Turfs

Turfs of the world by dominance: left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

“A chunk of ground.”

–Wilson, when examining Forest turf

“The ground is boring.”

–Willow, when examining Forest turf

“Step stones.”

–Wolfgang, when examining Forest turf

“Some ground.”

–Wendy, when examining Forest turf

“GROUND PARTS”

–WX-78, when examining Forest turf

“The ground. You step on it.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining Forest turf

“Some ground.”

–Woodie, when examining Forest turf

“Smells like mud.”

–Maxwell, when examining Forest turf

“A piece öf the battlefield.”

–Wigfrid, when examining Forest turf

“Some pretty average earth.”

–Webber, when examining Forest turf

“Keeps me grounded.”

–Walani, when examining Forest turf

“It's like an ingredient for the ground.”

–Warly, when examining Forest turf

“Me ain't no ground lubber.”

–Woodlegs, when examining Forest turf

“That's a chunk of ground.”

–Winona, when examining Forest turf

Turfs are Items that represent the chunks of a Biome's soil. Most ground tiles can be dug up using a Pitchfork to acquire a Turf item and reveal the bare ground underneath. This excludes Roads/Trails and Sticky Webbing. A player can use a pitchfork to destroy Runic Turf (and place another turf), but not harvest it.

Each type of Biome produces a different Turf item when dug up (see below). Turf items can be placed on bare dirt tiles to change the ground's appearance. Digging up the ground in a Biome has no effect on the creatures residing there.

Turf can be used as fuel in all structures except the Night Light, and cannot be used as fertilizer.

Natural Turfs

These items are naturally generated above-ground in a world, and are all obtained by using a Pitchfork (except for Sticky Webbing, which cannot be obtained).

Item
Name	Forest Turf	Grass Turf	Marsh Turf	Rocky Turf	Savanna Turf	Deciduous Turf	Sandy Turf	Jungle Turf	Magma Turf	Meadow Turf	Tidal Marsh Turf
Biome	Forest	Grasslands	Marsh	Rockyland	Savanna	Deciduous Forest	Desert	Jungle	Magma Field	Meadow	Tidal Marsh

Cave Turfs

These items are naturally generated in the Caves of a world, and are obtained by using a Pitchfork.

Item
Name	Mud Turf	Guano Turf	Slimey Turf	Fungal Turf	Cave Rock Turf
Biome	Near Sunken Forest	Rocky Plains & Stalagmite Biome	Near Sunken Forest	Mushtree Forest	Rocky Plains & Stalagmite Biome

Volcano Turfs

These items are naturally generated in the Volcano of a Shipwrecked DLC world, and are obtained by using a Pitchfork.

Item
Name	Ashy Turf	Volcano Turf

Craftable Turfs

These items are typically easier to craft than to find throughout the world, as they appear only under specific circumstances, but if found, they can be obtained from the ground by using a Pitchfork.

In the Shipwrecked DLC, craftable Turfs will not spawn Puddles. Tides and expanding Puddles can still flood crafted Turfs, however.

Item
Name	Wooden Flooring	Cobblestones	Carpeted Flooring	Checkerboard Flooring	Snakeskin Rug	Scaled Flooring

Dominance Order

Turfs have a priority rating regarding the way they overlap. For instance, a Carpeted Flooring turf will always be "dominant" over a Checkerboard Flooring turf (when the two are laid next to each other), and its design will take up some space on the Checkerboard tile. This has no impact on the properties of either turf used, but can make a big difference visually.

The following list starts with most dominant turf, going to the least dominant:

One Marsh Turf surrounded by eight Sandy Turfs. The Sandy Turf is dominant, so the Marsh Turf is smaller.

One Sandy Turf surrounded by eight Marsh Turfs. Again, the Sandy Turf is dominant and larger, despite there being only one.

• Mud Turf
• Cave Rock Turf
• Slimey Turf
• Fungal Turf (Green)
• Fungal Turf (Red)
• Fungal Turf (Blue)
• Guano Turf
• Meadow Turf
• Tidal Marsh Turf
• Magma Turf
• Jungle Turf
• Ashy Turf
• Volcano Turf
• Scaled Flooring
• Sandy Turf
• Deciduous Turf
• Carpeted Flooring
• Snakeskin Rug
• Checkerboard Flooring
• Wooden Flooring
• Barren (no Turf)
• Grass Turf
• Forest Turf
• Savanna Turf
• Rocky Turf
• Marsh Turf
• Cobblestones