The Crimson is a hazardous surface biome that presents a red gore theme. It may exist somewhere in a generated world, generally far from a player's original spawn point. It is the counterpart to the Corruption biome's diseased wasteland theme. A generated world will contain only one of the two, chosen at random during world creation, each with a 50% chance of occurring. The two contain similar hazards, though the Crimson is often considered by players to be the more difficult of the two. Each has their own unique respective enemies, items, and blocks. The tools, weapons and armor obtained via Crimson materials have minor advantages over those obtained via Corruption materials.
As with the Corruption, the Crimson contains multiple Chasms, deep pits in the ground that lead to underground tunnels. Unlike the Corruption's vertical drops, the chasms in the Crimson cut at angles into the terrain, lead to large circular cavities, then branch off into smaller veins that lead to Crimson Hearts. Crimson Hearts are the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Shadow Orbs, and can be destroyed to achieve various effects that advance gameplay (see Crimson Heart for details).
Crimtane Ore can be collected in order to craft various advanced items, like the Corruption'sDemonite Ore. Crimson Altars are found underground, which primarily come into play once a world enters Hardmode, though they also function as Crafting Stations for a few items; these operate identically to the Corruption's Demon Altars.
The Brain of Cthulhu is a Boss that can be encountered in the Crimson, and is the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Eater of Worlds; though it is slightly more difficult to defeat.
During Hardmode, Crimson spreads outside its original area. Its spread occurs in the same manner as Corruption, replacing Grass with Crimson grass, Sand with Crimsand, Stone Blocks with Crimstone, and the Underground Crimson is formed.
ContentsNOTE : View Underground Crimson for the mobs that spawn in Hardmode under the cavern layer.
The CrimsonEnemiesUnique treasuresUnique dropsFor Sale Blood Crawler
Face Monster
Crimera
Brain of Cthulhu(boss)
In Hardmode:
Herpling
Crimslime
Blood Jelly
Blood Feeder
Crimson Desert:
Dark Mummy
From Demon Hearts:
From the Painter:
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As with the Corruption, the Crimson contains multiple Chasms, deep pits in the ground that lead to underground tunnels. Unlike the Corruption's vertical drops, the chasms in the Crimson cut at angles into the terrain, lead to large circular cavities, then branch off into smaller veins that lead to Crimson Hearts. Crimson Hearts are the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Shadow Orbs, and can be destroyed to achieve various effects that advance gameplay (see Crimson Heart for details).
Crimtane Ore can be collected in order to craft various advanced items, like the Corruption'sDemonite Ore. Crimson Altars are found underground, which primarily come into play once a world enters Hardmode, though they also function as Crafting Stations for a few items; these operate identically to the Corruption's Demon Altars.
The Brain of Cthulhu is a Boss that can be encountered in the Crimson, and is the Crimson counterpart to the Corruption's Eater of Worlds; though it is slightly more difficult to defeat.
During Hardmode, Crimson spreads outside its original area. Its spread occurs in the same manner as Corruption, replacing Grass with Crimson grass, Sand with Crimsand, Stone Blocks with Crimstone, and the Underground Crimson is formed.
ContentsNOTE : View Underground Crimson for the mobs that spawn in Hardmode under the cavern layer.
The CrimsonEnemiesUnique treasuresUnique dropsFor Sale Blood Crawler
Face Monster
Crimera
Brain of Cthulhu(boss)
In Hardmode:
Herpling
Crimslime
Blood Jelly
Blood Feeder
Crimson Desert:
Dark Mummy
From Demon Hearts:
- Blood Crawler Banner (from Blood Crawler)
- Crimera Banner (from Crimera)
- Face Monster Banner (from Face Monster)
- Vertebrae (from Blood Crawler, Crimera and Face Monster)
- Tissue Sample (from Brain of Cthulhu and creepers)
- Brain of Cthulhu Trophy (from Brain of Cthulhu)
- Brain Mask (from Brain of Cthulhu)
- Blindfold (from Dark Mummies)
- Blood Feeder Banner (from Blood Feeder)
- Blood Jelly Banner (from Blood Jelly)
- Dark Shard (from Dark Mummies)
- Herpling Banner (from Herpling)
- Meat Grinder (from Crimslime and Herpling)
- Megaphone (from Dark Mummies)
- Crimson Key Mold (from any enemy with around 1/2500 chance)
From the Painter:
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- When the world generator generates the Crimson, any Sand that is within the biome is converted to Crimsand. Ice Blocks within Crimson become Red Ice Blocks.
- The Crimson can also be converted from any other biome using the Clentaminator with the Red Solution, only obtainable from theSteampunker during a Blood Moon in a Crimson world (she sells the Purple Solution in a Corruption world).
- The step in world generation in which the Crimson is created is called "Making the world bloody." If you want a Crimson world, look for that step during creation.
- When you cut trees in the Crimson, they will not drop Acorns.
- Creating a new Crimson biome requires at least 200 corrupted blocks, such as Crimson grass, Crimstone, Crimsand or Red Ice Blocks. Although the Crimson replaces the Corruption at world generation, it does not prevent Corruption from being artificially created by importing corrupt materials to a world with Crimson and vice versa. Spreading remains normal.
- The Crimson is arguably safer than the Corruption because of the vertical drops that the Corruption has, which can cause major damage without anything to prevent fall damage.
- In Hardmode, all enemies in the Crimson have a chance of dropping a Crimson Key Mold.
- Unlike the Underground Corruption and Underground Hallow, the Underground Crimson has no unique music.
- The Clentaminator is an extremely useful tool for removing the Crimson. Green Solution is recommended, unless you want to replace it with another biome entirely.