Living Fire Blocks

       

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Living Fire Blocks

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureBlockCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 2701, 2751–2755
• Internal Tile ID: 336, 340–344

Example of placed Living Fire Blocks

Living Fire Blocks are animated background furniture blocks that, when placed, resemble small animated flames and emit faint orange light. They deal no damage on contact and can be freed with any pickaxe or drill. Living Fire Blocks have a 2*1/50 (2%) chance of being dropped by any enemy killed in the Underworld during Hardmode, including the Wall of Flesh, and drop in stacks of 20–50 at a time.

While Living Fire Blocks can be placed in a manner similar to traditional, foreground blocks, they are actually in the background, similar to furniture, allowing the player to walk directly through them. They can attach to each other horizontally as well as vertically, but other traditional, foreground block types will not attach to them.

There are five color variations of the base Living Fire Block, all of which are crafted from it. They are functionally identical.

Types

Item		Placed	Tile ID
	Living Fire Block Internal Item ID: 2701		336
	Living Cursed Fire Block Internal Item ID: 2751		340
	Living Demon Fire Block Internal Item ID: 2752		341
	Living Frost Fire Block Internal Item ID: 2753		342
	Living Ichor Block Internal Item ID: 2754		343
	Living Ultrabright Fire Block Internal Item ID: 2755		344

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Living Cursed Fire Block 20	Living Fire Block20 Cursed Flame	Crystal Ball
Living Demon Fire Block 20	Living Fire Block20 Demon Torch
Living Frost Fire Block 20	Living Fire Block20 Ice Block10
Living Ichor Block 20	Living Fire Block20 Ichor
Living Ultrabright Fire Block 20	Living Fire Block20 Ultrabright Torch2

Notes

• Like Fireblossoms and Obsidian, regular Living Fire Blocks are not destroyed when dropped into lava, despite having a rarity of 00*.
  • However, the others types of Living Fire Blocks are not immune to lava.
• They will not count as valid light sources or background walls for houses.
• Their placement behavior is similar to Wooden Beams, except that Wooden Beams can only attach to each other vertically, while Living Fire Blocks can form horizontal arrangements as well. Also, other block types and furniture can be placed on Wooden Beams, but not on Living Fire Blocks, with the exception of platforms. Torches will also not attach to Living Fire Blocks.
• Living Fire Blocks can be placed in areas submerged by lava.
• While Living Fire Blocks are unable to be hammered normally, halved and sloped Living Fire Blocks can be placed using a world editor such as TEdit.

Tips

• Living Fire Blocks could be considered more useful than torches because, besides being easy to farm, they can be placed anywhere and are not displaced by liquids.
• Summoning King Slime in the Underworld can be an excellent way to farm for the fire blocks. Each of its summoned slimes killed gives the same chance of dropping Living Fire Blocks as any enemy, offering an average of two drops per kill (approximately 40–100 blocks per King Slime summoned).

Trivia

• The Moon Leech Clot and the Living Ultrabright Fire Block item sprites are almost identical.
• Living Ichor Block does not contain the word "Fire", unlike all the others.
• The Living Demon Fire Block is tied with Shroomite Plating for having the longest crafting tree of a block.
• It would appear that the Wall of Flesh is able to drop Living Fire Blocks, likely with the same chance as a normal enemy.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added variations.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: No longer destroyed by lava.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Added variants. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Added variants. ()

• Console 1.07: Introduced, not destroyed by lava.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced, not destroyed by lava.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced, not destroyed by lava.