How To Find Shimmer Liquid In Terraria

Abraham Smith

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  • Bottomless Shimmer Buckets
  • Does Shimmer affect the player?

Shimmer is a new resource that you can find after the 1.4.4 update of terrariums. This unique liquid has the ability troam through various entities in the world, which makes it incredibly valuable. Since Shimmer is relatively new, you might be unsure how to find it or even how it works, but we’ve got you covered.


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In this guide we will go over it everything you need to know about Shimmer, including where to find it and how it transforms objects. You can also find a full transmutation list to help you quickly get the item you want.

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Where can I find shimmer?

Shimmer can be found underground in the ether. This is a rare biome that is unique in the world. fUnfortunately, the Aether only appears in the Underground or Cave layer, as well as on the same side of the world that has a jungle.

This means if you want to find the Aether to get Shimmer, You should start your quest in the jungle. Just tunnel down to the underground and cavernous layers and search this half of the world until you find the Aether.

In the image above you can see what the ether looks like. Overall, it looks unlike any other underground biome, so you’ll definitely know when you’ve arrived.

Bottomless Shimmer Buckets

In addition to finding Shimmer, you can get unlimited access to the liquid with a Shimmering bottomless bucket.

This is an item that allows you to place and use Shimmer endlessly. To craft it, you must combine the following materials at an Ancient Manipulator.

  • 10x Luminite Bars
  • 1x bottomless water bucket

If you’ve already found Shimmer, you can also use it to turn a Bottomless Water Bucket into a Bottomless Shimmer Bucket.

use shimmer

As mentioned above, placing objects in Shimmer transforms them. As a rule of thumb, when you place a crafted item into Shimmer, the item will be converted into its crafting materials. Some items transform into other items, but we’ll cover that later.

Place mobs and NPCs in Shimmer

Living objects can also be placed in Shimmer. When creatures are exposed to Shimmer, they turn into Faelings. These are fairy creatures that appear naturally in the ether.

Faelings serve no useful purpose, but you can catch and bottle them.

Shimmer does not affect that Slime Bunny, Christmas Bunny, Party Bunny, Gold Warm, Gem Bunny or Gem Squirrel.

The gem creatures transform into gemsand become goldworms gummy bear WorMS.

Zombies and slimes also transform when exposed to Shimmer. Shimmer turns zombies into skeletons slimes into shimmer slimes.

Finally, Shimmer will change the appearance of NPCs. This has no effect on the NPC; You will just look a little different.

Does Shimmer affect the player?

The short answer to this question is yes, Shimmer will affect you. When you enter Shimmer, you have them ‘Shimmering’ Debuff.

This strange debuff will cause the following effects.

  • immobilized
  • Items cannot be used
  • Sink through all of the solid tiles until you reach a 2×3 opening (or the Underworld).
  • Become invincible to non-boss enemies

If you’re looking for a quick way to descend to the end of the map, then Shimmering is the way to go.

Transmute with shimmer

Now that you know how Shimmer works, let’s take a look at a transmutation guide. This table is very long, but it includes all of the unique transformations you can perform with Shimmer.

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