Do Crimson altars spread Crimson?

The altars do not spread corruption, unless you break them. When you break them they cause a small amount of corruption(or hallow) to appear randomly on the map somewhere.
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What happens if you destroy all Crimson altars?

Also, how do you destroy EVERY PIECE OF CRIMSON? Just to be clear, destroying Altars and Hearts/Orbs does little to stop the spread of corruption. They spread as long as there are corruptible tiles within 4 tile range from any corrupted elements including corrupted vines and Ebonstone.
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How do you spread the Crimson fast?

The blocks it spreads on are: Grass Stone Mud Sand. a way to stop the spread is to put a 3 block thick wood wall around the whole corruption biome than put a door on the top. The dryad also sells purification powder which gets rid of corruption and crimson.
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What blocks can crimson not spread through?

Corruption, Crimson and Hallow will spread to stone, sand, ice and dirt that are up to three tiles away. Almost all other blocks are immune to Corruption and Hallow, including Wood, Clay Blocks, Ash Blocks, Silt Blocks, Obsidian, Ores, Gems, and all bricks (except Pearlstone, which will spread Hallow).
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What does a Crimson Altar do?

The Crimson Altar is a crafting station found in The Crimson, replacing Demon Altars in any world which has the Crimson instead of The Corruption.
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Does Smashing 1 MILLION Demon Altars Destroy The Corruption? (Terraria)



Should I break Crimson altars?

Altars are needed for crafting certain items, hence destroying every altar in a world is not recommended. It is not strictly necessary to smash an altar; all ores obtained by doing so can also be obtained by fishing up crates, allowing access to all ores and their counterparts in one world.
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Should you destroy all demon altars?

No, it's not. Destroying more will slightly increase the amount of ore. the spreading of corruption can be easily handle with items.
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Can sunflowers stop Corruption?

Sunflowers provide the following functions: The two tiles directly underneath them cannot become Corrupted, Crimsoned, or Hallowed, even in Hardmode. In some cases, this can prevent Corrupted and Crimson grass from spreading sideways. Each Sunflower decreases an area's total Corruption rating by 5 tiles.
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Who does the Dryad like?

For example, the Dryad likes living in the jungle biome, but she won't feel quite as happy in the desert. She also likes living with the Truffle, Princess, and Witch Doctor, dislikes living with the Angler, and hates living with the Golfer.
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Does killing Plantera stop the Corruption?

Hardmode Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow spread is now slowed after killing Plantera instead of any Mechanical Boss.
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Is crimson or Corruption harder?

crimson is way harder then corruption. the brain of cthulu is much harder cause it flys around with a ton of minions and is an advanced version of eye of cthulu and the eater of worlds you just gotta watch where it digs out then chop it.
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Does the crimson biome spread?

The Crimson spreads itself, similar to the Corruption and the Hallow. This means that it slowly converts certain susceptible tiles that are in the vicinity of existing Crimson blocks.
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Can Hallow take over Corruption?

No it cannot SPREAD on corrupted or cirmsoned blocks. Hallowed grass only can spread a bit on the crimson/corrupted one.
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Should I break more than 3 altars Terraria?

In addition to what Dragonlord said, smashing more altars has diminishing returns. Each smashed altar creates less and less ore. If you're concerned about the spread of Corruption / Crimson / Hallow, create a new throwaway world. Smash as many altars on the new world as you like and harvest the ore from there.
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Does smashing more altars spawn more ore?

By destroying more Altars, your world will get more of the new ores, but every 4th Altar spawns fewer ores than before. The only way to destroy a Demon Altar is to use a Pwnhammer or a stronger hammer within a Hardmode world.
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What happens if you break 3 crimson hearts?

Destroying at least one Crimson Heart fulfills one of the two criteria for a Goblin Army to attack (having at least 200 health is the other requirement). The third Crimson Heart destroyed summons the Brain of Cthulhu, which spawns immediately.
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What happens if your world is 100 corrupt?

There are no unique responses for completely Corrupt or Hallowed worlds, only for certain ratios: If the world is completely pure (no Corruption or Hallow), the Dryad will say: "You have done an amazing job!"
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What is a male Dryad?

A Dryad family is usually a mother and children. Men are not usually seen in the family picture because of many different reasons. A Dryad will choose her own mate, and if she chooses to marry it will be for love. However, because there are so few male dryads, the marriages usually occur between different species.
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Can the jungle become corrupted?

Jungle thorns can spread into range of Corruption, become corrupted, and spread further into the Jungle. If left unchecked, thorns can inadvertently spread the Evil across otherwise safe gaps. The Dungeon can completely prevent the spread of Hallow and Corruption/Crimson if it reaches down to the Underworld.
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Can Crimson spread in Terraria?

Corruption and crimson can spread through sand, mud, grass, stone, pretty much every default natural block in Hardmode, but in pre-Hardmode, they only spread through grass and bushes. Converted areas will have the same background music, spawn the same enemies, and grow the same plants.
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What does PWN mean in Terraria?

Wall of Flesh Wall of Flesh. 1. 100% Demon Altars and Crimson Altars can't be destroyed with a normal hammer. You have to pwn them.
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Do Crimson altars Respawn?

so my question is, do they respawn, or if you spread the crimson/corruption, do they spawn more? Sorry, all the ones you get are the ones that were created with the world. If you need more demon/crimson alters, or shadow orbs/crimson hearts, you'll need to create a new world.
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What happens if you break all the shadow orbs?

Destroying any number of Shadow Orbs between dawn and midnight will only allow one 50% chance of a meteorite falling the following midnight. Once a Shadow Orb is destroyed, the Traveling Merchant has a chance to sell the Revolver.
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