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Terraria

How to Get and Use Water Candles in Terraria

The Water Candle is a furniture-type item that players can use in Terraria while farming different enemies for rare items. The water candle increases the spawn rate of critters and enemies in the surrounding area. And thus, the water candle is a vital item you need for farming other items. In this article, we will talk about how you can get water candles in Terraria whilst talking about how to use them.

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How to Get Water Candles in Terraria

There are two ways to get the water candles in Terraria. Players can get it from shelves found in the dungeon area. Or, players can craft a water candle using a few ingredients.

Crafting Water Candles in Terraria

Here is the list of items you need to craft water candles in Terraria.

  • Candle or Platinum Candle
  • Crystal Ball
    • Players can get the Crystal ball item from the Wizard NPC for ten gold coins.
  • Water or Sink
    • You can get water in any biome.

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Once you have the above three items, you can craft a water candle in Terraria. And, if you don’t want to craft them, you always have an option to visit the Dungeon area and grab a water candle from the shelves found there.

How to Use Water Candles in Terraria

To use or put down a water candle in Terraria, just drag it from your inventory and place it wherever you want. Once you have placed it, you can light it. That’s all you have to do to use a water candle. If that is hard to comprehend, you can check out the below video tutorial that shows how to place the water candle.

Terraria is an action-adventure sandbox game currently available on PS4, Xbox, Android, PC, iOS, and Nintendo Switch platforms.

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Hritwik Raj
Hritwik is a guides writer who has been writing about video games for almost a decade. He is a Computer Science graduate who has always been into gaming. Most of the time, you will find him covering News and Guides for various publications. And when he is not working, you will find him fighting with his friends about how good of a gamer he is. His favorite games include Fallout 76, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Souls series, Genshin Impact, and The Last of Us.