Staircase

Staircase
Use this to move down a level in the mines.
Information
Source	Crafting • Desert Trader
Sell Price	Cannot be sold
Crafting
Recipe Source	Mining (Level 2)
Ingredients	Stone (99)

The Staircase is a craftable item used to instantly create a ladder that leads down one floor in The Mines or Skull Cavern. It cannot be placed on floors 0 or 120 of the mines.

Staircases work just like the game-supplied down-ladders. Each one works only for one use. Leaving the mine or returning to a higher floor will result in the staircase being permanently gone. In addition, once a staircase has been placed, it cannot be picked up again, even if it has not been used.

Stone can be bought from Robin at the Carpenter's Shop if the player does not have enough. In game year 1, the cost is 99 Stones × data-sort-value="20">20g = data-sort-value="1980">1,980g per staircase. In game year 2+, the cost is 99 Stones × data-sort-value="100">100g = data-sort-value="9900">9,900g per staircase. The Desert Trader will trade staircases for one Jade each on Sundays.

Tips

• Use a staircase to evade one or more monster fights, especially infested floors. Some mine floors can be especially challenging. Consider upgrading weapons instead, though.
• Use staircases in the Skull Cavern to descend quickly to lower floors for greater chances of valuable items, like Iridium Ore and Prismatic Shards.
  • Note that staircases cannot be placed on the brickwork patterns and tillable areas on the ground of the cavern.
• Using Jade from Crystalariums for staircases at the Desert Trader on Sundays and putting them in deconstructors can net the player massive amounts of stone quickly. Mr. Qi will have different dialogue in his quest when you use a staircase vs when you don't, so if you chose the staircases you will get different dialogue.

Bug

Placing a staircase in the pants slot of the player's inventory turns it into a secret clothing item.

History

• 1.4: Staircases can now be stacked in inventory and chests.