Life Fruit

The Life Fruit is a Hardmode type of plant that grows on Jungle Grass in the Underground Jungle. Once harvested and used, a Life Fruit permanently increases the player's health capacity by 5, turning one of the hearts in the player's health meter golden.

Life Fruit can only be used once a player has reached the 400 health cap from Life Crystals. On the, Life Fruit will only grow after a Mechanical Boss has been defeated. On the, Life Fruit can be found prior to defeating a Mechanical Boss, just in much smaller numbers; defeating a mechanical boss increases the amount that can grow.

A total of 20 Life Fruit are required to reach the maximum of 500 health capacity, at which point all of a player's hearts will be golden.

Trivia

 * The plants on which the fruit grows have three different possible sprites. They are all functionally identical.
 * The small golden heart on the fruit represents the golden heart that a player would gain if they consumed a Life Fruit
 * Consider following Pink Fairies, if you happen to come across one, as they can often lead you to Life Fruit.

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生命果 Fruit de vie