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- Here’s a quick guide on finding and using Life Crystals in Terraria.
- Life Crystal Locations
- Explore the Underground
- Use Spelunker Potions
- Mining the Life Crystals
- Improve Your Health
- Get Life Fruits Later
- Concluding Notes
Here’s a quick guide on finding and using Life Crystals in Terraria.
When you are a new Terraria player, one of the initial tasks you have is knowing how to increase your health. You can do it in multiple ways, but the main way to do that early on is with Life Crystals.
Each Life Crystal will give you 20 permanent points to your max health, which is very helpful before you start to fight tougher enemies and bosses.
Life Crystal Locations
Life Crystals are located underground, often set in blocks or in open areas. They look like big red hearts and so they are pretty easy to identify once you know what to look for.
You won't find them in places like the Dungeon or Underworld, so you want to look in the Underground and Cavern layers.
Explore the Underground
The easiest way to find Life Crystals is just to mine and explore. When traveling, check around open caves and tunnels as Life Crystals can be found in places that are easy to overlook. The Underground Jungle can have a lot of them as well, but it's a lot more dangerous for new players
Use Spelunker Potions
If you are struggling to find Life Crystals, try using a Spelunker Potion. Its effect makes valuable objects underground, such as Life Crystals, much easier to notice. This can save you lots of time searching large cave systems.
Mining the Life Crystals
You'll need a pickaxe to break a Life Crystal when you find one. Mine it and it will place a Life Crystal into your inventory. Underground enemies can easily catch you by surprise, so be sure the area is reasonably safe before you stop to mine one.
Improve Your Health
Use the Life Crystal on your hot bar. You gain 20 health instantly and your max health is permanently increased by 20. You can have a maximum of 15 Life Crystals, increasing your maximum health from 100 to 400.
Get Life Fruits Later
When you enter Hard mode, you will find another health-boosting item called Life Fruit. These are located in the Underground Jungle and give you 5 more health each. If you burn enough of them, you can raise your max health from 400 to 500.
Concluding Notes
Life Crystals are definitely worth picking up, especially in the first few hours of Terraria. Dig down into the caves, drink Spelunker potions as they come and keep raising your health until you reach the 400 health limit.
That bit of extra health can be a big help when you start fighting stronger enemies and bosses.
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