Wasteland

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A blast that withers earth, mutates plant, and decays air. Such power is otherworldly.

— Forest Nymph

The Wasteland biome on the map.
The crater can be seen in the center of the biome, with the blue colored blocks being Plutonium.

The Wasteland is a Hardmode biome that does not exist upon world creation and instead must be created manually by detonating a Nuclear Warhead. It is a bleak and hazardous environment, posing many dangers to the player, from stronger mutated enemies to Radiation poisoning. A dark green fog fills the air of the biome, making it harder to navigate.

The crater in the center of the biome contains Plutonium and Ash Blocks, or Plutonium and Glass if the Nuclear Warhead was placed on Sand Blocks before being detonated. The blast converts different biomes into their irradiated variants, including the Forest, Snow biome, Desert, Crimson, and Corruption.

While in the biome, the player will constantly be afflicted with the Radioactive Fallout debuff, greatly reducing their stats. During the rain and while above surface, the debuff will be replaced by Heavy Radiation, which reduces stats even further and deals 2 damage per seconds. The water in the Wasteland has a toxic green color and will deal 30 damage per second to any players submerged in it without proper protection. The Gas Mask, Hazmat Suits, and the HEV Suit can be used to negate various environmental hazards of the biome.

Contents

Characters

Forest:

• Bloated Digger
• Bloated Goldfish
• Bob the Blob
• Green Jellyfish(Before any mechanical boss)
• Hazmat Zombie
• Mutated Living Bloom
• Nuclear Slime
• Radioactive Physalia(After any mechanical boss)
• Radioactive Slime
• Sickened Bunny(At Day)
• Sickened Demon Eye(At Night)
• Toxic Sludge
• Hazmat Bunny(Critter)
• Nuclear Shadow(Critter)

Snow:

• Sickly Penguin
• Sickly Wolf
• Sneezy Snow Flinx

Desert:

• Bloated Ghoul
• Bloated Swarmer

Corruption:

• Bloated Clinger

Crimson:

• Bloated Face Monster

Unique Drops

From all Wasteland enemies, except Green Jellyfish and Toxic Sludge:

• Toxic Bile
• Intruder's set
• Starlite Donut

From Bloated Clingers, Bloated Diggers, Bloated Face Monsters,
Bloated Ghouls, Bloated Swarmers, Bob the Blob, Hazmat Zombies,
Sickened Demon Eyes, Sickly Wolves, and Sneezy Snow Flinxes
after defeating a mechanical boss:

• Xenomite

From Bloated Goldfish, Nuclear Slimes, Radioactive Physalis,
Radioactive Slimes, Sickened Bunnies, and Sickly Penguins
after defeating a mechanical boss:

• Xenomite Shard

From Bloated Diggers:

• Whoopie Cushion

From Bob the Blob, Nuclear Slimes and Radioactive Slimes:

• Gel
• Slime Staff

From Bloated Clingers:

• Meat Grinder
• Cursed Flame
• Eldritch Root

From Bloated Face Monsters:

• Vertebra
• Tentacle Spike

From Bloated Clingers and Bloated Face Monsters:

• Monster Meat

From Bloated Ghouls:

• Ancient Cloth

From Bob the Blob:

• D.A.N
• Hazmat Suit

From Bloated Swarmers:

• Banana Split
• Antlion Mandible
• Mandible Blade

From Hazmat Zombies:

• Hazmat Suit (Classic)
• Shackle
• Zombie Arm
• Spiffo Plush

From Mutated Living Blooms:

• Daybloom
• Blinkroot
• Moonglow
• Waterleaf
• Nightshade
• Anglonic Mystic Blossom

From Radioactive Physalis:

• Glowstick
• Jellyfish Necklace
• Megaphone

From Sickened Demon Eyes:

• Lens
• Black Lens

From Sickly Penguins:

• Pedguin's set

From Sickly Wolves:

• Lilith's Necklace

From Sneezy Snow Flinxes:

• Snowball Launcher
• Flinx Fur
• Compass

From Bloated Face Monsters, Bloated Ghouls, Bloated Swarmers, and Hazmat Zombies:

• Gas Mask
• Double Rifle

Environment

From terrain:

• Ash Block
• Glass
• Irradiated Crimstone
• Irradiated Dirt
• Irradiated Ebonstone
• Irradiated Hardened Sand
• Irradiated Ice
• Irradiated Sand
• Irradiated Sandstone
• Irradiated Snow
• Irradiated Stone
• Petrified Wood
• Plutonium
• Xenomite(After any mechanical boss)
• Xenomite Shard(After any mechanical boss)

From fishing:

• Adhesive Bandage
• Blinky(Quest fish)
• Bloated Trout
• Bone
• Fart in a Jar
• Gas Mask
• Petrified Crate
• Scrap Metal
• Toxic Glooper

Music

• Music Box (Wasteland)

Notes

Two types of craters that can be found in the center of the Wasteland.

• A Wasteland biome requires at least 200 Irradiated tiles, such as Irradiated Dirt, Irradiated Ice or Irradiated Sand.
  • Wasteland Snow biomes require at least 200 Irradiated Ice and/or Irradiated Snow.
  • Wasteland Desert biomes require at least 300 Irradiated Sand and/or Irradiated Sandstone.
  • Wasteland Corruption biomes require at least 200 Irradiated Corrupt grass and/or Irradiated Ebonstone.
  • Wasteland Crimson biomes require at least 200 Irradiated Crimson grass and/or Irradiated Crimstone.
• The Wasteland biomes, including Wasteland Corruption/Crimson, do not spread to other blocks.
• Irradiated blocks can be converted by using Clentaminator but are not affected by the Purification Powder.
• The Wasteland is not considered an evil biome, and Town NPCs can live in there freely. They will consider the Wasteland biomes as normal ones for the purposes of NPC happiness (i.e. Wasteland Snow biome will count as just a Snow biome).

Trivia

• The Wasteland's theme is The Wastelands, composed by Musearys.
  • Previously, the biome used Maze of Scraps by Nick Nuwe as its theme.

Gallery

Bestiary and Map Backgrounds

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  Wasteland Forest

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  Wasteland Desert

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  Wasteland Snow biome

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  Wasteland Corruption

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  Wasteland Crimson