Desert

Deserts are large sandy areas that are occasionally generated on the map. They have 2 types of plants: Cacti and Waterleaf, both of which are used in Alchemy. The Desert is useful if you want to craft a large amount of Glass(used for bottles and mugs) or the Sandgun(made from antlion antlers).

After the Wall of Flesh in the Underworld is defeated, the Corruption and Hallow ground will begin to spread over sand making light and dark deserts. Light deserts spawn light mummies which drop the light shard used to make the Dao of Pow. Dark deserts spawn dark mummies which drop the dark shard which is also used to make the Dao of Pow.