 (2)	Dynasty Wood
Ebonwood Platform Internal Item ID: 631 (2)	Ebonwood
Flesh Platform Internal Item ID: 3907 (2)	Flesh Block
Frozen Platform Internal Item ID: 3908 (2)	Ice Block
Granite Platform   Internal Item ID: 3146 (2)	Smooth Granite Block
Lihzahrd Platform Internal Item ID: 3906 (2)	Lihzahrd Brick
Marble Platform   Internal Item ID: 3145 (2)	Smooth Marble Block
Martian Platform   Internal Item ID: 2822 (2)	Martian Conduit Plating
Meteorite Platform   Internal Item ID: 3144 (2)	Meteorite Brick
Obsidian Platform Internal Item ID: 1457 (2)	Obsidian Brick
Palm Wood Platform   Internal Item ID: 2518 (2)	Palm Wood
Pearlwood Platform Internal Item ID: 633 (2)	Pearlwood
Rich Mahogany Platform Internal Item ID: 632 (2)	Rich Mahogany
Shadewood Platform Internal Item ID: 913 (2)	Shadewood
Slime Platform   Internal Item ID: 2581 (2)	Slime Block
Spooky Platform Internal Item ID: 1818 (2)	Spooky Wood
Wood Platform Internal Item ID: 94 (2)	Wood
Honey Platform    Internal Item ID: 2630 (2)	Honey Block	Honey Dispenser
Living Wood Platform    Internal Item ID: 2629 (2)	Wood	Living Loom
Skyware Platform   Internal Item ID: 2628 (2)	Sunplate Block	Sky Mill
Steampunk Platform   Internal Item ID: 2627 (2)	Cog	Steampunk Boiler
Cactus Platform Internal Item ID: 2744 (2)	Cactus	Work Bench
Glass Platform   Internal Item ID: 1702 (2)	Glass
Mushroom Platform    Internal Item ID: 2549 (2)	Glowing Mushroom
Pumpkin Platform Internal Item ID: 1796 (2)	Pumpkin

total: 28 row(s)

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Bone	Bone Platform   (2)	Bone Welder
Boreal Wood	Boreal Wood Platform    (2)	By Hand
Crystal Block	Crystal Platform (2)
Dynasty Wood	Dynasty Platform (2)
Ebonwood	Ebonwood Platform (2)
Flesh Block	Flesh Platform (2)
Ice Block	Frozen Platform (2)
Lihzahrd Brick	Lihzahrd Platform (2)
Martian Conduit Plating	Martian Platform   (2)
Meteorite Brick	Meteorite Platform   (2)
Obsidian Brick	Obsidian Platform (2)
Palm Wood	Palm Wood Platform   (2)
Pearlwood	Pearlwood Platform (2)
Rich Mahogany	Rich Mahogany Platform (2)
Shadewood	Shadewood Platform (2)
Slime Block	Slime Platform   (2)
Smooth Granite Block	Granite Platform   (2)
Smooth Marble Block	Marble Platform   (2)
Spooky Wood	Spooky Platform (2)
Wood	Wood Platform (2)
Honey Block	Honey Platform    (2)	Honey Dispenser
Wood	Living Wood Platform    (2)	Living Loom
Sunplate Block (  )	Skyware Platform   (2)	Sky Mill
Cog	Steampunk Platform   (2)	Steampunk Boiler
Cactus	Cactus Platform (2)	Work Bench
Glass	Glass Platform   (2)
Glowing Mushroom	Mushroom Platform    (2)
Pumpkin	Pumpkin Platform (2)

total: 28 row(s)

On the  3DS version, platforms are crafted from only one block of their respective type.

Noncraftable Platforms

Placed noncraftable platforms. Click the image to view a summary of each row.

Team Platforms are sold by the Traveling Merchant. Golden Platforms are dropped during the Pirate Invasion. All other noncraftable platforms are found in the Dungeon.

Platform		Notes
	Dungeon Shelf Internal Item ID: 1418	Found in the Dungeon.
	Wood Shelf Internal Item ID: 1389	Found in the Dungeon.
	Metal Shelf Internal Item ID: 1387	Found in the Dungeon.
	Brass Shelf Internal Item ID: 1388	Found in the Dungeon.
	Blue Brick Platform Internal Item ID: 1384	Found in the Dungeon.
	Pink Brick Platform Internal Item ID: 1385	Found in the Dungeon.
	Green Brick Platform Internal Item ID: 1386	Found in the Dungeon.
	Red Team Platform  Internal Item ID: 3622	Sold by the Traveling Merchant.
	Green Team Platform  Internal Item ID: 3638	Sold by the Traveling Merchant.
	Blue Team Platform  Internal Item ID: 3639	Sold by the Traveling Merchant.
	Yellow Team Platform  Internal Item ID: 3640	Sold by the Traveling Merchant.
	Pink Team Platform  Internal Item ID: 3641	Sold by the Traveling Merchant.
	White Team Platform  Internal Item ID: 3642	Sold by the Traveling Merchant.
	Golden Platform Internal Item ID: 3904	Dropped by Pirates.

Notes

• Nearly all platform variants are functionally identical, and are differentiated only by their appearance and their crafting recipes. Obsidian Platforms are one exception, in that they do not break upon contact with lava the way most platforms do, although they will still disintegrate if dropped or thrown into it.
• Wraiths cannot fly up using platforms but are able to hover on top of them.
• The player will fall through platforms while in a Minecart.

Tips

An NPC-proof door. The stairs (and the platforms below) act as a divider between each "House cell". Everything can go through this entryway but NPCs see it as a solid wall so they turn around.

A Stair elevator. Walk into it holding ▼ Down and ↷ Jump to use it.

• Platforms can be used to prevent enemies from spawning (see Guide:Gardening).
• Stairs are a key part of many advanced movement techniques, such as hoiks, NPC-proof doors, elevators, enemy traps, and so on.
• Running up stairs (especially with Hermes Boots, Spectre Boots, Lightning Boots, or Frostspark Boots) is much faster than horizontal travel. When fighting the Dungeon Guardian, this is very useful. If one made enough staircases, they could even possibly outrun the Dungeon Guardian.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Crystal, Golden, Lihzahrd, Flesh, Frozen and Dynasty Platforms implemented.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Martian Platform item sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.1:
  • Team Platforms added.
  • Crystal, Golden, Lihzahrd, Flesh, Frozen and Dynasty Platforms added, but unimplemented.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Added Granite, Marble, Meteorite, and Martian Platforms.
  • Stack size increased from 99 to 999.
  • Doubled output of crafting and made reverse crafting possible.
  • Added recipe for Obsidian and Bone Platforms.
  • Can now place torches on platforms.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Cactus Platform added.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Palm Wood, Mushroom, Boreal Wood, Slime, Steampunk, Skyware, Living Wood and Honey Platforms added.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Added Stairs created from sloping Platforms.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: You can now correctly step up all types of platforms.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Pumpkin and Spooky Platforms added.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Glass Platform added.

• Desktop 1.2.0.2: Dungeon platform item icons will now display the right color.

• Desktop 1.2: Pearlwood, Ebonwood, Shadewood, Dungeon Shelf, Metal Shelf, Brass Shelf, Wood Shelf, Pink Brick, Green Brick, and Blue Brick Platforms added.

• Desktop 1.0.1: Torches now work correctly when being placed on wooden platforms.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced with the Wood Platform.