Monoliths

Monoliths are mechanisms that activate backgrounds and other screen effects normally seen during events. They can be toggled with the button, or via wire.

There are six /  four different monoliths: the Solar, Vortex, Nebula, Stardust, and ' can be crafted, while the ' is dropped by the Dreadnautilus with a  chance.


 * The Blood Moon Monolith mimics the effects seen during a Blood Moon.
 * The Nebula, Solar, Stardust, and Vortex Monoliths mimic effects that normally surround the corresponding Celestial Pillar during the Lunar Events.
 * The Void Monolith mimics the screen effects of the Moon Lord boss fight.

Tips

 * Crafting monoliths is the most profitable way to monetize extra Lunar Fragments. Even crafting the Celestial Sigil, beating the Moon Lord, and selling off all of its drops will net less money per fragment on average.
 * On, the Moon Lord drops significantly more money, and the Luminite it drops can be crafted into Void Monoliths.
 * The monoliths' effects can sometimes raise the apparent light level in an area, which may be useful.
 * The lunar monoliths have a luminescent effect on them (similar to special dyes such as the wisp dye), although the luminescent effect will only appear when there is light already casted onto it. This can be used for the monolith effects without having them visible.
 * It could be the lowest light level, and the effect will still work.

Trivia

 * When used during a Blood Moon, a monolith will combine its light color with the red tint.
 * The lunar monoliths appear to be miniature versions of the Celestial Pillars.
 * They are the only Lunar Event items that do not have the base rarity.
 * The Party Center is internally named PartyMonolith. Unlike monoliths, it triggers an actual Party event instead of only the background adjustment.
 * The design of the Void Monolith is based on the from the science fiction novel series .