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The Crimson
The Crimson is a biome which was added in the 1.2 update. The biome is an alternate version of The Corruption, and has a 50% chance to replace the Corruption in newly created worlds. (Only one of the two can exist and fully form at the start of a new world.) Thus, it is functionally the same, with The Crimson spreading further in Hard-mode, corrupting Snow and Desert biomes as well. It has several new enemies, Pulsating Hearts that resemble Shadow Orbs, and Crimson Altars which resemble Demon Altars. The Underground Crimson will not be created after defeating the Wall of Flesh if the world was originally created with Corruption, but can be spread through artificial means.
The Crimson can be spread artificially by placing at least 200 Crimstone Blocks, Red Ice Blocks or 200 blocks of Crimsand
The red appearance of the biome, the flesh-resembling tree leaves, the amount of insects and many gore-themed items obtained by Crimson materials suggests the biome's theme is based heavily on decaying flesh, instead of shadow-themed Corruption.
When 3 pulsating hearts are broken, the third heart will spawn the Brain of Cthulhu.
The Crimson biome does not have chasms like The Corruption does. Instead, it contains a more web-like structure; a large, circular open area that supports 4-5 branches leading to the hearts which can be considered as the core for The Crimson biome. The caves contain Crimson Altars in place of Demon Altars, however hitting them with anything other than the Pwnhammer will still harm the player.
The shape of these Crimson structures looks very similar to a human heart when viewed on the map.
The Crimson may or may not be based on the movie War of the Worlds, as the Crimson is populated by creatures, blocks and foliage appearing to be made of organs or, like in War of the Worlds, blood.
The Crimson can be spread artificially by placing at least 200 Crimstone Blocks, Red Ice Blocks or 200 blocks of Crimsand
The red appearance of the biome, the flesh-resembling tree leaves, the amount of insects and many gore-themed items obtained by Crimson materials suggests the biome's theme is based heavily on decaying flesh, instead of shadow-themed Corruption.
When 3 pulsating hearts are broken, the third heart will spawn the Brain of Cthulhu.
The Crimson biome does not have chasms like The Corruption does. Instead, it contains a more web-like structure; a large, circular open area that supports 4-5 branches leading to the hearts which can be considered as the core for The Crimson biome. The caves contain Crimson Altars in place of Demon Altars, however hitting them with anything other than the Pwnhammer will still harm the player.
The shape of these Crimson structures looks very similar to a human heart when viewed on the map.
The Crimson may or may not be based on the movie War of the Worlds, as the Crimson is populated by creatures, blocks and foliage appearing to be made of organs or, like in War of the Worlds, blood.
Monsters
The Crimson is a biome which can wield the dungeons 'spider cave' and spawn a variety of blood 'crawling' monsters.
The Brain of Cthulhu can only be spawned in The Crimson by means of breaking three Pulsating Hearts or by the use of a Bloody Spine within The Crimson.
Post-Hardmode, the Crimson gets several new monsters, which are:
All the post-hardmode monsters in The Crimson have a chance of dropping a Crimson Key Mold, though this is extremely rare (1:2500 prior to 1.2.3). The Crimson Key Mold can be obtained before the defeat of Plantera.
- Blood Crawler
- Face Monster
- Crimera
The Brain of Cthulhu can only be spawned in The Crimson by means of breaking three Pulsating Hearts or by the use of a Bloody Spine within The Crimson.
Post-Hardmode, the Crimson gets several new monsters, which are:
- Floaty Gross
- Ichor Sticker
- Crimslime
- Crimson Axe
- Blood Feeder
- Blood Jelly
- Herpling
All the post-hardmode monsters in The Crimson have a chance of dropping a Crimson Key Mold, though this is extremely rare (1:2500 prior to 1.2.3). The Crimson Key Mold can be obtained before the defeat of Plantera.
Weapons and Tools
- Blood Butcherer
- Tendon Bow
- Deathbringer Pickaxe
- Vampire Knives
- The Rotted Fork
- Crimson Rod
- The Undertaker
- Blood Lust Cluster
- The Meatball
- Flesh Grinder