Meteorite (biome)

A crashed meteorite is a medium-level event location. A meteor crash site will spawn when someone breaks a Shadow Orb. (The event fails if an explosive is used to destroy the orb)

The crash will hit somewhere on the surface, replacing many blocks by carving a hole dozens of tiles deep into the ground. Touching the meteorite itself will burn you and make you jump away unless you have an Obsidian Skull accessory equipped. (A cobalt shield will stop the jumping reaction, but you will still be hurt by the meteor) You can mine Meteorite ore from the impact site, however it will continue to spawn meteor heads while you mine, so it can be quite difficult for characters without good armour or weapons to attempt to mine.

Once most of the meteorite is mined the music will change back to normal and meteor heads will stop spawning once killed, and the remainder of the meteorite can be safely mined or ignored.

Monsters in Meteorite Biome

 * Meteor Head