Floating Island

float islands andfloat Lakes are floating structures located generally well above the world’s main land mass andcan be found all the way up to Space. Their location makes them susceptible to Harpies in pre-Hardmode andWyverns andArch Wyverns in Hardmode. Being at such high altitude, players have reduced gravity when navigating them. Both are similar in size andplacement, andboth rest atop Cloud andRain Cloud blocks with background Cloud Walls.

float island[]

A typical float island

A float island contains a mass of isolated Forest land anda house-like structure. Each world will contain at least one float island, up to a possible nine maximum in large worlds.

Two float islands very close to each other

A float island will usually contain a structure constructed from Sunplate Block, Disc Wall, andGlass Wall. It will always contain exactly one Skyware Chest along with other random Skyware furniture. It will either have three or five background walls in between each window. Each Skyware Chest contains one of 4 rare items (the Fledgling Wings / Lucky Horseshoe is has , Starfury , or Shiny Red Balloon ) , has a 1/3 chance of contain aSky Mill, andcontains other typical Surface Chest loot. Unique items are chosen at random, with the restriction that all three unique items must be spawned at least once before truly random unique items spawn on any remaining Islands (if less than three islands are generated, the wings won’t be spawned andif only one is generated, it will contain a Shiny Red Balloon).

Contents[]

float Lake[]

A typical float Lake.

float Lakes consist of nothing more than a large body of water, suitable for fishing. There will be relatively few of these in a world. Unlike float islands, they have neither Sunplate Block structures nor any of their contents. Several exclusive catches can be found there, like the Damselfish, Sky Crates/Azure Crates andsome quest fish including the sky-exclusive Cloudfish.

float Lakes can rarely contain Water Chests.

Notes[]

A corrupted float island.

• float islands are randomly generated somewhere in the upper sixth of the map.
• Upon entering Hardmode, float islands can become Corrupted, Crimsoned, or Hallowed if they fall within the path of the initial transformation.
• The structures found on some float islands can usually become valid houses for NPCs once a light source is added.
• Meteors may sometimes impact float islands.
• float Lakes are not counted against the spawn limit for float islands, e.g. there can be 5 float islands on a medium-sized world andstill more than one float Lake in addition.
  • However, float Lakes can only spawn if every float island has spawned, so if the world has at least one float Lake, it has the maximum amount (3/5/6) of float islands. (but they can still be outside of the world accessible area)
• In uncommon occasions, a float island does not contain a house-room, andtherefore no chest. Sometimes, a house-room exists but there is no chest present.
• It’s possible for float Lakes to spawn too low to count for sky fishing, andinstead only provide surface fishing catches. This is more likely in large worlds.
• There is an extremely low chance that a world’s spawn point may be located on a floating island.
• float islands can naturally generate in different biomes depending on the Secret World seed andwill have corresponding Water fountains placed on the island, including some features;
  • In For the worthy, all float islands are Corrupted/Crimsoned depending on the selected Evil biome.
    • Gold Chests are Replaced with Locked Gold Chests, andrequire a Golden Key to unlock. The respective loot inside are unchanged.
      • However, it’s still possible to obtain Skyware chest loot before Skeletron via the use of fishing for Sky Crates.
  • In a Drunk World, float islands either generate as a Desert or a Snow Biome (Sand or Snow replaces Dirt), andSnow Biomes will have Snow Clouds in place of Rain Clouds.
  • In Celebrationmk10, float islands are Hallowed, making it possible to obtain Pearlwood, Lightning Bugs, anda Hallowed Pylon before Hardmode.
  • In No traps, Dart Traps andExplosives wired to Pressure Plates will generate on Floating islands.
  • in the Remix seed, Cloud blocks andSunplate blocks are replaced with Lesion/Flesh blocks depending on the selected Evil biome (Lesion for Corruption, andFlesh for Crimson).

Achievements[]

Is This Heaven is Is ?

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“You have found a floating island!”

Discover your first float island.

tip[]

• To protect any float islands or float Lakes from meteors, place any chest 25 blocks from either edge of the island.
• float islands can be easy ways to have a biome without threat of spreading uncontrollably.
• There are numerous methods to locate float islands:
  • Gravitation Potions ( or theGravity Globe) facilitate unrestrained movement in the air , without require access to fly accessory .
  • Using a Teleportation Potion on a floating island significantly increases the chance of being teleported to a nearby floating island.
    • This method is most useful for locating subsequent floating islands, once you’ve already found one.
  • Using a Depth Meter, build a staircase or rope line up to the height where float islands usually spawn. Build a sky bridge to either side until finding an Island. Common blocks like Dirt, Stone, or Hay can be used for the sky bridge.
  • use a long – range weapon with a ricochet projectile , such as a gun with Meteor Shots . The projectile ‘s return is signify will signify a landmass above .
  • float islands will catch Fallen Stars. Areas on the surface in which Fallen Stars rarely or never fall may have a float island above.
  • Create a Hardcore character, die, andbecome a Ghost, andthen fly around to look for an Island.
  • Occasionally, float islands spawn low enough to open up other methods of locating them:
    • The waterfalls flowing from the Island may be seen when flying.
    • Dungeons andLiving Trees may be high enough to already see the lower part of the Island when standing atop them.
  • The rain from the float islands sometimes form small puddles on the surface, if you see a suspiciously small puddle of water, there’s a high chance an island is located above.
  • You can use a Gills Potion anddig a deep hole down filled with water(e.g under a river), either with Pickaxes or bombs. Then use a Inner Tube andgo straight down to the bottom of the hole while holding the down arrow. Then let go andlet the Inner Tube float you high up.

Trivia[]

A float island prior to 1.2, which revamped float islands.

• float islands were originally made out of Dirt andStone Blocks. The house was either made of Gold, Silver or Copper Bricks with a single chest inside, causing it to somewhat resemble a Shrine. Grass vines hanging below the island could be used to locate it as projectiles would make noise when destroying them. The chests used to be locked andhad to be opened with Golden Keys from the Dungeon.
• It can contain either three or five disc walls in between each glass wall (window).

History[]

• Desktop 1.2: Chests no longer require keys andislands have been revamped.

References[]

Structures andOther Biomes