Meteors

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Medium

Large

This page refers to the recurring mechanic, for the material, see: Meteorite.

Meteors are large rocks that fall from the sky. They are composed of most commonly meteorite cobblestone, hot meteorite cobblestone, and broken meteorite blocks. Hot meteorite cobblestone cools over time and if broken, turns into lava. However, there are many types of meteors. They also have some kind of treasure in the center. There are three sizes of meteor: small, medium, and large.

A falling meteor

Where to find

Meteors fall randomly from the sky, and are more likely to fall during a meteor shower event. More specifically, the game will periodically pick a player and attempt to drop a meteor near their position. Wearing a meteor charm can shift this away from the player and mark the meteor as "safe" (unable to cause block damage), or even cancel the spawning entirely if the charm is made with a volcano gem.

Dangers

If it hits any entity, 1000 damage will be dealt. This damage is absolute and bypasses armor. It has a custom death message of:

"[NAME] was hit by a falling rock from outerspace."

These meteors can destroy blocks, so if one lands next to a machine or a chest, they will be broken. This danger can be avoided by equipping a charm of protection or a meteor charm, crafted like so:

Crafting Table

Placing a charm on a pedestal taken from a red room provides the same protective effect in a square area 200 blocks across, centered on the pedestal.

Meteor Ores

Meteors have several specials ores that have considerably better outputs when smelted

Meteor ores

The random meteor ores all spawn with equal chances, and can only be smelted in a furnace, unlike any other ore which can be acidized or processed further in some way.

Meteor ores include:

• Meteor Iron Ore - provides 16 ingots of  iron when smelted.
• Meteor Copper Ore - provides 16 ingots of  copper when smelted.
• Meteor Aluminium Ore - provides 16 ingots of  aluminium when smelted.
• Meteor Rare Earth Ore - provides 16 chunks of rare earth ore when smelted.
• Meteor Cobalt Ore - provides 4 ingots of  cobalt when smelted.

Loot

The meteor treasure block has a high chance of spawning in most meteors and will drop 1-3 loot items when broken. Items that get dropped are generated from a randomized loot pool. These items are:

Generation

They are generated in layers, with each layer having a chance to generate differently. Small meteors generate as a 3x3x3 cube, medium meteors generate as a 5x5 sphere, large meteors generate as a 7x7 sphere, and the giant meteors (special type) generate as a 9x9 sphere.

Outer Layer (Hull)

It has a 1/4 chance to generate either hot meteorite cobblestone, broken meteorite block, meteorite cobblestone, or a mix. If it is generated with broken meteorite blocks, each block has a 1 in 99 chance of generating as a meteorite treasure.

Outer Padding

Small meteors do not have this layer. For the medium and large versions, the way it generates depends on the hull. if the hull generates with broken meteorite cobblestone, there will be a 1 in 2 chance of this layer generating with broken meteorite blocks (with a 1 in 99 chance of treasure) or a mix between meteor broken or cobble. If the hull generates with a mix of broken and cobble, this layer will do the same. If the hull generates with just molten or just cobble, it will generate with cobble.

Inner Padding

Small meteors do not have this layer. For the medium and large versions, they way it generates also depends on the hull, but in a different way. If the hull is hot meteor cobble, there is a 1 in 3 chance of this layer being either broken meteor blocks (with a 1 in 99 chance of a treasure block), just broken meteor blocks, or meteor cobble. If the hull generates with any other material, the meteor cobble gets knocked out, so it's just the two variants of broken meteor block generation.

Core

For the small meteor, the core is a roughly 1 in 2 chance of being a meteor block or a treasure, and the core is only one block. The medium meteor also has a 1 in 6 chance of generating with the same core materials. For the medium and large meteors, the core depends on the inner padding. If the inner padding is broken meteor blocks, there is a 1 in 2 chance of either being meteor blocks or meteor treasures. If the inner padding is anything else, and it uses the large core, the core will be made of random ores. If it uses the small core, it will be a mix of meteor blocks and meteor treasure. The small core does not apply to the large meteor.

Special Meteors

Each special type has a 1 in 300 chance of spawning. The total chance of any special meteor generating is therefore 11 in 300.

Tiny meteorite

This meteorite is a 3 x 3 x 3 meteorite block square.

Large ore-only meteorite

A large meteorite which is about half stone, and half meteorite ores.

Medium ore-only meteorite

A medium meteorite which is about half stone, and half meteorite ores.

Small ore-only meteorite

A small meteorite which is only meteorite ores.

Bamboozle

A large explosion with some rubble effects.

Large treasure only meteorite

A large meteorite which generates about 1/2 treasure and 1/2 meteor blocks.

Medium treasure only meteorite

A medium meteorite which generates about 2/3 treasure and 1/3 meteor blocks.

Small pure treasure meteorite

A small meteorite that is composed of only treasure.

Large nuclear meteorite

A large meteorite which generates the outside entirely of treasure, and the inside entirely of stereotypical green ooze. WARNING: this is highly radioactive.

Giant ore meteorite

A giant meteorite with the outer layer generating meteor blocks, and the inner layer (basically a large meteor) entirely meteor ores.

Tainted meteorite

A medium meteor except the inner block is taint. The taint will spread and will ruin your world!

Star blaster meteorite

Creates an explosion on impact and drops a B92 energy pistol named Star Blaster with special color formatting.