Statue

Statue
Statistics
Type	Furniture
Placeable
Dimensions	2 wide ˣ 3 high
Use time	14 (Very Fast)
Rarity
Sell	60
Internal Item ID: 52, 438-478, 1152-1154, 2672 (Deco/functional), 2702-2737 (Text)
Internal Tile ID: 105 (Normal), 337 (Text), 349 (Mushroom)

Statues are furniture items. There are a total of 108 different statues: 31 decoration statues, 36 text and numerical statues and 41 functional mechanisms that have an effect when connected to wires and activated. Depending on the statue, upon activation it may spawn enemies, drop items, or teleport an NPC to the statue's location. Most statues can be found already placed in any area underground (most frequently in the Dungeon and Underground Cabins, and Cavern level), though Angel Statues appear in Chests. Like all furniture, a pickaxe is used to free and collect them.

Functional statues

All placed functional statues. Click to view a summary of each row.

These statues can be wired and activated to spawn enemies, drop items, or teleport a random NPC to their location. For more information on wiring, go here. Statue-spawned enemies don't drop coins. They generally drop their other usual items, with the exception of the Mimic, which will only drop its banner after the designated amount of kills. Statues found in Underground Cabins may be connected to Pressure Plates, and can easily spawn enemies that kill early game players.

See spawn limits (below) for limitations that apply to functional statues.

Spawn Enemies
Statue		Enemy		Notes
	Bat Statue Internal Item ID: 443		Cave Bat	Cave Bats can inflict the Feral Bite debuff in expert mode, which increases your damage temporarily and causes other negative debuffs. Drops Chain Knife and Depth Meter.
	Chest Statue Internal Item ID: 463		Mimic	Spawned Mimics resemble the appropriate Chest type for the current biome. Chest Statues can still spawn Mimics pre-Hardmode. Mimics spawned via the statue will not drop loot.
	Crab Statue Internal Item ID: 454		Crab	Useful for making a Crab Engine.
	Jellyfish Statue Internal Item ID: 459		Blue Jellyfish	Drops Glowsticks and Jellyfish Necklaces, making high profits.
	Piranha Statue Internal Item ID: 478		Piranha	Drops Hooks, Robot Hat, and Compass.
	Shark Statue Internal Item ID: 2672		Shark	Sharks will only spawn if the area around the statue is at least 6 blocks wide and 3 blocks high. Drops Shark Fins and Diving Helmet.
	Skeleton Statue Internal Item ID: 446		Skeleton	Drops Bones. Rarely drops Ancient Gold Helmet, Ancient Iron Helmet, Bone Sword, Skulls and Hooks.
	Slime Statue Internal Item ID: 440		Blue Slime	Used to create Gel farm. Rarely drops Slime Staff. Useful for creating an invulnerability mechanism to shield against heavy damage attacks. Excellent for arenas since they drop mana stars on death, effectively providing infinite mana.
	Wall Creeper Statue Internal Item ID: 3708		Wall Creeper	Doesn't have Items to drop.
	Unicorn Statue Internal Item ID: 3709		Unicorn	Spawnable pre-Hardmode but will not drop loot. Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Drippler Statue Internal Item ID: 3710		Drippler	Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Wraith Statue Internal Item ID: 3711		Wraith	Spawnable pre-Hardmode but will not drop loot. Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Bone Skeleton Statue Internal Item ID: 3712		Skeleton  (Expert mode variant)	Rare drops Ancient Gold Helmet, Ancient Iron Helmet, Bone Sword, and Hooks. Only generated in Expert mode.
	Undead Viking Statue Internal Item ID: 3713		Undead Viking	Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Medusa Statue Internal Item ID: 3714		Medusa	Medusa Statues can still spawn Medusa pre-Hardmode, but they won't drop loot. Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Harpy Statue Internal Item ID: 3715		Harpy	Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Pigron Statue Internal Item ID: 3716		Pigron  (Any)	Spawnable pre-Hardmode but will not drop loot. Spawns in a random color. Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.
	Hoplite Statue Internal Item ID: 3717		Hoplite	Drops Javelins, Gladiator armor, and Hooks.
	Granite Golem Statue Internal Item ID: 3718		Granite Golem	Drops Granite Blocks and Night Vision Helmets, making high profits.
	Armed Zombie Statue Internal Item ID: 3719		Zombie  (Expert mode variant)	Drops Shackles and Zombie Arms. Only generated in Expert mode.
	Blood Zombie Statue Internal Item ID: 3720		Blood Zombie	Doesn't drop Items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates lowered.

Critters spawned from statues cannot be caught with the Bug Net; attempting to do so will cause the critter to disappear in a puff of smoke.

Spawn Critters
Statue		Critter		Notes	Recipe	Crafting Station
	Bird Statue Internal Item ID: 464		Bird Cardinal Blue Jay	Useful for making a Bird Engine.	Stone Block (50) Any combination of Birds (5)	Heavy Work Bench
	Buggy Statue Internal Item ID: 3662		Grubby Sluggy Buggy		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Bugs (5)
	Bunny Statue Internal Item ID: 445		Bunny	Bunnies spawned during a Blood Moon will instantly transform into Corrupt Bunnies or Crimtane Bunnies. Corrupt and Crimtane Bunnies drop Bunny Hood very rarely.	Stone Block (50) Bunny (5)
	Butterfly Statue Internal Item ID: 3652		Butterfly (Any)		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Butterflies (5)
	Duck Statue Internal Item ID: 3659		Duck Mallard Duck		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Ducks (5)
	Firefly Statue Internal Item ID: 3654		Firefly Lightning Bug		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Fireflies (5)
	Fish Statue Internal Item ID: 444		Goldfish	When raining, Goldfish will start walking, ignoring the spawn cap. Goldfish spawned during a Blood Moon will instantly transform into Corrupt Goldfish or Crimtane Goldfish.	Stone Block (50) Goldfish (5)
	Frog Statue Internal Item ID: 3661		Frog		Stone Block (50) Frog (5)
	Grasshopper Statue Internal Item ID: 3657		Grasshopper		Stone Block (50) Grasshopper (5)
	Mouse Statue Internal Item ID: 3658		Mouse		Stone Block (50) Mouse (5)
	Penguin Statue Internal Item ID: 3660		Penguin	Penguins spawned during a Blood Moon will instantly transform into Corrupt Penguins or Crimson Penguins. Corrupt/Crimtane Penguins drop pieces of Pedguin's suit very rarely.	Stone Block (50) Penguin (5)
	Scorpion Statue Internal Item ID: 3655		Scorpion		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Scorpions (5)
	Snail Statue Internal Item ID: 3656		Snail (80%) Glowing Snail (20%)		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Snails (5)
	Squirrel Statue Internal Item ID: 3651		Squirrel		Stone Block (50) Any combination of Squirrels (5)
	Worm Statue Internal Item ID: 3653		Worm		Stone Block (50) Worm (5)

Teleport NPC
Statue		Effect
	King Statue Internal Item ID: 476	Teleports a random male NPC to the statue's location
	Queen Statue Internal Item ID: 477	Teleports a random female NPC to the statue's location
These can only summon NPCs that are currently alive and have been rescued.

Drop Items
Statue		Drops
	Bomb Statue Internal Item ID: 453		Bomb
	Heart Statue Internal Item ID: 473		Heart
	Star Statue Internal Item ID: 438		Star

Decorative
Statue			Effect
		Mushroom Statue Internal Item ID: 470	Emits blue glow similar to Mushroom Grass (not a valid light source for NPC houses)

Decorative statues

Decorative Statues have no function and only serve as decoration. They are generally found placed underground. The three Lihzahrd statues are only found in the Jungle Temple, and are the only statues that do not appear to be made of stone. The Angel Statue is sometimes found in Chests.

Angel Statue Anvil Statue Armor Statue Axe Statue Boomerang Statue Boot Statue Bow Statue Corrupt Statue Cross Statue Eyeball Statue Gargoyle Statue Gloom Statue Goblin Statue Hammer Statue Hornet Statue Imp Statue Mushroom Statue Pickaxe Statue Pillar Statue Pot Statue Potion Statue Reaper Statue Shield Statue Spear Statue Sunflower Statue Sword Statue Tree Statue Woman Statue Lihzahrd Statue Lihzahrd Guardian Statue Lihzahrd Watcher Statue All placed decorative statues.

Text Statues

These are crafted at the Heavy Work Bench for 50 Stone each.

'A' Statue 'B' Statue 'C' Statue 'D' Statue 'E' Statue 'F' Statue 'G' Statue 'H' Statue 'I' Statue 'J' Statue 'K' Statue 'L' Statue 'M' Statue 'N' Statue 'O' Statue 'P' Statue 'Q' Statue 'R' Statue 'S' Statue 'T' Statue 'U' Statue 'V' Statue 'W' Statue 'X' Statue 'Y' Statue 'Z' Statue '0' Statue '1' Statue '2' Statue '3' Statue '4' Statue '5' Statue '6' Statue '7' Statue '8' Statue '9' Statue All placed text statues.

Spawn limits

Entities within range count towards spawn limit.

Activation of a spawning statue will not produce an item/character if a certain quantity of that entity already exists within a certain range. The range boundary is square, centered on the statue's spawning point.

Spawn Limit	Distance (D) to Range Boundary
	Enemy and Critter Statues	Item Statues
3	12.5 tiles (200 pixels)	18.75 tiles (300 pixels)
6	37.5 tiles (600 pixels)	50 tiles (800 pixels)
10	Anywhere in the world

• Example: A new Bunny will not be spawned by an activated Bunny Statue if 3 or more Bunnies already exist within a 200 pixel radius.

All statues (even those that appear shorter) have a footprint of 6 tiles (2 wide, 3 tall). Each of these 6 tiles could be used as a wire input. Since 1.3 update, each input shares cool down period with each other after activation. During an input's cooldown, activations from any trigger devices (switches, timers, pressure plates) will be ignored. For enemy & critter statues, this cooldown lasts exactly 0.5 seconds. Item statue inputs have a far longer 10 second cooldown.

Creatures spawned by Fish and Bunny Statues during a Blood Moon will immediately become corrupted. Corrupt Goldfish and Corrupt Bunny enemies do not count against the spawn limits, allowing quicker farming. The same is true of Goldfish which start walking during a rainstorm. Another exception is the Bomb Statue, since Bombs may group together into stacks of up to 100 and each stack counts as a single item.

Notes

Shorter statues, like these Fish Statues, still activate from any wires in its entire 2x3 tile space, even though some wires don't touch them graphically. Note: In the Desktop version, the six tiles share the same cooldown time.

• Despite its name, the Armor Statue cannot be used to display armor. Instead, armor is displayed using Mannequins and Womannequins.
• Spawned enemies will not drop items that are specific to a particular biome or event.
• Bunnies and Goldfish spawned during the Blood Moon have some special characteristics:
  • Corrupt/Crimtane Bunnies and Corrupt/Crimtane Goldfish do not have any limits on spawning; thus, it is possible to spawn hundreds of Corrupt/Crimtane Bunnies from statues, making this a good way to farm for Bunny Hoods.
  • Corrupt Bunnies and Corrupt Goldfish can drop the KO Cannon, making the KO Cannon obtainable in Pre-Hardmode.
• All critter statues can be crafted at the Heavy Work Bench with 50 Stone and 5 of critters of that type.
• Heart Statues may appear inside a wooden chest in Heart Shrines.
• With a single wire color, up to three independent 1-second timers can be wired per statue, for three spawns per second each. With all three wire colors, all six tiles of a statue can be connected to separate timers, for a possible six spawns per second. Enemy spawn limits apply, though if the enemies are instantly killed upon spawning (eg. if lava or a continually activated trap is used, as in the image to the right), each activation will successfully spawn an enemy. ^Verify
• ^Verify Connecting two or three 1-second timers to the same tile using multiple wire colors results in more spawns, though timing for the activation of the timer is required. The timers can override each other if their intervals are too close together. However, it is possible to activate all six blocks of a statue for six spawns per second with only two one-second timers if you use all three colors of wire.
• Red Potions turn into resprited Angel Statues when hacked into the Mobile version.

Tips

• The most valuable statue in terms of rare drops is the Jellyfish Statue (1 per Jellyfish Necklace), or the Granite Golem Statue (2 per Night Vision Helmet).
• The Metal Detector can help find statues. It can find Underground Cabins (by detecting the chest within), where statues often spawn. Note that Life Crystal has higher priority over chests.
• Bunnies can be crafted into Explosive Bunnies (which would cost 35 if purchased from the Pirate NPC).
• Another way to make money or grind for Ectoplasm is to place a Chest Statue or Shark Statue in the Dungeon after Plantera has been defeated. Since only enemies with about 100 health have a chance (6.67%) of spawning a Dungeon Spirit (drop 1-2 Ectoplasm, 50 each).
• Statues with reduced drop rates, (Ex. Medusa, Unicorn) have the drop rate divided by 4, giving a drop rate of 1/4th of the normal drop rate.

Trivia

• Before the 1.1 update, the Angel Statue could be neither placed nor sold, and had no apparent use in the game. It was (and still is, even after the update) the subject of a running in-game joke, whereby NPCs will make reference to its useless nature. It was speculated to be a replacement for developer testing items, to prevent the overpowered test items from being hacked in. It could also simply be an in-joke among the game's developers. If the player acquires a Zapinator, Soul Scythe, Scythe, or Icemourne with an Inventory Editor, it will become an Angel Statue.

The two unimplemented statues introduced in the 1.3.2 update.

• The Angel Statue is listed to have 5 separate item IDs, but all 5 different statues will stack upon one another in your inventory.
• The Pillar Statue is the only statue that doesn't have a base.
• Since 1.3.0.1 update, the Mushroom Statue, though not being a functional statue, will react when stimulated with wire by lighting up.
• The Shield Statue, when placed, has a design similar to the old Cobalt Shield.
• As of version 1.3.2, two new statue graphics were added, but the items that place them were never implemented, nor were they given names. The first statue appears to be a sort of bird, while the other seems to be an insect, jellyfish or owl.
• The Unicorn Statue strongly resembles the knight chess piece.

History

• 1.3.2: Walking Goldfish spawned from statues can no longer be captured in bug nets.
• 1.3.1.1:
  • Fixed Grasshopper Statue having no recipe.
• 1.3.1:
  • Critter statues added: Buggy, Butterfly, Duck, Firefly, Frog, Grasshopper, Mouse, Penguin, Scorpion, Snail, Squirrel, and Worm.
  • Enemy statues added: Armed Zombie, Blood Zombie, Bone Skeleton, Drippler, Granite Golem, Harpy, Hoplite, Medusa, Pigron, Undead Viking, Unicorn, Wall Creeper, and Wraith.
  • Critters generated by statues can no longer be captured in bug nets (except walking Goldfish).
  • Drop rates for enemies spawned by new statues are divided by 4.
  • Some Enemies spawned by new statues drop nothing when killed by traps/environment.
  • Some enemies spawned by new statues are non-aggressive during the daytime.
  • Old statue sprites updated.
• 1.3.0.1:
  • Skeleton Statues can generate as part of Statue traps.
  • Chest Statues can now be found in generated houses in Underground Deserts.
  • Each of the 6 tiles of a functional statue now has the same cooldown, preventing the use of multiple Timers to spawn six times as many enemies or items.
  • Mimics and Sharks spawned by statues placed in the post-Plantera Dungeon no longer have a chance to spawn Dungeon Spirits.
  • Fixed bug where KO Cannon could drop from statue-spawned enemies.
  • Fixed a bug where you could spawn a heart/enemy from a statue using wires faster than intended.
  • Fixed a bug where Piranha Statues weren't spawning properly when a world was created.
• 1.2.4: Added Shark Statue and letter and number statues.
• 1.2.3.1:
  • The King Statue now correctly summons the Traveling Merchant.
  • The Queen Statue now correctly summons the Stylist.
• 1.2.0.3:
  • The Lucky Coin no longer causes statue-spawned enemies to drop coins.
  • The King Statue and Queen Statue now correctly summon new NPCs.
• 1.2.0.2:
  • Hardmode summon items will no longer drop from enemies that have been spawned from statues.
  • Statues will no longer spawn on Thin Ice.
• 1.2: Added three new Statues, found in the Jungle Temple. Now require a Picksaw to be harvested. Corrupt Goldfish and Bunnies spawned from Statues no longer drop money.
• 1.1.1: Statues no longer turn into Armor Statues when they are smashed from the top.
• 1.1: All other statues introduced.
• 1.0.6: Armor Statue Introduced
• Pre-Release: Angel Statue introduced. Could not be placed or sold for any money.