Shadow Manipulator

Shadow Manipulator
"Is this even science anymore?"
Crafting	×3 ×1 ×7
Tab
Tier
Perk	Unlock additional crafting recipes.
Code	"researchlab3"

“What have I created?”

–Wilson

“A dark and powerful energy radiates from it.”

–Willow

“What has Wolfgang done?”

–Wolfgang

“I have learnt unspeakable things.”

–Wendy

“PERHAPS IT IS TOO POWERFUL.”

–WX-78

“Perhaps I have gone too far.”

–Wickerbottom

“OK, I kind of get it now.”

–Woodie

“This is where I do my own personal research.”

–Maxwell

“For harnessing the dark forces lurking about.”

–Wagstaff

“A mystical thing.”

–Wigfrid

“We should be careful around that.”

–Webber

“Manipulating shadows sounds tough, glad I don't have to.”

–Walani

“It boggles the mind.”

–Warly

“Witchcraft wit' this 'un, no two ways about 'er.”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA HAVE'TH THE MAGICS”

–Wilba

“More magics”

–Wormwood

“Oooh. Dark and mysterious. I like it.”

–Wheeler

“Not sure how it works, but I'm gonna find out.”

–Winona

“There's magic fun to be had here.”

–Wortox

“Glurp... shouldn't play with that.”

–Wurt

“Is it really magic?”

–Walter

The Shadow Manipulator is the tier 2 Magic station which unlocks all of the Magic Tab recipes. It requires a Prestihatitator to prototype and costs 3 Living Logs, 1 Purple Gem, and 7 Nightmare Fuel to craft. Prototyping an item using the Shadow Manipulator will increase Sanity by 15, like any other station.

See also: Crafting

Downloadable Content

In the Shipwrecked DLC, the Shadow Manipulator can be flooded.

Tips

• Chopping down a Totally Normal Tree and digging up its stump yields enough Living Logs to craft a Shadow Manipulator without the need to kill a Treeguard. However, making other items such as Dark Swords would require Living Logs.

Trivia

• The Shadow Manipulator was added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• A Shadow Manipulator can be found in the Miner's Camp set piece.
• The Shadow Manipulator was the tier 3 Science research lab before Science and Magic research were separated into different categories.

Bugs

• In Winter, snow on top of the device disappears with the rising and falling animations (when the player is near).

Gallery

The Shadow Manipulator's animation when the player is nearby.

A Shadow Manipulator when not close to a player.

A burnt Shadow Manipulator from the Reign of Giants DLC.

Shadow Manipulator as seen in the poster for A Little Rain Must Fall update.