Garden Gnome

The Garden Gnome is a small furniture item formed when a Gnome touches sunlight. A placed Garden Gnome positively influences the player's Luck stat by 0.2. The buff is applied to any players standing within a centered on the Garden Gnome, similar to the Heart Lantern. Additional Garden Gnomes do not increase luck further.

Garden Gnomes have five different sprites when placed (which are functionally identical):


 * Facing a direction with its arms akimbo.
 * Facing a direction while slouching.
 * Facing a direction with its arms on its sides.
 * Mooning towards the screen.
 * Facing the screen.

Tips

 * As they are relatively easy to obtain, it can be advantageous to place them wherever Luck comes into play, e.g. boss arenas and farming locations.
 * The way the gnome faces when it is in profile depends on the tile it is placed on; not the direction the player is facing.
 * Unlike other buff furniture, the Garden Gnome does not apply a visible buff to the player to show that its effect is active. One can improvise by placing another area-effect object (such as a Campfire or Sunflower) next to the Garden Gnome and looking for that buff icon to estimate whether the luck bonus is being applied.
 * Gnome farms are a very good source of money and can be made in Pre-Hardmode at a Living Tree.
 * Gnomes have a higher chance of spawning behind a natural Living Wood Wall than a regular wall.

Trivia

 * The following are the amount of Garden Gnomes needed for making its luck increase available everywhere for each world size.
 * Small world: 237
 * Medium world: 542
 * Large world: 949