User:Crystallized/Blocks

The environments of Terraria are mostly made up of blocks such as dirt and stone.

As of 1.2, All blocks can be collected with a Pickaxe or Drill (Drills are not available until world enters Hardmode). Rare blocks may require higher-grade Tools to mine. Blocks can also be transformed into half-blocks and 45 Degree Right angled triangles with a Hammer.

The only blocks that can't be mined with a Pickaxe or Drill are any blocks with a Tree, Chest or Demon Altar/Crimson Altar on top, which need to be harvested using an Axe for the tree, Pickaxe or Drill for the Chest, and Pwnhammer, Drax, or The Axe for the altar first. Additionally, every Block with any kind of Grass growing on it can not be mined but instead the Grass on the block will be destroyed and only the Dirt or the Mud it grew on remains.

Nearly all blocks stack to 999 as of 1.2.3.

Naturally Occurring Blocks
These blocks are created when the world is spawned. Though few of them are renewable, more can always be found by generating new worlds.

Soils
Soils are the most accessible type of block in the game, and they make up the majority of the world. Many of them grow Plants naturally. All soils stack up to 999 and can be mined with a Copper Pickaxe or Tin Pickaxe (except for the Stone variants as noted below). All soils are destroyed by explosives.

Grown Blocks
These blocks drop when their respective plant is looted from the environment using an Axe or Chainsaw. Once in the player's inventory, they can be placed like other blocks and looted with a Pickaxe like all other blocks. All grown blocks stack up to 999 and, once placed, can be destroyed by explosives and mined with any Pickaxe or Drill.

Ores
Ores are used in the crafting of Bars, which are in turn used to craft Weapons, Armor, Furniture, and more. All ores stack to 999, and many are used to make Bricks or other blocks.

Bricks
Bricks are a specific type of crafted block with a repeating rectangular pattern. Though many bricks are crafted from ores and soils, some can only be found by looting NPCs or the environment. All Bricks have the word 'Brick' in their name except for one: the Mudstone Block.

Bricks have no sell value. All crafted bricks are made using a Furnace.

Crafted Blocks
These blocks are crafted at a crafting station. They all stack to 999, are immune to Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow spread, and can be looted with a Pickaxe or Drill.

Purchased Blocks
These blocks are bought from NPCs.

Looted Blocks
These blocks are looted from drops or the environment in some way.