Root

Not to be confused with Giant Root, Giant Root (block), or String Roots.

Roots are unique twisting wood blocks that generate in the water in Coarse Islands biomes and on land in Sludge Plains biomes. They can also be found on both natural and Root Pod-grown Giant Roots, around natural Spirit Trees, in Cragrock Towers, and in the Wight Fortress.

Placement[]

Placed Roots connect vertically with each other, forming elongated Root "strands" that grow smaller the further they are to the tip.

Collection[]

When harvested normally, Roots drop a Tangled Root, which can then be consumed or ground into Ground Roots.

Roots themselves cannot be collected.

Fuel[]

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

Compostability[]

Roots have a compost process time of 10 minutes and a compost amount of 20. Visit the Compost page for more information regarding the composting mechanic.

Events[]

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

History[]

Release 3.4.2: Underwater Roots can now be placed with the normal item.
Release 3.4.0:
- Implemented item texture.
- Can now be grown from Root Pods.
- Removed Underwater Roots as an obtainable block.
Release 3.3.0: Now generate on Giant Roots.
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