Giant Root (block)

This is about the block form of Giant Root. For the structure, see Giant Root. Not to be confused with Root or String Roots.

Giant Root is the wood block of both natural and Root Pod-grown Giant Roots. It can be ground into Ground Roots, and is considered an alternative Plant Item.

Plant Support[]

Giant Root supports the placement and growth of basic plants.

Fuel[]

Giant Root can be used as fuel for the Sulfur Furnace or Dual Sulfur Furnace, smelting 1.5 items per root block.

Events[]

Placed Giant Root will take on an alternative texture during the Spook seasonal event.

Crafting Uses[]

Result	Ingredients	Recipe
Giant Root Planks (4)	Giant Root

Grinding Uses[]

Result	Ingredients	Recipe
Ground Roots	Giant Root + Pestle (1 use)

Advancements[]

Advancement	In-game Description	Parent	Actual Requirements	ID
Getting Harder Wood	Collect wood in The Betweenlands	Craftsman	Have Weedwood, a Weedwood Log, a Rubber Tree Log, a Sap Tree Log, Giant Root, a Hearthgrove Log, or a Nibbletwig Log in your inventory	craftsman /getting_harder_wood

History[]

Release 3.4.0: Can now be grown from Root Pods.
Release 3.3.0: Introduced.

The Betweenlands Blocks
Plants, Fungi, and Corals	Algae • Arrow Arum • Black Hat Mushroom • Bladderwort • Blue Eyed Grass • Blue Iris • Bog Bean • Boneset • Bottlebrush Grass • Broomsedge • Bulb-Capped Mushroom (Cap • Stalk) • Button Bush • Cardinal Flower • Cattail (Tall) • Cave Grass • Copper Iris • Cryptweed • Dead Grass • Dead Weedwood Bush • Deep Water Coral • Edge Plants (Leaf • Moss • Shrooms) • Flathead Mushroom • Golden Club • Hanger • Leaves (Fallen • Hearthgrove • Nibbletwig • Rubber Tree • Sap Tree • Spirit Tree • Weedwood) • Lichen • Logs (Hearthgrove • Hollow • Nibbletwig • Rubber Tree • Sap Tree • Spirit Tree • Weedwood) • Marsh Hibiscus • Marsh Mallow • Marsh Marigold • Milkweed • Mire Coral • Moss (Cave) • Nesting Block • Nettle • Pale Grass • Peat (Smoldering) • Phragmites • Pickerel Weed • Pitcher Plant • Poison Ivy • Portal Frame • Root (Giant) • Root Pod • Rotbulb • Rotten Bark (Spreading) • Saplings (Hearthgrove • Nibbletwig • Rubber Tree • Sap Tree • Spirit Tree • Weedwood) • Shelf Fungus • Shoots • Sludgecreep (Tall) • Soft Rush • String Roots • Sundew • Swamp Grass • Swamp Kelp • Swamp Plant • Swamp Reed • Swamp Tallgrass (Double) • Thorns • Venus Fly Trap • Volarpad • Water Weeds • Weedwood • Weedwood Bush • Weeping Blue
Crops	Aspectrus Plant • Barnacle Cluster • Infested Weedwood Bush • White Pear Plant • Yellow Dotted Fungus
Minerals	Betweenlands Bedrock • Betweenstone (Pebble) • Cragrock (Mossy Bottom • Mossy Top) • Dentrothysts (Green • Orange) • Life Crystal Stalactite • Limestone • Middle Gem Ores (Aqua • Crimson • Green) • Mud (Compacted) • Octine Ore • Pitstone • Scabyst Ore • Silt • Slimy Bone Ore • Sludgy Dirt (Spreading) • Solid Tar • Stalactite • Sulfur Ore • Syrmorite Ore • Swamp Dirt (Coarse) • Valonite Ore
Liquids	Puddle • Rubber • Stagnant Water • Swamp Water • Tar
Manufactured	Amate Paper Panes (Connected • Rounded • Squared) • Ancient Remnant Block • Betweenstone Bricks (Cracked • Mossy) • Betweenstone Pillar • Betweenstone Tiles (Cracked • Mossy) • Block of Compost • Block of Octine • Block of Pearls • Block of Scabyst • Block of Sulfur • Block of Syrmorite • Block of Valonite • Carved Mud Bricks (Edge • Sludgy • Sludgy Edge) • Chiseled Betweenstone • Chiseled Cragrock (Cracked • Mossy) • Chiseled Limestone • Chiseled Pitstone • Chiseled Scabyst • Cragrock Bricks (Cracked • Mossy) • Cragrock Pillar • Cragrock Tiles (Cracked • Mossy) • Damp Torch • Deep Water Coral Block • Fences • Filtered Silt • Lattice (Fine) • Limestone Bricks (Cracked • Mossy) • Limestone Pillar • Limestone Tiles • Middle Gem Blocks (Aqua • Crimson • Green) • Mire Coral Block • Mud Bricks (Sludgy) • Mud Brick Shingles (Dyed) • Mud Tiles (Cracked) • Pitstone Bricks • Pitstone Pillar • Pitstone Tiles • Planks (Giant Root (Treated) • Hearthgrove (Treated) • Nibbletwig (Treated) • Rotten (Treated) • Rubber Tree (Treated) • Weedwood (Treated)) • Polished Dentrothysts (Green • Green Pane • Orange • Orange Pane) • Polished Limestone • Purified Swamp Dirt • Reed Mat (Dyed) • Rubber Block • Samite (Canvas Panel) • Scabyst Bricks • Scabyst Lined Pitstone • Silt Glass (Filtered (Dyed • Pane) • Pane) • Slabs • Slimy Bone Block • Slopes • Smooth Betweenstone (Mossy) • Smooth Cragrock • Smooth Pitstone • Stairs • Thatch • Walls • Weedwood Chip Path • Weedwood Walkway • Worm Pillar (Cap • Sludgy (Cap))
Utility	Alembic • Animator • Aspect Vials • Barrels (Syrmorite • Weedwood) • Buttons • Censer • Climbing Rope • Compost Bin • Crab Pot (Filter) • Dark Druid Altar • Dentrothyst Vials • Doors • Dug Swamp Dirt (Purified) • Dug Swamp Grass (Purified) • Fence Gates • Fish Trimming Table • Fishing Tackle Box • Gecko Cage • Glowing Goop • Grub Hub • Infuser • Item Shelf • Lanterns (Amate Paper (Blank • Checkered • Framed) • Silt Glass) • Menhir • Mortar • Moss Bed • Moth House • Mud Brick Flower Pot (with Candle) • Pressure Plates • Purifier • Repeller • Rubber Taps (Syrmorite • Weedwood) • Silt Glass Jar (Filtered) • Simulacra (Deepman • Lake Cavern • Rootman) • Smoking Rack • Steeping Pot • Sulfur Furnace (Dual) • Sulfur Torch (Extinguished) • Syrmorite Hopper • Trapdoors • Water Filter • Weedwood Chest • Weedwood Crafting Table • Weedwood Jukebox • Weedwood Ladder • Weedwood Lever • Weedwood Sign • Wind Chime
Generated	Angry Betweenstone • Bauble • Beam Lens (Support) • Beam Origin • Beam Passage • Black Ice • Brazier • Broken Mud Tiles • Carved Rotten Bark • Decayed Mud Tiles (Cracked) • Dungeon Alcove • Dungeon Door (Crypt • Mimic) • Dungeon Door Code • Energy Barrier • Glowing Betweenstone Tile • Glowing Smooth Cragrock • Item Cage • Mirages (Betweenstone Bricks • Compacted Mud) • Monster Spawner (Tar Beast) • Offering Table • Possessed Block • Pot of Chance (Mud] • Tar) • Present • Puffshroom • Rotten Support Beam • Rune Stone • Runged Mud Bricks • Sludge • Snow • Spike Traps (Mud Brick • Mud Tiles • Polished Limestone) • Urn of Chance • Wall Candle • Weak Blocks (Betweenstone Tiles • Mossy Betweenstone Tiles • Polished Limestone) • Wisp
Unimplemented	Circle Bricks (Bronze • Gold • Silver) • Corrupt Betweenstone • Dungeon Tile • Dungeon Wall • Slimy Dirt • Slimy Grass • Temple Bricks (Bloody • Chiseled • Cracked • Mossy • Smooth) • Temple Pillar • Totem Block