Biome backgrounds

Biome backgrounds are images that appear behind objects and blocks in each biome. Each biome has its own set of backgrounds that usually show a landscape of the biome. In a world, each biome is randomly assigned a background from its own set, and can be changed by using a World Globe(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions). Backgrounds can also be overridden using monoliths(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions). Backgrounds do not affect a biome in any way, except in The Hallow, where the current background affects the style of hallowed trees. Turning off backgrounds in Settings hides them, though ambient entities will still appear.

Surface backgrounds

Forest

  • Updated classic background with evergreens with distant, realistic mountains.
    Updated classic background with evergreens with distant, realistic mountains.
  • Grove of forest trees blocking mountains.
    Grove of forest trees blocking mountains.
  • Grove of bushy trees blocking a mountain
    Grove of bushy trees blocking a mountain
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hilly landscape with evergreens, uses art from the 3DS background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hilly landscape with evergreens, uses art from the 3DS background.
  • Pine trees blocking a hilly landscape.
    Pine trees blocking a hilly landscape.
  • Tall cliffs with an animated waterfall.
    Tall cliffs with an animated waterfall.
  • Tall cliffs with trees and grass.
    Tall cliffs with trees and grass.
  • Tall cliffs with evergreens.
    Tall cliffs with evergreens.
  • Large lake in a forest with a distant house and snowy mountains.
    Large lake in a forest with a distant house and snowy mountains.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hills with a plateau.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hills with a plateau.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Evergreens blocking hills with a plateau.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Evergreens blocking hills with a plateau.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Forest blocking hills with a plaetau.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Forest blocking hills with a plaetau.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bushy forest blocking hills with a plateau.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bushy forest blocking hills with a plateau.
  • Tall pillars with floating islands.
    Tall pillars with floating islands.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Pine forest with mountains in the distance.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Pine forest with mountains in the distance.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Mountains with a lake.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Mountains with a lake.
  • Similiar to the 4th image, a compressed background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version Similiar to the 4th image, a compressed background from the 3DS version.

Desert

  • Classic sand dunes.
    Classic sand dunes.
  • Sand dunes with animal skeletons.
    Sand dunes with animal skeletons.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Sand dunes with rocks and buttes.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Sand dunes with rocks and buttes.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Sand dunes with cacti and a few ruins.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Sand dunes with cacti and a few ruins.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Dry flat desert over a cliff, with a few dead trees and bones, uses art from the 3DS background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Dry flat desert over a cliff, with a few dead trees and bones, uses art from the 3DS background.
  • A background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version A background from the 3DS version.

Infected Desert

  • Corrupt desert.
    Corrupt desert.
  • Crimson desert.
    Crimson desert.
  • Hallowed desert.
    Hallowed desert.
  • Infected Desert background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version Infected Desert background from the 3DS version.

Snow biome

  • Updated classic evergreen forest blocking snowy mountains.
    Updated classic evergreen forest blocking snowy mountains.
  • Mountains with leafless trees.
    Mountains with leafless trees.
  • Icy mountains with sparse trees.
    Icy mountains with sparse trees.
  • Frozen tree forest blocking snowy mountains.
    Frozen tree forest blocking snowy mountains.
  • Evergreen forest blocking snowy mountains.
    Evergreen forest blocking snowy mountains.
  • Icy mountains with snowy evergreens.
    Icy mountains with snowy evergreens.
  • Frozen forest blocking mountains.
    Frozen forest blocking mountains.
  • Evergreen forest blocking snowy mountains.
    Evergreen forest blocking snowy mountains.
  • Icy mountains with evergreens.
    Icy mountains with evergreens.
  • Leafless forest blocking snowy mountains with evergreens.
    Leafless forest blocking snowy mountains with evergreens.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Snowy fields with sparse evergreens, uses art from the 3DS background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Snowy fields with sparse evergreens, uses art from the 3DS background.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Snowy plains with sparse trees.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Snowy plains with sparse trees.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Snowy plains with pine trees, a few piles of Snowballs and a snowman behind a frozen lake.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Snowy plains with pine trees, a few piles of Snowballs and a snowman behind a frozen lake.
  • A background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version A background from the 3DS version.

Jungle

Some Jungle backgrounds are combined with the current forest background.

  • Classic bushy green canopies.
    Classic bushy green canopies.
  • Grassy field with rich mahogany trees.
    Grassy field with rich mahogany trees.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hills with giant thorn patches.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hills with giant thorn patches.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bonsai-like tree jungle.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bonsai-like tree jungle.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Muddy jungle with dark textures over a cliff. Uses art from the 3DS background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Muddy jungle with dark textures over a cliff. Uses art from the 3DS background.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Marsh-like field with sparse jungle trees and animated water bodies.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Marsh-like field with sparse jungle trees and animated water bodies.
  • A background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version A background from the 3DS version.

The Corruption

  • Classic corrupt dead trees without leaves.
    Classic corrupt dead trees without leaves.
  • More detailed, healthy corrupt trees on darker purple grass.
    More detailed, healthy corrupt trees on darker purple grass.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Plains with chasms and thorny, organic-looking structures.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Plains with chasms and thorny, organic-looking structures.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Large spike structures emerging out of a thorny landscape.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Large spike structures emerging out of a thorny landscape.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Jagged mountains with a single ebonwood tree and chasm.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Jagged mountains with a single ebonwood tree and chasm.
  • Recolored Jungle background with resprited trees from the 2nd image from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version Recolored Jungle background with resprited trees from the 2nd image from the 3DS version.

The Crimson

  • Classic background, consisting of shadewood trees and a distant giant skull and bones.
    Classic background, consisting of shadewood trees and a distant giant skull and bones.
  • Similar to the previous image, but has a redder grass hue and different trees, skull, and bones.
    Similar to the previous image, but has a redder grass hue and different trees, skull, and bones.
  • Red hills with crimson trees and large brown arches.
    Red hills with crimson trees and large brown arches.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Red field with eyeballs and bones.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Red field with eyeballs and bones.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Blood lake with dragon bones in a crimson field with many trees and various other dragon bones.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Blood lake with dragon bones in a crimson field with many trees and various other dragon bones.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Jagged, dark red rocky landscape with stone arches.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Jagged, dark red rocky landscape with stone arches.
  • Similiar to the 3rd image, a compressed background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version Similiar to the 3rd image, a compressed background from the 3DS version.


The Hallow

Every Hallow background has a rainbow in it, except the 3DS one.

  • Updated classic Hallowed evergreen forest.
    Updated classic Hallowed evergreen forest.
  • Hallowed pearlwood trees of several colors.
    Hallowed pearlwood trees of several colors.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hallow field with a magenta river, a few hallowed trees, an extra rainbow and distant pink and blue crystals.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hallow field with a magenta river, a few hallowed trees, an extra rainbow and distant pink and blue crystals.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Plateaus with sparse hallow trees, uses art from the 3DS background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Plateaus with sparse hallow trees, uses art from the 3DS background.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hills with rocky formations, evergreen, vibrant-colored trees, and pink and blue crystals.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hills with rocky formations, evergreen, vibrant-colored trees, and pink and blue crystals.
  • A background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version A background from the 3DS version.

Ocean

  • Classic distant green, mountainous islands.
    Classic distant green, mountainous islands.
  • Distant sandy islands with palm trees and moʻai.
    Distant sandy islands with palm trees and moʻai.
  • Distant sandy islands without moʻai.
    Distant sandy islands without moʻai.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Distant islets and sea stacks.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Distant islets and sea stacks.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Distant alternative islands.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Distant alternative islands.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Distant mountains with mesas. Has a different, brighter water color. Uses art from the 3DS background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Distant mountains with mesas. Has a different, brighter water color. Uses art from the 3DS background.
  • A background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version A background from the 3DS version.

Glowing Mushroom biome

Glowing Mushroom backgrounds are combined with the current forest background.

  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Smaller mushrooms towering in groups.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Smaller mushrooms towering in groups.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Open mushroom field with a lake in the background.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Open mushroom field with a lake in the background.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Smaller mushrooms on a hilly landscape. Has a different grass color.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Smaller mushrooms on a hilly landscape. Has a different grass color.
  • A background from the 3DS version.
    Nintendo 3DS version A background from the 3DS version.

Underground backgrounds

These backgrounds consist of only one layer, unlike surface backgrounds, and cannot be changed with World Globes.

Underground

  • Old rocky dirt background used pre-1.2.
    Old rocky dirt background used pre-1.2.
  • Rough dirt pattern with rocks.
    Rough dirt pattern with rocks.
  • Rough dirt pattern without rocks.
    Rough dirt pattern without rocks.
  • Bumpy dirt pattern with larger rocks.
    Bumpy dirt pattern with larger rocks.
  • Crumbling dirt wall with rocks.
    Crumbling dirt wall with rocks.
  • Crumbling dirt wall without rocks.
    Crumbling dirt wall without rocks.
  • Circular dirt wall.
    Circular dirt wall.
  • Circular dirt wall with roots.
    Circular dirt wall with roots.
  • Cracked dirt wall revealing stone behind it.
    Cracked dirt wall revealing stone behind it.

Cavern

  • Old rocky stone background used pre-1.2.
    Old rocky stone background used pre-1.2.
  • Smooth stone wall with rocks.
    Smooth stone wall with rocks.
  • Smooth stone wall without rocks.
    Smooth stone wall without rocks.
  • Stone wall covered in larger rocks.
    Stone wall covered in larger rocks.
  • Stone wall covered in medium-sized rocks.
    Stone wall covered in medium-sized rocks.
  • Crumbling stone wall.
    Crumbling stone wall.
  • Rocky stone wall.
    Rocky stone wall.
  • Rocky stone wall with orange moss.
    Rocky stone wall with orange moss.
  • Cracked stone wall, matching pattern revealed by matching underground layer background.
    Cracked stone wall, matching pattern revealed by matching underground layer background.

Pre-Underworld

  • Old underworld background used pre-1.2, featuring very thin lava flow.
    Old underworld background used pre-1.2, featuring very thin lava flow.
  • Twisting lava flow.
    Twisting lava flow.
  • Thin lava flow with skulls in the rocks.
    Thin lava flow with skulls in the rocks.
  • Very thick lava flow around large rocks.
    Very thick lava flow around large rocks.

Glowing Mushroom biome

  • Small glowing mushrooms illuminating a rocky background.
    Small glowing mushrooms illuminating a rocky background.
  • Large glowing mushrooms illuminating a rocky background.
    Large glowing mushrooms illuminating a rocky background.

Ice biome (Underground)

  • Multiple thin layers of ice stacked on top of each other.
    Multiple thin layers of ice stacked on top of each other.
  • Smooth wall of ice.
    Smooth wall of ice.
  • Bumpy ice wall.
    Bumpy ice wall.
  • Irregular ice layers stacked on top of each other.
    Irregular ice layers stacked on top of each other.

Ice biome (Cavern)

  • Ice crystals.
    Ice crystals.
  • Darker ice wall.
    Darker ice wall.
  • Bumpy ice wall with extra ice rocks.
    Bumpy ice wall with extra ice rocks.
  • Smooth wall littered with ice rocks.
    Smooth wall littered with ice rocks.

(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Underground Ocean

  • (Default) Sand wall with different types of coral.
    (Default) Sand wall with different types of coral.
  • (Corrupt) Ebonsand wall with corrupt corals.
    (Corrupt) Ebonsand wall with corrupt corals.
  • (Crimson) Crimsand wall with dying crimson corals.
    (Crimson) Crimsand wall with dying crimson corals.
  • (Hallowed) Pearlsand wall with hallowed, crystal-like corals.
    (Hallowed) Pearlsand wall with hallowed, crystal-like corals.

Underground Jungle (Underground layer)

  • Small vines growing on a dirt background.
    Small vines growing on a dirt background.
  • Large leaves growing from rocks.
    Large leaves growing from rocks.

Underground Jungle (Cavern)

  • Rocky wall with small vines spread across.
    Rocky wall with small vines spread across.
  • Smooth stone wall with leaves growing from it.
    Smooth stone wall with leaves growing from it.

Underground Corruption

On the Desktop version Desktop version, Console version Console version, and Mobile version Mobile version, the following backgrounds are used. On the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS version version, the cavern layer background for any other biome the player is in is dynamically tinted purple.

  • Rocky ebonstone wall with green moss growing in the cracks.
    Rocky ebonstone wall with green moss growing in the cracks.
  • Rocky ebonstone wall with small dots of moss placed around.
    Rocky ebonstone wall with small dots of moss placed around.
  • Jagged ebonstone wall.
    Jagged ebonstone wall.
  • Bumpy ebonstone wall.
    Bumpy ebonstone wall.
  • (Corrupt Ice) Smooth purple ice wall with rocks or possibly claws and/or teeth. There appears to be a frozen eye to the right.
    (Corrupt Ice) Smooth purple ice wall with rocks or possibly claws and/or teeth. There appears to be a frozen eye to the right.

Underground Crimson

On the Desktop version Desktop version, Console version Console version, and Mobile version Mobile version, the following backgrounds are used. On the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS version version, the cavern layer background for any other biome the player is in is dynamically tinted red.

  • Blistered crimstone wall
    Blistered crimstone wall
  • Crimstone wall with red moss growing over the rocks.
    Crimstone wall with red moss growing over the rocks.
  • Alternative, brighter moss arrangement.
    Alternative, brighter moss arrangement.
  • Dark crimstone wall.
    Dark crimstone wall.
  • Gray stone wall with scattered blisters.
    Gray stone wall with scattered blisters.
  • (Crimson Ice) Smooth red ice wall.
    (Crimson Ice) Smooth red ice wall.
  • (Crimson Ice) Bumpy red ice wall with Blood Jellies and eyeballs frozen within it.
    (Crimson Ice) Bumpy red ice wall with Blood Jellies and eyeballs frozen within it.

Underground Hallow

On the Desktop version Desktop version, Console version Console version, and Mobile version Mobile version, the following backgrounds are used. On the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS version version, the cavern layer background for any other biome the player is in is dynamically tinted pink.

  • Large rocks with gaps filled with blue and pink crystals on a purple background.
    Large rocks with gaps filled with blue and pink crystals on a purple background.
  • Diagonal purple crystals (May be confused with underground corruption due to purple color.).
    Diagonal purple crystals (May be confused with underground corruption due to purple color.).
  • Bumpy stone wall with blue and pink crystals growing out of it.
    Bumpy stone wall with blue and pink crystals growing out of it.
  • (Hallowed Ice) Cracked purple ice wall with blue and pink dots (May be confused with Corrupt ice due to purple color.).
    (Hallowed Ice) Cracked purple ice wall with blue and pink dots (May be confused with Corrupt ice due to purple color.).
  • (Hallowed Ice) Smooth pink ice wall.
    (Hallowed Ice) Smooth pink ice wall.
  • (Hallowed Ice) Bumpy multicolored ice wall.
    (Hallowed Ice) Bumpy multicolored ice wall.
  • (Hallowed Ice) Smooth multicolored ice wall.
    (Hallowed Ice) Smooth multicolored ice wall.

Underworld backgrounds

Unlike the underground backgrounds, these have multiple layers like surface backgrounds do.

  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Original background from 1.3 with large pillars, stalactites, stalagmites, and lava pools.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Original background from 1.3 with large pillars, stalactites, stalagmites, and lava pools.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Large lava lake with islands and lava falls.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Large lava lake with islands and lava falls.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Large mountain structures with caves.
    (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Large mountain structures with caves.

Trivia

  • The third Hallow surface background features a large animated lake on its third layer, which cannot easily be seen in-game.
  • The backgrounds of the Underground Corruption, Crimson, or Hallow biomes revert to the default caverns background just before the underworld, and they do not appear until the underground layer is no longer visible on the screen.

See also

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Added 27 new surface backgrounds and updated the graphics of many existing ones.
      • Added 2 new Forest backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Desert backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Snow backgrounds.
      • Added 4 new Jungle backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Corruption backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Crimson backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Hallow backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Ocean backgrounds.
      • Added 3 new Glowing Mushroom backgrounds.
    • Added new normal, corrupt, crimson and hallowed underground layer backgrounds for the Ocean.
    • Added 2 new Underworld backgrounds.
    • A world can now have up to 4 unique backgrounds for the forest biome, determined by the same areas as the 4 tree types.
  • Desktop 1.3.0.1: Underworld background now displays with multiple layers, similar to surface backgrounds.
  • Desktop 1.1:
    • Added unique surface backgrounds for the Forest, Desert, Jungle, Ocean, Corruption and Hallow.
      • Prior to the update, only the basic blue background could be seen in every biome.
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