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Sludge Balls are items primarily used in making sludge jello, and breeding mire snails.

Obtaining[]

Filtering Recipe[]

Result Ingredients Recipe
Sludge Ball Using Silt Crab:
Ball of Sap + Anadia Remains
Sludge Ball

Water Filtering[]

Sludge Balls can be obtained from filtering Swamp Water with a Mesh Strainer in the Water Filter.

Drops[]

Sludge Balls drop from breaking Sludge blocks with any shovel.

They can also drop from Sludges, Smol Sludges, Small Sludge Worms, and Large Sludge Worms upon death.

Loot[]

Sludge Balls can be found as Loot from:

Uses[]

Breeding[]

Sludge Balls can be right-clicked on a Mire Snail to feed it, causing it to enter breeding mode. Two Mire Snails in breeding mode will come together and produce a Mire Snail Egg, which can either be picked up for other purposes or allowed to fully grow into another Mire Snail.

Sap Spit is an alternative item that can breed Mire Snails.

Crafting Uses[]

Result Ingredients Recipe
Corresponding Sludgy Mud Bricks Shapeless:
Sludge Ball + Mud Bricks or Sludgy Mud Bricks 1 or Sludgy Mud Bricks 2 or Sludgy Mud Bricks 3
Sludgy Mud Bricks
Glowing Goop (item) (4) Shapeless:
Sludge Ball + Ground Bulb-Capped Mushroom
Glowing Goop
Mummy Bait Shapeless:
Sludge Ball + Shimmerstone + Animated Tar Beast Heart + Aspect Vial - Armaniis (1.0)
Mummy Bait

Modifying Fish Bait[]

Sludge Balls can be used to remove the Glowing effect from a Fish Bait, if it was previously glowing. Any number between 1 and 8 can be crafted with the bait at once (although using more than 1 has no additional effect), and it can be optionally crafted in combination with any number of other items that modify the bait (except for Ground Bulb-Capped Mushroom, which re-adds the Glowing effect).

Result Ingredients Recipe
Removes Glowing from Fish Bait Shapeless:
Sludge Ball (1-8) + Fish Bait (Glowing) + Other modifier items (0-7)
Remove Glowing from Fish Bait

Smelting Uses[]

Result Ingredients Recipe
Sludge Jello + 0.3 XP Sludge Ball + Any fuel
Sludge Jello

Filtering Uses[]

Result Ingredients Recipe
Ball of Sap Using Bubbler Crab:
Sludge Ball + Anadia Remains
Ball of Sap

Steeping Uses[]

Result Ingredients Recipe
Pear Cordial (fluid) (1000 mB) Silk Bundle (containing Sludge Ball + White Pear + Sap Spit) + Clean Water (1000 mB)
Pear Cordial

Advancements[]

Advancement In-game Description Parent Actual Requirements ID
AdvancementIconOchreSnailShell
Now Kiss
Breed together two Mire Snails Farmer Produce a Mire Snail Egg by breeding two Mire Snails together with Sludge Balls or Sap Spit farmer
/now_kiss

History[]

  • Release 3.9.0: Can now be obtained from filtering Swamp Water in the Water Filter.
  • Release 3.8.0: Added filtering recipe.
  • Beta 3.5.0:
    • Can now drop from Small Sludge Worms and Large Sludge Worms upon death.
    • Can now be found in Urns of Chance and Dungeon Alcoves in the Sludgeon Tower, Labyrinthine Vaults, Barrishee Lair, and Crypt of the Sludgeon.
  • Release 3.3.1: Can now drop from Smol Sludges upon death.
  • Release 3.3.0: Added Advancement.
  • Beta 1.0.0: Introduced.
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