Monster Spawner

2016-03-14 21.09 — A Monster Spawner ingame

The Monster Spawner of the Betweenlands has a unique, animated spinning model, as well as its own particle effect, and can be found in Druid Circles, Shrines, Underground Oases, Cragrock Towers, and the Wight Fortress. It also has a Tar Beast variant disguised as a Solid Tar block, which only generates at the bottom of Tar Pool Dungeons.

Spawning[]

Betweenlands Monster Spawners act like any Spawner, periodically and endlessly spawning one or more of a particular mob when a player is nearby. They have a different mob assigned to them depending on the structure type. They can be broken with a pickaxe to stop them from spawning additional mobs.

All of the Monster Spawners in a Cragrock Tower must be destroyed before the tower can be considered "completed." Each Monster Spawner destroyed will open a stairway to a room above.

Mob Spawns[]

The following are the mobs that Betweenlands Monster Spawners can spawn:

Druid Circles: Dark Druids
Shrines and Underground Oases: Swamp Hags, Wights, Blood Snails, Leeches, Termites
Tar Pool Dungeons: Tar Beasts
Cragrock Towers and the Wight Fortress: Swamp Hags, Wights, Chiromaws, Pyrads, Termites

Reactivating the Druid Spawner[]

The Monster Spawner of a Druid Circle will be destroyed upon assembling the Swamp Talisman in the Dark Druid Altar above it. In case the player wants to fight the Dark Druids that spawned from it again for more Talisman Pieces, they can place four Saplings of any variety in the four corner slots of the Dark Druid Altar assembly interface. The saplings will float up in the usual assembly animation, and once they come together, the spawner will be recreated.

Result	Ingredients	Recipe
Reactivates Dark Druid Monster Spawner	Any Sapling (4)

Collection[]

Like vanilla spawners, Betweenlands Monster Spawners drop a large amount of experience when harvested. The blocks themselves cannot be collected in any way.

Advancements[]

Advancement	In-game Description	Parent	Actual Requirements	ID
How the Cookie Crumbles	Complete a Cragrock Tower	Tall 'n Tough	Destroy all Monster Spawners in a Cragrock Tower, and kill all of the mobs that they spawned	adventurer /cookie_crumbles

History[]

Release 3.3.9: The Druid Circle Spawner can now be reactivated using Saplings in the Dark Druid Altar.
Release 3.3.0: Added Advancement.
Beta 2.0.3: Reimplemented the Tar Beast Spawner.
Beta 2.0.0:
- Now found in the new Underground Oasis structure.
- Added new mobs to the Shrine spawn list.
- Now replaces the Dark Druid Spawner in Druid Circles.
- Temporarily removed the Tar Beast Spawner.
- Now must be destroyed in a Cragrock Tower to progress.
Beta 1.0.0: 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