Astral Infection

Not to be confused with Astral Injection, or the debuff of the same name.

The parabolic shape of the Astral Infection biome, as viewed on the map in a large world.
The meteor can be seen in pink at the top-center of the biome, with the Astral Beacon pillar positioned right above it.

"This twisted dreamscape is a starborne equivalent of the mundane rot you see in your lands."

The Astral Infection is a Hardmode biome added by the Calamity Mod. It crash-lands into the Dungeon side of the world via a meteor after Wall of Flesh has been defeated, which infects the nearby terrain and extends somewhat deep underground. The biome is filled with a sickly purple haze, and is populated by many alien creatures as well as dark monoliths of various sizes. It also contains a large Astral Monolith pillar, which houses an Astral Beacon on top of it. Players are alerted of the Astral Infection's arrival via a sound and a status message: "A star has fallen from the heavens!"

The meteor itself is made out of Astral Ore, which can only be mined after Astrum Deus has been defeated. Tiles in a large area around and below the impact site are converted into Astral versions of themselves, including Astral Dirt, Astral Stone, Astral Sand, and Astral Ice, among others. Trees are converted into Astral Monoliths as well. However, the infection does not actively spread; only the initial impact converts tiles.

Two bosses, Astrum Aureus and Astrum Deus, can be summoned in this biome.

Contents

Characters

• Astral Probe
• Sightseer Collider
• Sightseer Spitter

Surface:

• Aries
• Astral Slime
• Atlas
• Mantis
• Nova

Underground:

• Astralachnea
• Hive
• Hiveling
• Stellar Culex

Desert:

• Fusion Feeder
• Hadarian

Critters:

• Enchanted Nightcrawler
• Twinkler

Bosses:

• Astrum Aureus
• Astrum Deus

Unique Drops

From all enemies:

• Starblight Soot

From Atlases:

• Titan Heart

From Aries after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Stellar Knife

From Astralachneas after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Astralachnea Staff

From Astral Slimes after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Abandoned Slime Staff

From Atlases after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Titan Arm

From Hadarians after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Hadarian Wings

From Hives after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Hive Pod

From Mantises after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Astral Scythe

From Novas after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Stellar Cannon
• Glorious End

From Stellar Culexes after
defeating Astrum Aureus:

• Starbuster Core

From Astral Slimes after
defeating Astrum Deus:

• Astral Ore

Environment

From terrain:

• Astral Clay
• Astral Dirt
• Astral Ice
• Astral Ore
• Astral Monolith
• Astral Sand
• Astral Sandstone
• Astral Snow
• Astral Stone
• Celestial Remains
• Hardened Astral Sand
• Novae Slag
• Astral Beacon

From Fishing:

• Aldebaran Alewife
• Arcturus Astroidean
• Astral Crate
• Gacruxian Mollusk
• Monolith Crate(In Pre-Hardmode)
• Polaris Parrotfish
• Procyonid Prawn
• Twinkling Pollox
• Ursa Sergeant

Music

Surface:

• Music Box (Astral Infection)

Underground:

• Music Box (Underground Astral Infection)

Conditions

An Astral Infection meteor has a 100% chance of spawning after defeating the Wall of Flesh for the first time. After the first meteor has landed, defeating Astrum Aureus will always spawn a meteor in the world, assuming the limits have not been met yet.

No new meteors will fall if there are already a certain number of Astral Ore blocks above 0 depth. The limits are:

• Small worlds: 200 Astral Ore blocks
• Medium worlds: 400 Astral Ore blocks
• Large worlds: 600 Astral Ore blocks

Alternatively, meteors will fall but not infect any nearby terrain if there are already a certain number of Astral-infected tiles in the world. Astral Ore blocks are not counted toward this total. The limits are:

• Small worlds: 400 Astral-infected tiles
• Medium worlds: 600 Astral-infected tiles
• Large worlds: 800 Astral-infected tiles

16% of the world centered on the player's spawn point is protected from falling meteors. Meteors will not land within 25 tiles of a player, NPC, or a chest, nor directly on top of a platform.

Building a completed Skybridge across the entire world is not recommended pre-hardmode, as this will cause the Beacon to spawn on top of the skybridge, possibly out of reach. The biome will still spawn normally, however.

Notes

Astral Infection Bestiary and Map Background.

• Player-created Astral biomes are possible by placing more than 950 'Astral tiles' in an area.
  • The following tiles count as 'Astral tiles': Astral Dirt, Astral Stone, Astral Ore, Astral Clay, and Novae Slag. Astral Grass that spawns on Astral Dirt also counts.
  • Astral Ice biomes require at least 951 Astral Ice.
  • Astral Desert biomes require at least 951 Astral Sand, Hardened Astral Sand, and/or Astral Sandstone.
• Although meteorites will avoid hitting chests, one may still hit the edges of a Floating Island or a Planetoid.
• Astral-infected blocks can be converted back to normal using Green Solution with a Clentaminator or Terraformer, and likewise with Purification Powder. Conversely, blocks can be converted into their Astral Infection versions using Astral Solution.
• Only the meteor's initial impact will infect nearby tiles. Despite its name, the infection will not spread on its own, unlike Evil Biomes or The Hallow.
• While in any Astral biome, the player's flight time is increased by 5%.

Trivia

• The Surface Astral Infection's theme is The Heaven-Sent Abomination, which was composed by the artist DM DOKURO.
  • This theme is a remake of the original theme that used to play in the biome: Heaven's Hell-Sent Gift.
• The Underground Astral Infection's theme is Treasures Within the Abomination, which was also composed by the artist DM DOKURO.
• The Astral Infection can infect several blocks that are unaffected by the Corruption, Crimson, or Hallow, including Dirt, Snow, Clay, Silt, Desert Fossils, and Pre-Hardmode ores.
  • Astral Solution could be used to block off the worlds evil biomes from getting to unwanted places.
• The Astral Infection used to be only a mini biome known as the "Astral Meteor", which did not infect any tiles upon its crashing and possessed a different color scheme of yellow and pink.

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

• 2.0.4.001:
  • Sandstorm music no longer plays in Astral Deserts.
  • Fixed potential crashes from the Astral Meteor spawning while the Ancients Awakened or Magic Storage mods are enabled.

• 2.0.2.002:
  • No longer lands very close to the edge of the world.
  • Adjusted background layering and parallax.
  • Changed fog and skylight effects. It now renders with stars.
  • Fixed it converting safe Living Wood Walls instead of unsafe, naturally generated ones.

• 2.0.2.001:
  • Added proper rain color.
  • Generation was improved. The meteor is no longer blocked by platforms spanning over the world.
    • Improved the Astral Monolith Pillar so that it doesn't generate in the air.
    • Changed the Astral biome's X coordinate limit a bit so it can't spawn too close to the Dungeon.

• 2.0.1.002:
  • Added biome spawning sound.
  • Enchanted Nightcrawlers can now spawn from ambient objects and wild grass.
  • Now requires 951 or more tiles for every biome variant, instead of 301 or more for the Astral Snow specifically.
  • Now converts Copper Ore, Gold Ore, Iron Ore, Lead Ore, Platinum Ore, Silver Ore, Tin Ore, and Tungsten Ore into Astral Ore.

• 1.4.5.001:
  • Now spawns an Astral Beacon structure.
  • Now gives the player a 5% increase to flight time while in the biome.
  • Fixed Twinklers not spawning from Firefly Statues in the biome.

• 1.4.4.002: Now avoids the Sulphurous Sea completely.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • The player now has decreased gravity in Death Mode.
  • Increased the intensity of the sky effect by 75% in Death Mode.
  • Can now convert Living Wood and Living Wood Wall into Astral Monolith and Astral Monolith Wall. Living Leaf are destroyed upon converting.

• 1.4.2.109: Can now convert Slush Blocks to Novae Slag.

• 1.4.2.107:
  • Added Enchanted Nightcrawler.
  • Resprited underground and caverns backgrounds.

• 1.4.1.001: Now only strikes on the Dungeon side of the world.

• 1.4.0.002:
  • Slowed down the theme.
  • Lowered Astral Meteor impact zone.

• 1.4.0.001:
  • Astral Meteor reworked:
    • Original meteor spawned by defeating Wall of Flesh now converts a large amount of blocks near it into new, Astral variants.
    • Moved Astral Meteor strike zone lower in the world.
    • Slightly increased general enemy spawn rates.

• 1.2.4.101: Now uses Heaven's Hell-Sent Gift as its theme.

• 1.1.7.971: Fixed its music playing even while music volume was set to zero.

• 1.1.7.911: Reduced Wall of Flesh's chance to drop another Astral Meteor from 10% to 5%.

• 1.1.7.901: Introduced.