Statues

Statues

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Statistics

Type	Furniture
Placeable
Dimensions	2 wide × 3 high
Use time	14 Very Fast
Rarity
Sell	60

• Internal Tile ID: 105 (Normal), 337 (Text), 349 (Mushroom)

Angel Statue you say? I'm sorry, I'm not a junk dealer.

— Merchant

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, Underground Cabins, and Cavern level), though Angel Statues also appear in Chests. Like all furniture, a pickaxe is used to free and collect them.

Functional statues

See also: Guide:Wiring.

These statues can be wired and activated to spawn enemies, drop items, or teleport a random NPC to their location. 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
Armed Zombie Statue Internal Item ID: 3719	Zombie(Expert mode variant)	Drops Shackles and Zombie Arms. Only generated in Expert mode.
Bat Statue Internal Item ID: 443	Cave Bat	Cave Bats can inflict the Feral Bite debuff in Expert mode, which increases your damage temporarily but causes debuffs. Drops Chain Knife and Depth Meter.
Blood Zombie Statue Internal Item ID: 3720	Blood Zombie	Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.
Bone Skeleton Statue Internal Item ID: 3712	Skeleton(Expert mode variant)	Rarely drops Ancient Gold Helmet, Ancient Iron Helmet, Bone Sword, and Hooks. Only generated in Expert mode.
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, even in Hardmode.
Crab Statue Internal Item ID: 454	Crab	Useful for making a Crab Engine.
Drippler Statue Internal Item ID: 3710	Drippler	Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.
Granite Golem Statue Internal Item ID: 3718	Granite Golem	Drops Granite Blocks and Night Vision Helmets, making high profits.
Harpy Statue Internal Item ID: 3715	Harpy	Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.
Hoplite Statue Internal Item ID: 3717	Hoplite	Drops Javelins, Gladiator armor, and Hooks.
Jellyfish Statue Internal Item ID: 459	Blue Jellyfish	Drops Glowsticks and Jellyfish Necklaces, making high profits.
Medusa Statue Internal Item ID: 3714	Medusa	Spawnable in Pre-Hardmode, but won't drop loot. Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.
Pigron Statue Internal Item ID: 3716	Pigron(Any)	Only produces a puff of smoke when activated in Pre-Hardmode. Spawns in a random color. Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.
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.
Undead Viking Statue Internal Item ID: 3713	Undead Viking	Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 4.
Unicorn Statue Internal Item ID: 3709	Unicorn	Only produces a puff of smoke when activated in Pre-Hardmode. Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.
Wall Creeper Statue Internal Item ID: 3708	Wall Creeper	Doesn't have items to drop. The only way to obtain the Wall Creeper Banner in Hardmode.
Wraith Statue Internal Item ID: 3711	Wraith	Spawnable in Pre-Hardmode, but won't drop loot. Doesn't drop items when killed by traps. Usual drop rates reduced by a factor of 20.

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 Bird (5)	Heavy Work Bench
Buggy Statue Internal Item ID: 3662	Grubby  Sluggy  Buggy		Stone Block (50) Any Bug (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 Butterfly (5)
Duck Statue Internal Item ID: 3659	Duck Mallard Duck		Stone Block (50) Any Duck (5)
Firefly Statue Internal Item ID: 3654	Firefly Lightning Bug		Stone Block (50) Any Firefly (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 Vicious 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 Scorpion (5)
Snail Statue Internal Item ID: 3656	Snail(80%) Glowing Snail(20%)		Stone Block (50) Any Snail (5)
Squirrel Statue Internal Item ID: 3651	Squirrel		Stone Block (50) Any Squirrel (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 on the  Desktop version and  Console version. (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. The Armor Statue can also be crafted with 50 at a Work Bench.

• Angel Statue
  Internal Item ID: 52
• Anvil Statue
  Internal Item ID: 468
• Armor Statue
  Internal Item ID: 360
• Axe Statue
  Internal Item ID: 465
• Boomerang Statue
  Internal Item ID: 461
• Boot Statue
  Internal Item ID: 462
• Bow Statue
  Internal Item ID: 460
• Corrupt Statue
  Internal Item ID: 466
• Cross Statue
  Internal Item ID: 458
• Eyeball Statue
  Internal Item ID: 471
• Gargoyle Statue
  Internal Item ID: 450
• Gloom Statue
  Internal Item ID: 451
• Goblin Statue
  Internal Item ID: 441
• Hammer Statue
  Internal Item ID: 455
• Hornet Statue
  Internal Item ID: 452
• Imp Statue
  Internal Item ID: 449
• Mushroom Statue
  Internal Item ID: 470
• Pickaxe Statue
  Internal Item ID: 469
• Pillar Statue
  Internal Item ID: 472
• Pot Statue
  Internal Item ID: 474
• Potion Statue
  Internal Item ID: 456
• Reaper Statue
  Internal Item ID: 447
• Shield Statue
  Internal Item ID: 442
• Spear Statue
  Internal Item ID: 457
• Sunflower Statue
  Internal Item ID: 475
• Sword Statue
  Internal Item ID: 439
• Tree Statue
  Internal Item ID: 467
• Woman Statue
  Internal Item ID: 448
• Lihzahrd Statue
  Internal Item ID: 1152
• Lihzahrd Guardian
  Statue
  Internal Item ID: 1154
• Lihzahrd Watcher
  Statue
  Internal Item ID: 1153

Text Statues

These are crafted at the Heavy Work Bench    with 50 each.

• 'A' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2712
• 'B' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2713
• 'C' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2714
• 'D' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2715
• 'E' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2716
• 'F' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2717
• 'G' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2718
• 'H' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2719
• 'I' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2720
• 'J' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2721
• 'K' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2722
• 'L' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2723
• 'M' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2724
• 'N' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2725
• 'O' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2726
• 'P' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2727
• 'Q' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2728
• 'R' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2729
• 'S' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2730
• 'T' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2731
• 'U' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2732
• 'V' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2733
• 'W' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2734
• 'X' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2735
• 'Y' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2736
• 'Z' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2737
• '0' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2702
• '1' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2703
• '2' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2704
• '3' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2705
• '4' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2706
• '5' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2707
• '6' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2708
• '7' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2709
• '8' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2710
• '9' Statue
  Internal Item ID: 2711

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 × 3). Each of these 6 tiles could be used as a wire input. Since the 1.3 update, each input shares the cooldown 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 and critter statues, this cooldown lasts exactly 0.5 seconds. Item statue inputs have a 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 rain. 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.
• Heart Statues may appear inside a frozen 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.

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 Crystals have priority over chests.
• Slimes spawned by the Slime Statue during the Slime Rain  event can help add to the number required to summon the King Slime.
•    Bunnies can be caught from the Bunny Statue and be crafted into Explosive Bunnies (which would otherwise 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 above 100 health have a chance (6.67%) of spawning a Dungeon Spirit (drop 1-2 Ectoplasm, 50  each).
• Statues with reduced drop rates, (e.g. Medusa, Unicorn) have the drop rate divided by 4, giving a drop rate of 1/4th of the normal drop rate.
• Spawned enemies from statues (such as slimes) will drop Mana Stars when killed if the player is currently not at maximum mana, and hearts if the player is not at full health. This can be used to create a spawner on a timer near or above a player arena, and give them a semi-steady supply of mana and hearts, at a faster rate than statues alone.

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 (except on the 3DS version where it is dropped by Plantera), Soul Scythe, Scythe, or Icemourne with an Inventory Editor, it will become an Angel Statue. In the  Mobile version, Red Potions hacked into the game become retextured Angel Statues.
• The Angel Statue is similar to the Perfectly Generic Item in Starbound in that if an item is invalid it will be replaced with another item.
• The Angel Statue is listed to have five separate item IDs, but all five different statues will stack upon one another in your inventory.^Verify
• The Pillar Statue is the only statue that does not have a base.
•   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.

The two unimplemented statues introduced in the 1.3.2 update.

• 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 owl.
  • In the Console 1.0.750.0 patch, new splash screens were added to the game in similar vein to those teased for the upcoming 1.3.6 update. One of these is an ocean themed splash, which features a bird that bears a resemblance in shape to the one in the first statue.
  • A critter with a similar shape has been shown in another 1.3.6 spoiler.
• The Unicorn Statue strongly resembles the knight chess piece.
• The Reaper Statue resembles the Grim Reaper.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.2: Walking Goldfish spawned from statues can no longer be captured in bug nets. Added two new unused statue textures.

• Desktop 1.3.1.1: Fixed Grasshopper Statue having no recipe.

• Desktop 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.

• Desktop 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 share 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.
  • Mushroom Statue will now light up when wired.

• Desktop 1.2.4:
  • Armor Statue recipe changed, now requires 50 instead of 100 (still crafted  @  Work Bench).
  • Added the Shark Statue (found generated Underground) and craftable Letter and Number Statues (crafted from 50   @  Heavy Work Bench).

• Desktop 1.2.3.1:
  • The King Statue now correctly summons the Traveling Merchant.
  • The Queen Statue now correctly summons the Stylist.

• Desktop 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.

• Desktop 1.2.0.2:
  • Hardmode summon items no longer drop from Statue-spawned enemies.
  • Statues will no longer spawn on Thin Ice.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • All Statues are now freed with a Pickaxe instead of a Hammer.
  • Corrupt Goldfish and Bunnies spawned from Statues no longer drop Coins.
  • Added Lihzahrd, Lihzahrd Guardian, and Lihzahrd Watcher Statues, found in the Jungle Temple.

• Desktop 1.1.1: Statues no longer turn into Armor Statues when they are smashed from the top.

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Angel Statue is now placeable and stackable (max 99), sell value increased from 1  to 60 , and removed tooltip ('It doesn't do anything.').
  • Sprite updated.
  • Renamed Statue to Armor Statue.
  • Added Bomb, Heart, Star, Bird, Bunny, Fish, Bat, Chest, Crab, Jellyfish, Piranha, Skeleton, Slime, King, Queen, Anvil, Axe, Boomerang, Boot, Bow, Corrupt, Cross, Eyeball, Gargoyle, Gloom, Goblin, Hammer, Hornet, Imp, Mushroom, Pickaxe, Pillar, Pot, Potion, Reaper, Shield, Spear, Sunflower, Sword, Tree, and Woman Statues.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Added Statue (later renamed Armor Statue), found or crafted   @   Work Bench from 100 .

• Desktop 1.0.5: Angel Statue tooltip placed within quotes.

• Desktop 1.0.4: Angel Statue now more difficult to find.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced Angel Statue, however cannot be held, placed, nor equipped.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4’s 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • 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 share 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.
  • The Mushroom Statue will now light up when wired.
  • Updated sprites to match Desktop 1.3.1.

• Console 1.07:
  • Armor Statue recipe changed, now requires 50 instead of 100 (still crafted  @  Work Bench).
  • Added the Shark Statue (found generated Underground) and craftable Letter and Number Statues (crafted from 50   @  Heavy Work Bench).

• Console 1.02:
  • All Statues are now freed with a Pickaxe instead of a Hammer.
  • Corrupt Goldfish and Bunnies spawned from Statues no longer drop Coins.
  • Added Lihzahrd, Lihzahrd Guardian, and Lihzahrd Watcher Statues, found in the Jungle Temple.
  • Statues no longer generate on Thin Ice.
  • The Lucky Coin no longer causes Statue-spawned enemies to drop Coins.
  • Hardmode summon items no longer drop from Statue-spawned enemies.

• Console-Release: Introduced with mechanics, recipes, and variants of Desktop 1.1.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Armor Statue recipe changed, now requires 50 instead of 100 (still crafted  @  Work Bench).
  • Added the Shark Statue (found generated Underground) and craftable Letter and Number Statues (crafted from 50   @  Heavy Work Bench).

• Mobile 1.2.6508:
  • All Statues are now freed with a Pickaxe instead of a Hammer.
  • Corrupt Goldfish and Bunnies spawned from Statues no longer drop Coins.
  • Added Lihzahrd, Lihzahrd Guardian, and Lihzahrd Watcher Statues, found in the Jungle Temple.
  • Statues no longer generate on Thin Ice.
  • The Lucky Coin no longer causes Statue-spawned enemies to drop Coins.
  • Hardmode summon items no longer drop from Statue-spawned enemies.

• Mobile 1.1.5536:
  • Angel Statue is now placeable and stackable (max 99), sell value increased from 1  to 60 , and removed tooltip ('It doesn't do anything.').
  • Updated sprite to match Desktop 1.1.
  • Renamed Statue to Armor Statue.
  • Added Bomb, Heart, Star, Bird, Bunny, Fish, Bat, Chest, Crab, Jellyfish, Piranha, Skeleton, Slime, King, Queen, Anvil, Axe, Boomerang, Boot, Bow, Corrupt, Cross, Eyeball, Gargoyle, Gloom, Goblin, Hammer, Hornet, Imp, Mushroom, Pickaxe, Pillar, Pot, Potion, Reaper, Shield, Spear, Sunflower, Sword, Tree, and Woman Statues.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with mechanics, recipes, and variants of Desktop 1.0.6.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics, recipes, and variants of Desktop 1.2.4.