Lava


 * See also: Guide:Making Liquid

Lava is a liquid substance found deep underground. The depth at which Water is replaced with Lava varies depending on world size, being found at about 1000 feet down on a small world and 2000 on a large one.

Properties

 * Contact with lava deals 80 damage per hit and lights the player on fire. Monsters, excluding Underworld enemies and those that travel through walls, take 50 damage per hit from lava. Players under the effects of an Obsidian Skin Potion are immune to lava damage.
 * Obsidian blocks spawn when lava and water come into contact (but not when dumping a bucket of water directly onto lava).
 * Players will begin to drown when submerged in lava, even if immune to its damage.
 * Flippers allow the player to swim effectively in lava, but will not prevent lava damage.
 * Neptune's Shell is not affected by Lava and does not turn one into a Merfolk when in it.

Trivia

 * In the real world, lava is molten rock, but the term is usually applied only when it is expelled above ground as the result of a volcanic eruption. Lava, as found in Terraria, would typically be termed magma instead.