Guide talk:Maintaining world purity

A couple of things.

1) Maybe it would be helpful to advise players to proactively work towards preparing for the mess that is hardmode before it actually happens. For example, neither Hallow nor Corruption can jump across gaps at least 3 blocks wide, yes? So they should be encouraged to dig wide mineshafts, and if possible plan their layout so as to act as a barrier against areas they don't want getting infected. Explosives really help speed things up here.

2) It will be (very) likely that total containment not be possible. So instead of planning to contain 'infected' areas, it may be easier to make safe zones instead. For example preserving areas for farming. Given that these zones normally aren't very large cleaning them up in case a breach happens should be easy. Similarly if they need to be purged then rebuilt it shouldn't be too hard if you have spare materials saved up.

Hmm, what else? - Spinfx 02:42, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I just remembered about Purification Powder and Vile Powder. They're not too hard to obtain and considering how effective they are (a single dose immediately cures a not-insignificant area of infection) I think they deserve mention. - Spinfx 05:14, 15 December 2011 (UTC)