New player here, I might have catastrophically misunderstood how chlorophyte works.
Why is my chlorophyte farm not spreading? This is all within the Caverns layer below a jungle. I've been looking at the wiki for half an hour and can't find out why it's not working…
from the wiki
For example, consider a block of Chlorophyte Ore placed in the Cavern layer. It can only spread to nearby Mud Blocks and Jungle grass blocks if both checks pass:
* There are at most 40 other blocks of Chlorophyte Ore within 35 tiles (horizontally and vertically).
* There are at most 130 other blocks of Chlorophyte Ore within 85 tiles (horizontally and vertically).
If both of these are true, then the Chlorophyte Ore is allowed to spread.
Your farm is too close together and is also too close to outside blocks that would also impact those numbers. The rest of it seems fine.
finding_my_father on
use chlorophyte bricks instead of the ore itself
i think that will fix it
Unscripted9211 on
Dont Use Chlorophyte ore. Use Chlorophyte brick! You can get way more out of one Chlorophyte and also it Has no Block Limit so you can literally place a line of Chlorophyte brick and it will spread Chlorophyte.
spudwalt on
Chlorophyte has a limit to how much can grow in close proximity — 40 within 35 tiles, 130 within 85 (in the Cavern layer — half as much above that).
Seeding your blocks with chlorophyte bricks (which can also grow ore and don’t contribute to the total) might help a little, but you’d want much fewer of these blocks, or for them to be spread out much more, and possibly outside the Jungle entirely (chlorophyte can grow *anywhere* so long as there’s mud).
I put my chlorophyte farm blocks in the Underworld around my hellbridge.
spudwalt on
Make sure you look at the gg wiki. Fandom sucks.
Wahllhala on
In hardmode, mud may be converted to chlorophyte ore in the caverns either if it’s close to jungle grass or if adjacent to chlorophyte ore or chlorophyte brick.
You’ll get nothing from bare mud (except some blinkroots maybe). You’re missing jungle grass or chlorophyte ore/brick in your mud patches, doesn’t need to be in the jungle btw.
thriftshopmusketeer on
IMO farming chlorophyte is a waste of time. Drink some spelunker and mining potions and rip through the jungle for 10 minutes and you’ll have more than enough for the rest of the game
Still_Satan on
Heheheheh…
TwocanR on
You can farm if you want to, but it’s not really that helpful. Mining potion, ambrosia, ancient chisel, the mining armor set, and a good food buff ca help a lot. You only need bits and pieces of that, and even if you just have a mining shirt, I’d throw it on. Mining speed boosts max at 70% I think, and it’s the most satisfying sound ever
Rockytriton on
you don’t need a farm. just get a spelunker potion and get all you need from the jungle.
Sufficient-Rent-4018 on
The time u would wait for a small handful of chlorophyte to spread u could fill a chest with nothing but the ore. Just get the highest pickaxe power pick u got and buy a bunch of bombs to rip and tear thru the jungle. Farming it would be what u cant find anymore no matter how hard u look.
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How big area is this?
from the wiki
For example, consider a block of Chlorophyte Ore placed in the Cavern layer. It can only spread to nearby Mud Blocks and Jungle grass blocks if both checks pass:
* There are at most 40 other blocks of Chlorophyte Ore within 35 tiles (horizontally and vertically).
* There are at most 130 other blocks of Chlorophyte Ore within 85 tiles (horizontally and vertically).
If both of these are true, then the Chlorophyte Ore is allowed to spread.
Your farm is too close together and is also too close to outside blocks that would also impact those numbers. The rest of it seems fine.
use chlorophyte bricks instead of the ore itself
i think that will fix it
Dont Use Chlorophyte ore. Use Chlorophyte brick! You can get way more out of one Chlorophyte and also it Has no Block Limit so you can literally place a line of Chlorophyte brick and it will spread Chlorophyte.
Chlorophyte has a limit to how much can grow in close proximity — 40 within 35 tiles, 130 within 85 (in the Cavern layer — half as much above that).
Seeding your blocks with chlorophyte bricks (which can also grow ore and don’t contribute to the total) might help a little, but you’d want much fewer of these blocks, or for them to be spread out much more, and possibly outside the Jungle entirely (chlorophyte can grow *anywhere* so long as there’s mud).
I put my chlorophyte farm blocks in the Underworld around my hellbridge.
Make sure you look at the gg wiki. Fandom sucks.
In hardmode, mud may be converted to chlorophyte ore in the caverns either if it’s close to jungle grass or if adjacent to chlorophyte ore or chlorophyte brick.
You’ll get nothing from bare mud (except some blinkroots maybe). You’re missing jungle grass or chlorophyte ore/brick in your mud patches, doesn’t need to be in the jungle btw.
IMO farming chlorophyte is a waste of time. Drink some spelunker and mining potions and rip through the jungle for 10 minutes and you’ll have more than enough for the rest of the game
Heheheheh…
You can farm if you want to, but it’s not really that helpful. Mining potion, ambrosia, ancient chisel, the mining armor set, and a good food buff ca help a lot. You only need bits and pieces of that, and even if you just have a mining shirt, I’d throw it on. Mining speed boosts max at 70% I think, and it’s the most satisfying sound ever
you don’t need a farm. just get a spelunker potion and get all you need from the jungle.
The time u would wait for a small handful of chlorophyte to spread u could fill a chest with nothing but the ore. Just get the highest pickaxe power pick u got and buy a bunch of bombs to rip and tear thru the jungle. Farming it would be what u cant find anymore no matter how hard u look.