Thrown Powder

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Have you tried using purification powder on the ebonstone of the corruption?

— The Dryad

Powder effects on Grass Walls and Stone Block. Note that only walls 1 tile from blocks/platforms are affected.

The area of effect of thrown powder.

Thrown Powders are items that can be used to convert blocks and walls between their Crimson, Corrupt, or Hallowed forms. When thrown, they release as a cloud spread with a very short range, comparable to that of a Broadsword, and produce a fair amount of light. This can be made quicker with the clentaminator and Green solution Thrown Powder comes in three variants:

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Purification Powder is able to revert any Corrupted or Crimson Blocks, but not walls, back into their pure form, such as reverting Ebonstone into Stone or Crimsand into Sand. It is purchased from the Dryad for 75each, while Blood Moon is not active.

Throwing purification powder at a Mystic Frog transforms it into the Mystic Slime, one of the Town slimes

In Hardmode, one can use Purification Powder on a Tortured Soul in order to obtain the Tax Collector NPC.

Unlike Holy Water and Blue Solution, Purification Powder cannot spread or purify the Hallow.

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Vile Powder is able to convert blocks and walls, including the Crimson and the Hallowed ones, into their Corrupted form / pure form, such as converting Pearlstone into Ebonstone / Stone. If thrown at a Bunny, Penguin, or Goldfish, it will turn into its Corrupted variants: Corrupt Bunny, Corrupt Penguin, and Corrupt Goldfish, respectively. It can be crafted from Vile Mushrooms or can be purchased from the Dryad for 1 each, during a Blood Moon in a Corrupt world.

Vile Powder can be used to spread the Corruption onto convertible tiles.

Unlike Unholy Water and Purple Solution, Vile Powder cannot spread the Corruption.

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Vicious Powder is functionally identical to its counterpart, Vile Powder, to where it can convert blocks and walls, including the Corrupted and the Hallowed ones, into their Crimson form / pure form. If thrown at a Bunny, Penguin, or Goldfish, it will turn into its Crimson variants: Vicious Bunny, Vicious Penguin, and Vicious Goldfish, respectively. It can be crafted from Vicious Mushrooms or can be purchased from the Dryad for 1 each, during a Blood Moon in a Crimson world.

Vicious Powder can be used to spread the Crimson onto convertible tiles.

Unlike Blood Water and Red Solution, Vicious Powder cannot spread the Crimson.

Variants

Purification Powder

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Statistics

Type	Miscellaneous
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Velocity	4
Tooltip	Cleanses the evil Cleanses the corruption
Rarity	00*
Buy	75
Sell	15
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Purification Powder
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 66
• Internal Projectile ID: 10

Vile Powder

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Statistics

Type	MiscellaneousCrafting material
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Velocity	4
Tooltip	Spreads the Corruption Banishes the Hallow Removes the Hallow
Rarity	00*
Buy	1
Sell	20
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Vile Powder
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 67
• Internal Projectile ID: 11

Vicious Powder

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Statistics

Type	MiscellaneousCrafting material
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Velocity	4
Tooltip	Spreads the Crimson
Rarity	00*
Buy	1
Sell	20
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Vicious Powder
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 2886
• Internal Projectile ID: 463

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Vicious Powder 5	Vicious Mushroom	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table
Vile Powder 5	Vile Mushroom
Purification Powder	Vile Powder	Shimmer Transmutation
	Vicious Powder

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Poisoned Knife 50	Throwing Knife50 Vile Powder	By Hand
	Throwing Knife50 Vicious Powder
only: Poisoned Knife 20	Throwing Knife20 Vile Powder
only: Bloody Spine	Vicious Powder30 Vertebra15	Demon Altar or Crimson Altar
Worm Food	Vile Powder30 Rotten Chunk15
Purification Powder	Vile Powder	Shimmer Transmutation
	Vicious Powder

Notes

• Purification Powder will not clear through Corrupt or Crimson thorny bushes, leaving the player to manually break them before they spread their respective biome.
• To affect walls, there must be a block within 1-tile of that wall when the Thrown Powder is used on it. Purification Powder does not revert Corrupted/Crimson infected walls to their pure form.
  • The Clentaminator offers an easier alternative to converting background walls.

Tips

• Purification Powder is one of the only methods of tunneling through Ebonstone or Crimstone to reach Shadow Orbs / Crimson Hearts in pre-Hardmode without needing to defeat the Eater of Worlds or the Brain of Cthulhu, the other methods being to use explosives or a Reaver Shark.

See also

• Clentaminator
• Thrown Water

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Vile and Vicious Powder can now be used to spread their respective biome, and turn the Hallow directly into their biome instead of purifying it.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprites updated. Old sprites were , , and for Purification, Vile, and Vicious Powder respectively.

• Desktop 1.3.0.6: Vicious Powder is now sold by the Dryad.

• Desktop 1.3.0.4: Vicious Powder is now used in crafting recipe for the Bloody Spine.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Vicious Powder introduced.
  • Vile Powder tooltip changed from "Removes the Hallow" to "Banishes the Hallow".
  • Purification Powder can now purify Tortured Souls.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Tooltip for Purification Powder changed from 'Cleanses the corruption' to 'Cleanses the evil'.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Vile Powder is no longer sold on Crimson worlds.

• Desktop 1.2: Current powders given new sprites. Old sprites were and for Purification and Vile Powder respectively.

• Desktop 1.1: Vile Powder no longer deals damage, and can now remove the Hallow.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced Purification and Vile Powder.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.