Ruined House

Example of a Ruined House.

Ruined Houses are structures in The Underworld, generated at world creation. They appear as towers built from Obsidian Bricks (with Obsidian Brick Walls) or Hellstone Bricks (with Hellstone Brick Walls) with several rooms each, causing them to somewhat resemble apartment buildings. They are often partially (sometimes completely) flooded with lava. Ruined Houses occur frequently, but only in the middle 50% of the Underworld; there are no Ruined Houses at the extreme left and right of the Underworld (the final 25% of the Underworld on each side).

Ruined Houses commonly contain several Pots, Hellforges, Demon Torches, Obsidian Furniture items, Paintings, and decorative Banners. They also often contain locked Shadow Chests (nearly all Shadow Chests occur within or on top of Ruined Houses). Hellstone is commonly found among the Ash Blocks beside Ruined Houses.

Contents[edit | edit source]

	Hellstone Brick	Hellstone Brick Wall
	Obsidian Brick	Obsidian Brick Wall
	Hellforge	Shadow Chest
	Demon Torch
Obsidian Furniture(all types)

Banners[edit | edit source]

Hellbound Banner
Internal Item ID: 1464
Hell Hammer Banner
Internal Item ID: 1465
Helltower Banner
Internal Item ID: 1466
Lost Hopes of Man Banner
Internal Item ID: 1467
Obsidian Watcher Banner
Internal Item ID: 1468
Lava Erupts Banner
Internal Item ID: 1469

Paintings[edit | edit source]

Name	Size (W×H)	Sell	Tooltip	Description
Dark Soul Reaper Internal Item ID: 1476	2×3	10	J. T. Myhre	Reaper portrait.
Darkness Internal Item ID: 1475	2×3	10	n/a	The back of a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.
Demon's Eye Internal Item ID: 1479	3×2	10	J. T. Myhre	A demon's eye.
Flowing Magma Internal Item ID: 1542	3×2	10	A. Craig	Underworld landscape.
Hand Earth Internal Item ID: 1497	3×3	10	J. T. Myhre	A hand reaching out from the ground.
Imp Face Internal Item ID: 1538	3×3	10	J. T. Myhre	A Fire Imp's face.
Lake of Fire Internal Item ID: 1501	6×4	10	W. Garner	Lava pool under Forest land.
Living Gore Internal Item ID: 1541	3×2	10	A. Craig	A piece of the Wall of Flesh.
Ominous Presence Internal Item ID: 1539	3×3	10	A. Craig	A Reaper flying over an Underworld landscape.
Shining Moon Internal Item ID: 1540	3×3	10	A. Craig	Crescent moon and stars.
Skelehead Internal Item ID: 1499	3×3	10	J. T. Myhre	Bone Serpent head.
Trapped Ghost Internal Item ID: 1478	2×3	10	J. T. Myhre	An unhappy ghost trapped in limbo.

A Ruined House prior to update 1.0.6, which revamped Ruined Houses.

Notes[edit | edit source]

The furniture found in ruined houses, with the exception of Demon Torches, is not dislodged by contact with lava, unlike most other furniture. These items can still be destroyed by throwing them into lava in item form.
Due to the fact that Hellstone Bricks cause the Burning debuff, Ruined Houses made of Hellstone Bricks are effectively inaccessible until an Obsidian Skull or one of its upgrades is obtained.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Despite the name, Ruined Houses do not look particularly ruined - the name is a remnant from older versions of Terraria in which Ruined Houses had random holes in the walls and background walls. Current Ruined Houses will still occasionally feature lacking horizontal walls, but these holes are more strategically placed to allow entry into rooms as well as harder to notice with the background walls lining up. There is also the occasional half-block creating lavafalls.