Blocks



The environments of Terraria are mostly made up of blocks such as dirt and stone.

As of 1.2, All blocks can be collected with a Pickaxe or Drill (Drills are not available until world enters Hardmode). Rare blocks may require higher-grade Tools to mine.

The only blocks that can't be mined with a Pickaxe or Drill are any blocks with a Tree, Chest or Demon Altar/Crimson Altar on top, which need to be harvested using an Axe for the tree, Pickaxe or Drill for the Chest, and Pwnhammer, Drax, or The Axe for the altar first.

The Tools listed below are the minimum required tools for harvesting the specified block.

Bricks
Bricks are a sub-type of placeable blocks that can be used to build a house or to craft background walls. Pink, blue and green bricks cannot be crafted and are mined from the Dungeon instead. Lihzahrd Bricks can only be mined from the Jungle temple with a Picksaw. Bricks can be recovered with a pickaxe once placed.

Mechanisms
Mechanisms were introduced in version 1.1 and can be found in caves and tunnel systems throughout the world.