Talk:Basalt/@comment-85.166.155.87-20130514150737/@comment-70.176.248.45-20130517025743

You know, after the Caves update was mentioned and the next time I ran into basalt, that was the first thing I thought. The approach of basalt being a current placeholder would allow old worlds to delve into the depths (pun intended) of the new content.

Only by breaking it with, say, a Night Pickaxe introduced alongside the Caves update would make it exclusively late-game content. You'd require a Shadow Manipulator to make the Night Pickaxe.

Then again, I haven't watched any of the streams, nor any videos recording it; I'm probably full of hot air then.