Floating Islands

Floating Islands are masses of land that appear in the sky. Just like in forests, you can find trees and grass growing over dirt blocks, with some stone and ores in the ground. They usually have a building made of ore bricks, however a Meteor might land on the floating island and destroy the building. This is very unlikely, and it's improbable that the whole building will be destroyed. The chest will always be there however, as it cannot be broken unless there are no contents. The monsters that spawn here are the same as the ones from the forest, with one exception the Harpeys

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The islands can be found at different levels of height, based on the size of the map selected. Use a Depth Meter to determine your height.

If you don't have a Depth Meter, you can build your way to the top of the map, and then count tiles as you descend. On a small map, a Skybridge built about 80 tiles (160 feet) below the top of the world is optimal for finding the islands.

Floating islands are found at the following heights above sea level (depending on World Size):


 * In small worlds, the islands are located around 400 feet above sea level, and in some circumstances are very close to large hills.


 * In medium worlds, they are generally found around A_Floating_island_on_ground.png to 600 feet. The easiest way to find one is to move horizontally at about 480 feet.


 * In large worlds, they are located between 450-1200 feet. It is very difficult to find islands on large maps, due to the broad height range; the best option is to get a map viewer, so it's easier to spot them.

There are several ways of locating Floating Islands from the ground:
 * You could craft Meteor Shot and shoot them into the air while traveling. Since Meteor Shot richochet, you will be able to tell when there is an island above you, since the bullets will bounce off the islands and fall back down towards you.
 * You could shoot an arrow straight up into the air and if it comes back down already as an item or not at all, it will have hit something, which would very likely be your floating island, you can tell if it is already an item by hovering the mouse over it as it falls, also it will not make a sound when the item hits the ground.
 * You also could shoot a Space Gun straight up as you explore and listen for the "bang" the laser makes when it hits a block.


 * Another way to find a Floating Island is to look for places on the ground where dirt looks ripped off and the dirt background is left in place. Stack blocks up where you found the ripped ground and it is possible to find an Island.


 * In Patch v1.0.3 one can select a new fullscreen resolution, meaning you see more of the world in the window. This means Floating islands are much easier to spot on larger resolutions, as evidenced by the screenshot to the right.

Mining on the floating islands is also a good idea. Gold Ore and Silver Ore can be usually be found inside the islands.

In some rare cases, there may be two Floating Islands next to each other, as shown to the right.

Chests may contain:


 * Lucky Horseshoe
 * Shiny Red Balloon
 * Starfury
 * Any other common item found in chests like arrows or coins (up to Gold Bars.)

It is believed that the general content of the islands is briefly displayed via the type of brick it is made of. Copper < Silver < Gold. However, Blue disproved this theory. Double and triple islands are possible, as shown in a screenshot above.