Chasms

A Chasm is a deep hole made out of Ebonstone found in The Corruption.

There is a chance that a Shadow Orb will be located in a small air pocket below the bottom of the Chasm. To reach the Shadow Orb, a player can either use a Nightmare Pickaxe or Molten Pickaxe to mine the Ebonstone, drop Dynamite, or use Purification Powder to turn the Ebonstone into normal Stone and mine it out with any Pickaxe. Players should be careful while climbing Chasms and bringing a Grappling Hook (or Ivy Whip) is a must if you're going to climb out, though it is occasionally possible to jump out of a Chasm using the small ledges on the sides and a Cloud in a Bottle. Another tactic is to place easily found bricks such as Dirt or Stone on the walls of the chasm to create a crude staircase upwards.

Chasms are often full of Eaters of Souls, which make searching for Shadow Orbs more difficult. Fighting the Eater of Worlds inside Chasms can be harder than on the surface, although less so in the tunnels linking the Chasms together.