Depth Meter

The Depth Meter is an informational accessory that displays the player's depth. It is required to craft the GPS, which can then be used to craft the PDA and the Cell Phone. The Depth Meter is dropped by Cave Bats, Giant Bats, Jungle Bats,, and Ice Bats, with a chance of  /. On the versions, it also drops from Salamanders, Giant Shellys, and Crawdads, with a chance of. In the, the Depth Meter may also be crafted.


 * On the, depth is measured in feet, with one tile equaling two feet.
 * On the, depth is measured in meters, with two tiles equaling one meter.
 * On the, depth is not measured, and the only benefits the accessory grants are from its modifiers.

Depth is measured relative to the boundary between the Surface and Underground layers, which has a depth of 0 and is displayed as "Level". The display shows the vertical distance to this line and the name of the current layer.

Tips

 * The Depth Meter is useful for finding biomes that are generated at specific elevation ranges, such as Floating Islands, the Underground Jungle, and the Underworld. It also helps with locating the first three tiers of Hardmode ores.
 * The Depth Meter can be used to avoid spawning Dungeon Guardians by staying above 0 depth.
 * The Depth Meter can only be crafted with Copper, Silver, and Gold, so it might be inevitable to create another world. However, if the world count is full, you can jump through worlds, although you can instead get gold by using the Extractinator.