Can Of Worms

   

PC/Console/Mobile/tModLoader-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, and tModLoader versions of Terraria.

Can Of Worms

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Statistics

Type	Grab bagCrafting material
Tooltip	Right click to open / L2 to open () / LT to open () / Double tap to open
Rarity	01*
Sell	5
Research	2 required

• Internal Item ID: 4345

The Can Of Worms is a consumable grab bag-type item which can be opened by pressing ⚷ Interact from within the player's inventory. It contains 5–11 different worms. Cans Of Worms can be found in chests at the Surface and Underground layers, or by tossing an Herb Bag into shimmer.

Drops

Loot

Item	Quantity	Chance (group)	Chance (specific item)
Worm	5–8	100%	100%
Enchanted Nightcrawler	1–2	30*3/10 (30%)	30*3/10 (30%)
Gold Worm	1	5*1/20 (5%)	5*1/20 (5%)

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Can Of Worms	Herb Bag	Shimmer Transmutation

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Herb Bag	Can Of Worms	Shimmer Transmutation

Notes

• The Can Of Worms can appear in Surface Chests in stacks of 1–4, with the rarity scaling to the quantity. The chance it has just one is 84%, the chance of two is 12.33%, the chance of three is 3.33%, and the chance of four is only 0.33%.

Tips

• Can Of Worms can be a good source of fishing bait earlier on in the game until the player can catch more with Bug Nets.
• It is much more profitable to sell the contents of a Can Of Worms than the can itself.
• Due to being able to give Gold Worms and being relatively common for the amount it takes to research, one can easily obtain many Gold Worms via Cans Of Worms in Journey Mode and then research them to produce an endless quantity of Gold Worms. Aside from their high sell value, Gold Worms serve as excellent bait, with 50% Bait Power (on par with the best baits of the game), and can be used to craft Golden Delight, providing 48 minutes of Exquisitely Stuffed, the longest duration out of all other food items.

Trivia

• A can of worms is an idiom used for describing a complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.