Talk:Ores/@comment-124.186.134.120-20120413113120/@comment-12260269-20131020050550

When people say smashing the altars increases corruption spread what it actually means it when you smash them a random block (or more?) of corruption is created anywhere on your map, so it would be advised to keep your base on a non hardmode world as it is near impossible to 100% guarentee corruption/hollow proofing you base assuming you intend to continue smashing altars. there are a few ways, like making a floating base that has no corruptible materials but it's easier to just use a safe world. you could also do your corruption proofing AFTER smashing all the altars.