Strange Plant



Strange Plants are quest plant items that can be turned in to the Dye Trader, who rewards the player with one of his 33 quest-exclusive dyes (the player receives a quantity of 3 of the randomly chosen dye type). Strange Plants are found at any altitude.

Acquiring a Strange Plant before the Dye Trader has moved in will fulfill one of his spawning requirements, the other being acquiring a dye-crafting item. Keeping both in the player's inventory and having a suitable vacant house will allow the Dye Trader to spawn during a subsequent morning.

Strange Plants always grow in any biome and in the Overworld.

Tips

 * Since Strange Plants can grow on bare, grassless dirt, a simple farm can be made to collect them. An empty long, flat platform above the ground can be an effective method of spawning them.
 * An easy way to find Strange Plants is to go across the surface with the Spelunker Potion effect, as Strange Plants will be highlighted.
 * Strange Plants can spawn on Floating Islands. Since those may be rarely visited, touring them can often yield several.
 * Selling the dyes granted as rewards for turning in the Strange Plant is more profitable than selling the plant itself. A single Strange Plants sells for while the quest-exclusive dyes can be sold for  each, at minimum.

strange plant farm
Farming strange plants is an easy way to collect rare dyes without needing to look for them in your world.

To make the farm you will need: Dirt: at least 150-250 blocks

Grass seeds: optional, only one is needed

Jungle grass seeds: optional for a jungle biome farm

How to make the farm: Place the dirt wherever you want, the best place for this type of farm is either: underground in the caverns layer or in the sky, NOTE, if you are going to build this farm in the sky, you will need to make sure that the farm is on the surface layer, or the farm won’t work, as strange plants can only grow in the surface layer, or the caverns layer.

NOTE: strange plants (can) grow in the caverns layer, but they have a 15% lower chance to grow than in the surface layer.

Trivia

 * The red Strange Plant bears resemblance to a bush.

History
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