Ethereal Core

Ethereal Core

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Statistics

Type	Permanent power-up
Use time	30 Very Slow
Tooltip	Permanently increases maximum mana by 50
Rarity
Sell	No value
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

Star icon after using the Ethereal Core

Mana Bar after using the Ethereal Core

Not to be confused with Starcore, a summoning item used to summon Astrum Deus.

The Ethereal Core is a craftable Hardmode permanent power-up item that can only be consumed once, and upon consumption, increases the player's maximum mana by 50. There are 2 other items that function identically to this: the Comet Shard and the Phantom Heart. It can only be used once, and after that the player must use one of the remaining items to increase their maximum mana. With all of these, the player's maximum mana is capped at 350.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Ancient Manipulator
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Astral Bar	25
	Nebula Fragment	20
	Fallen Star	20
Result
	Ethereal Core	1

Notes

• If the player attempts to use a second Etheral Core, the custom status message displayed is "You have already used an Ethereal Core. Your brain would escape your head if you dared to use it a second time."

See also

• The four items that increase the player's maximum life, as an extension to Life Fruits: the Blood Orange, the Miracle Fruit, the Elderberry, and the Dragonfruit.

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.

• 2.0.3.005:
  • Added a new use sound.
  • Now has a new text color on its status message.
  • Changed flavor text when attempting to consume it more than once from "It's best to not use more than you are able to." to "Your brain would escape your head if you dared to use it a second time."
  • Resprited it and its stars and bars. Previous sprites were

• 2.0.3.001: Now supports the Fancy and Bar mana styles.

• 2.0.2.001: Now uses 20 Fallen Stars in its recipe instead of 50, and no longer uses 25 Meteorite Bars.

• 2.0.1.001: Now mentions in the tooltip whether or not the player has consumed it before.

• 1.4.3.002:
  • Resprited. Previous sprite was
  • Fixed a bug with max mana boost.

• 1.4.1.001: Swapped its mana star texture with Phantom Heart's. Previous sprite was

• 1.3.2.001:
  • Now uses 20 Nebula Fragments and 50 Fallen Stars in its recipe instead of 50 and 100.
  • Reduced max mana boost from 100 to 50.

• 1.2.3.001: Resprited stars. Previous sprite was

• 1.1.7.911: Introduced.