Thrown Powder



Thrown Powders are items that can be used to convert blocks and walls between their Crimson, Corrupt, or Hallowed forms. When thrown, they release as a cloud spread with a very short range, comparable to that of a Broadsword, and produce a fair amount of light. Thrown Powder comes in three variants:

Purification Powder is able to revert any Corrupted or Crimson Blocks, but not walls, back into their pure form, such as reverting Ebonstone into Stone or Crimsand into Sand. It is purchased from the Dryad for each, while a Blood Moon is not active.

In Hardmode, one can use Purification Powder on a Tortured Soul in order to obtain the Tax Collector NPC.

Unlike Holy Water and Blue Solution, Purification Powder cannot spread or purify the Hallow.

Vile Powder is able to convert blocks and walls, including the Crimson and the Hallowed ones, into their Corrupted form /  pure form, such as converting Pearlstone into  Ebonstone /  Stone. If thrown at a Bunny, Penguin, or Goldfish, it will turn into its Corrupted variants: Corrupt Bunny, Corrupt Penguin, and Corrupt Goldfish, respectively. It can be crafted from Vile Mushrooms or can be purchased from the Dryad for each, during a Blood Moon in a Corrupt world.

Vile Powder can be used to spread the Corruption onto convertible tiles.

Unlike Unholy Water and Purple Solution, Vile Powder cannot spread the Corruption.

 is functionally identical to its counterpart, Vile Powder, to where it can convert blocks and walls, including the Corrupted and the Hallowed ones, into their Crimson form /  pure form. If thrown at a Bunny, Penguin, or Goldfish, it will turn into its Crimson variants: Vicious Bunny, Vicious Penguin, and Vicious Goldfish, respectively. It can be crafted from Vicious Mushrooms or can be purchased from the Dryad for each, during a Blood Moon in a Crimson world.

Vicious Powder can be used to spread the Crimson onto convertible tiles.

Unlike Blood Water and Red Solution, Vicious Powder cannot spread the Crimson.

Tips

 * Purification Powder is one of the only methods of tunneling through Ebonstone or Crimstone to reach Shadow Orbs / Crimson Hearts in pre-Hardmode without needing to defeat the Eater of Worlds or the Brain of Cthulhu, the other methods being to use explosives or a Reaver Shark.