The Briar

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The Briar is a cursed biome that generates on world creation. It is a fairly large biome similar to the Forest, with yellow-green trees and dark green grass, Skulls on a Stick, a large Living Tree-like structure, a fairly large system of caves beneath the surface containing Briar Huts where Briar Chests and Bone Altars can be found, and a small cavern where the boss of the biome can be fought. When exploring the Briar, it will start raining constantly until the biome is exited; defeating Vinewrath Bane for the first time stops the rain, and the message "The torrential downpour in the Briar has lifted!" will appear in the chat. Water in the biome inflicts Poisoned unless the Vinewrath Bane has been defeated.

When exploring the Briar during the day, its own music track Seedless Garden will play. When exploring the Briar during the night, the track Briar Night, will play instead.

Contents

Characters

Critters:

• Blubby
• Briar Inchworm
• Briarmoth
• Noxophyll

• Blossom Hound
• Briarthorn Slime
• Feral Shambler
• Thorn Stalker
• Wildwood Watcher

If Eye of Cthulhu has been defeated:

• Glade Wraith(At night)

Bosses:

• Vinewrath Bane

Unique Drops

From Blossom Hounds, Briarthorn Slimes, and Wildwood Watchers:

• Elderbark

From Blossom Hounds, Feral Shamblers, and Thorn Stalkers during the night:

• Enchanted Leaf

From Feral Shamblers:

• Sanctified Stabber

From Feral Shamblers and Wildwood Watchers:

• Caesar Salad

From Thorn Stalkers:

• Rice Paddy Hat
• Vine Chain

From Glade Wraiths:

• Enchanted Leaf
• Oak Heart
• Huskstalk Staff

Environment

From terrain:

• Strange Flora
• Blast Stone
• Floran Ore
• Elderbark
• Skull on a Stick
• Glowflower

From Fishing:

• Thorny Crate
• Thistle Crate(In Hardmode)
• Noxophyll
• Thorn Devilfish

Music

• Music Box (The Briar- Daytime)
• Music Box (The Briar- Nighttime)

Notes

• The Briar is the only surface biome in the game that is not affected by any other biome, meaning that it stops the spread of other biomes like The Corruption and cannot spread into other biomes.

History

• 1.4.3:
  • Added Briar Underground track.
  • Introduced a new Hardmode enemy and a Pre-Hardmode replacement of the Feral Hunter.

• 1.4.0.3: Added a new nighttime track.

• 1.4.0.0:
  • Added new daytime track.
  • Renamed from "The Reach" to "The Briar".
  • Overhauled biome generation.
  • Glade Wraith now spawns in this biome.

• 1.1.1: Introduced.