How do you not phase through shimmer?

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To avoid phasing through shimmer, players can wear the Chromatic Cloak accessory, which is obtained by throwing a Star Cloak into shimmer, allowing them to walk through shimmer without worrying about the debuff. This accessory is especially useful in situations where players need to navigate through shimmer without being affected by its phasing properties.

Understanding Shimmer

Shimmer is a unique substance in the world of Terraria, with various properties and effects on players and items.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

1. What is shimmer?: Shimmer is a shiny, lavender-colored, pearlescent liquid that can be found in the Aether, a mini-biome in the Underground or Cavern layer.
2. How do you get shimmer?: Shimmer can be found in pre-Hardmode in the Aether, and after Moon Lord has been defeated, it can be obtained by using the Bottomless Shimmer Bucket.
3. What happens when shimmer touches water?: On contact with another liquid, Shimmer transforms into an Aetherium Block.

Phasing and Movement

4. Why do you fall through the Shimmer Terraria?: When a player is submerged in the liquid, they will be inflicted with the Shimmering debuff, beginning to fall slowly and phasing through all blocks until they reach an opening.
5. Can you move through shimmer without phasing?: With the Chromatic Cloak accessory, players can move through shimmer without phasing through blocks.

Item Interactions

6. What happens if you throw a magma stone in shimmer?: The Magma Stone can be thrown into shimmer to change into the Lava Charm.
7. What happens if you throw the Clentaminator in shimmer?: The Clentaminator can be upgraded into the Terraformer by submerging the Clentaminator in Shimmer after Moon Lord has been defeated.

Liquid Properties

8. Can you scoop up shimmer?: Unlike other liquids, the player cannot fish or use items in Shimmer, nor can it be picked up with an Empty Bucket.
9. Can shimmer be pumped?: Shimmer is the only liquid that cannot be fished in, but it can be pumped.

Biome and Generation

10. How rare is shimmer terraria?: Shimmer can be found underground within the Aether, a rare biome that only appears once in the world.
11. Where does shimmer generate?: The Aether will only appear in the underground or cavern layer, as well as on the same side of the world that has a Jungle.

Accessibility and Addictiveness

12. Is shimmer post Moon Lord?: After Moon Lord has been defeated, shimmer can be obtained by using the Bottomless Shimmer Bucket.
13. Is shimmer addictive?: Shimmer is so addictive in the world of Arcane, where it most likely wouldn’t be in the real world, a substance that wouldn’t help with the usual mentality of substance abusers.

Item Transformation

14. What happens if you put the zenith in shimmer?: Putting the zenith in shimmer should change it to the unused first fractal item and vice versa.
15. What happens if you shimmer an NPC?: NPC sprites will be transformed into a shimmered variant, and enemies will become invisible for a certain amount of time, except for slimes which will be transformed into a shimmer variant.