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Karina Edling

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The Crimson biome is introduced in 1.2, being an alternative to the Corruption and has a 50% chance to have crimson, hints chosen at world generation. The red appearance of the biome, the flesh-resembling tree leaves and many gore-themed items obtained by Crimson materials suggests the biome's theme is based heavily on blood, instead of the darker, more shadow-like nature of the Corruption.

As with the Corruption, the Crimson has multiple chasms; however, unlike the Corruption's vertical drops, the chasms in the Crimson cut at angles into the terrain and lead to a large, somewhat circular pocket underground that branches off into smaller veins. At the end of the veins are Demon Hearts, the Crimson's equivalent of Shadow Orbs. Crimtane Ore and Crimson Altars replace the Corruption's Demonite Ore and Demon Altar respectively. The Crimson Altar functions the same as a Demon Altar, with only difference being the visual graphics. The Brain of Cthulhu is the Crimson version of the Eater of Worlds, being slightly more difficult. The tools, weapons and armor from the Crimson have minor stat boosts, in exchange for the Crimson's difficulty.

The Crimson can also be converted from any other biome using the Clentaminator with the Red Solution, only obtainable from the Steampunker during blood moon. During Hardmode, the spread of Crimson is the exact same as the Corruption; replacing Grass with Crimson Grass, and Sand with Crimsand. Stone Blocks are replaced with Crimstone and the Underground Crimson is formed. Before the update 1.2.1, planting a Sunflower would not prevent the Crimson from spreading even in Normal mode.

When the world generator generates the Crimson, any Sand that is within the biome is converted to Crimsand. Should the crimson overlap with the Snow Biome during world generation, it replaces Ice Blocks with Red Ice Blocks.

The spread of Crimson can disrupt, or even ruin, your entire Terraria world. At world creation, there is an option to pick between Crimson or Corruption. The Crimson is a biome that spawns in every world that is allocated a Crimson world.

Pre-hardmode, Crimson will spread slowly and only have the ability to spread via thorny bushes and grass. Upon defeating the Wall of Flesh and unlocking hardmode, however, Crimson will begin to spread much more aggressively, and to many different block types.

Allowing the Crimson to take over your world will present many difficulties, from gaining resources to even the seemingly simple task of surviving. Therefore, maintaining world purity is essential, and with that comes knowing how to get rid of Crimson in Terraria.

This method of containing the Crimson involves digging holes around the section of crimson you wish to contain. These holes must be a particular width, as well as needing specific blocks placed at the edges of them.

The reason this requires such patience is because in pre-hardmode, there are very limited tools and equipment available to you. This means that mining these tunnels is slower than if you were in hardmode.

This method, however, is best used during pre-hardmode because, upon defeating the Wall of Flesh and entering hardmode, a large diagonal strip of Crimson will spawn and begin spreading almost immediately. The location of this strip is random.

Red and purple solutions are sold by the Steampunker in a Blood Moon. In a Crimson world, red solution is sold and in a Corruption world, purple solution is sold. Each of these solutions turns a biome into its respective biome when used by the Clentaminator.

Finally, green solution is the default solution and is acquired from the Steampunker in any situation other than the aforementioned. It can remove Corruption, Crimson and Hallow, as well as being able to turn Glowing Mushroom biome into Jungle biome. All solutions cost 25 silver coins each.

While the spread of the Crimson can be difficult to control at times, there are several ways to slow it down, or even prevent it. Whether you are using a Clentaminator, or digging holes, preventing the spread of Crimson is an important aspect of Terraria.