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Location and How to Find Shimmer in Terraria

Shimmer is a biome in Terraria that is quite rare in this game. You need to know the location and how to get Shimmer.
How to find Shimmer Terraria
Shimmer Terraria. Source: Terraria Slime/Youtube

Shimmer is one of the resources at terraria which is quite rare in games This. How to find Shimmer in Terraria?

Many people are looking for this unique liquid because of its function which can transform various entities or items.

Because it is rare, some people may have difficulty finding the location of Shimmer. If you are one of them, let's check out the complete guide from Shimmer below!

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Location and How to Find Shimmer in Terraria

How to find Shimmer Terraria - Location
Shimmer Terraria Locations. Source: Terraria Slime/Youtube

Shimmer is located in the underground area in Aether. This rare biome only appears once in Terraria.

Fortunately, finding the location of the Shimmer is not too difficult because Aether will only appear in underground areas or caves and also on the other side of the forest.

This means, to look for Aether and get Shimmer, you have to start the search from the forest area.

Just search the underground area or cave layer that you find and keep looking inside until you meet Aether.

To get Shimmer, you can't use just any bucket. You can get unlimited access to collect it by using the Bottomless Shimmer Bucket.

You can use Shimmer unlimitedly by combining two materials, namely 10x Luminite Bar and 1x Bottomless Water Bucket in Ancient Manipulator.

Also read: How to Make a Cell Phone in Terraria for Beginners

How to Use Shimmer in Terraria

How to find Shimmer Terraria - Using Shimmer
How to use Shimmer. Source: Terraria Slime/Youtube

After discovering Shimmer, you must be wondering how to use this unique liquid to transform items.

To use it, you only need to place the item you want to transform into the liquid.

As a note, if you put a finished item into the Shimmer, the item will change to its raw material. Certain items will also transform into other items.

Not only items, you can also put living objects in Shimmer, such as rabbits. Rabbits that interact with Shimmer will turn into Faelings.

Apart from that, several items that can be used for permanent character upgrades can be obtained by throwing certain items into the Shimmer.

How to find Shimmer Terraria - Permanent upgrade item
Permanent character upgrade item. Source: Terraria Wiki

Each item can be used once for one character except the Peddler's Satchel and Advanced Combat Techniques: Volume Two which can be used once.

For those of you who are looking for a complete guide to permanent upgrade items for characters in Terraria along with their output and functions, here is the list:

  • Life CrystalsVital Crystals = Helps increase HP regeneration speed by 20%
  • Mana CrystalsArcane Crystals = Increases mana regeneration
  • Life FruitAegis Fruit = Increases defense by 4 points
  • Various types of fruitAmbrosia = Increases mining speed and wall placement by 5 %
  • Gold WormsGummy Worms = Increases fishing ability by 3 points
  • Pink PearlGalaxy Pearl = Increases luck by 0.03 points
  • Peddler's HatPeddler's Satchel = Increase the number of items sold to traveling merchants
  • Spell TomeAdvanced Combat Techniques: Volume Two = Increases defense and attack damage for NPCs in the city

Apart from special character upgrades, Shimmer can also be used to transform two items in this game.

How to find Shimmer Terraria - Upgrade items
Rod of Discord and Clentaminator. Source: Terraria Wiki

The first item is the Rod of Discord which can transform into the Rod of Harmony. Rod of Harmony removes the Chaos State debuff effect when used to move too often.

The second item is the Clentaminator which can transform into a Terraformer. Terraformer has a wider and wider attack range.

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