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CreatureAmber PipA tiny, flightless ground bird that pecks its way across the Highland grass in small, chattering flocks.CreatureAstral BisonThe great grazers of the Highlands: shaggy, heavy-shouldered and crowned with horns that glow when they are angry.BossAstral ColossusThe ancient red-black stone guardian at the heart of the Hollow Sanctum, assembled from floating segments around a glowing core.CreatureAstral DeerA slender deer with glowing antlers. Wherever it lies down to rest, the plants around it begin to bloom.CreatureAstral SentinelA column-shaped stone guardian that stands like a pillar on its pedestal until you walk into its range.CreatureAvelite CrawlerA huge, rare creature of living rock that passes for a boulder until you get too close.CreatureCave ProwlerA shy little digger of the caverns that slips into solid rock and travels unseen beneath your feet.CreatureColossus RemnantAn unfinished, smaller relative of the Astral Colossus, a slow and heavy melee fighter of the Hollow Sanctum.CreatureCorrupted SpiritA spirit taken by the corruption: red-eyed, carrying a red lantern and hostile on sight.CreatureGolden Spirit FishSmall golden fish that swim through the air above the oases, untouched by gravity.CreatureLost SpiritA lost, drifting spirit that follows players and, when it touches them, leaves them somewhere else entirely.CreaturePuff SheepA woolly Highland sheep with one strange habit: frighten it, and it blows itself up like a balloon and floats away.CreaturePufflingFaceless little air creatures that pulse through the Highland sky in swarms, breathing their way forward.CreatureRift FragmentA storm-born anomaly of three black frames spinning around a red core, which only exists while a Spirit Storm rages.CreatureSanctum CrawlerA small, fast stone hunter with red crystals on its back that circles you before it lunges.CreatureSanctum GuardA stone guard with spear and shield that holds the halls of the Hollow Sanctum.CreatureSkygliderA manta-like glider that sails the Highland sky in loose groups, its markings glowing in golden or azure light.CreatureStar FoxA shy, six-tailed fox with glowing tail tips, golden in the Highlands and ice-blue in the Frostveil Expanse.CreatureStarhopperA small, hare-like Highland critter that keeps a pair of astral wings folded away until it really needs them.CreatureStarwhaleAn eight-block whale of the sky, covered in golden runes, whose song carries across the islands.CreatureStellar MothA small, softly glowing moth that always travels alone and is drawn to flowers and light.CreatureSunbackA stocky, slow-moving Highland creature with a shell of golden plates that it curls into a ball at the first sign of danger.CreatureWandering SpiritA rare, peaceful apparition in ivory and gold that roams the open Highland meadows.BlockAstral Forest FloraThe shrubs, berries and blossoms of the Astral Forest.BlockHighland FloraThe flowers, grasses and reeds of the Astral Highlands.BlockHighland Ground and DecorationHighland Ground and Decoration: 4 blocks from the Astral Highlands.BlockAstral GlassCrystals of astral glass that grow from the ground in many sizes.BlockDripstonePointed dripstone of the caves, pale or dusky.BlockHighland GroundThe grass, soil, clay and paths of the Highlands.BlockAstral OreThe rare ore of the middle depths, which only the Astral Furnace can melt.BlockCinder Stone OreThe coal of the dimension, in large, common veins.BlockHollow Pearl OreA rare ore that hides pearls in the stone.BlockKeldite OreDark ore with teal veins, the source of the dimension's everyday metal.BlockAveliteA cool grey stone with a faint shimmer that runs through the islands of several biomes.BlockFerran StoneA dark, iron-toned stone of the Highlands and the forests.BlockGlowcalciteA pale calcite that glows softly from within.BlockPale StoneThe pale bedrock of the Highlands, and the first stone you will hold in the Astral Sea.BlockSun StoneA warm, golden stone that crops up in the Highlands and the forests.BlockVirditeA greenish stone found in the Highlands and the forests.BlockAmberleaf WoodWarm, honey-coloured wood from the Amberleaf trees of the Highlands.BlockGilded Palespire WoodWood from the rare golden Gilded Palespire.BlockPalespire WoodPale, almost white wood from the slender Palespire.ItemVelberriesBerries of the Velthorn Bush in the Highlands, to eat or to plant.BlockBerry bushesVelthorn Bush, Moonberry Bush and Whisper Pods: bushes that ripen and can be picked again and again.BlockTree fruitsClusters and pods that hang below the leaves of fruit trees and ripen into food.BlockGround detailsPebbles, stone chips, tiny sprouts, dry tufts, mineral buds and moss nubs: the small things on the ground.StructureRuins and camps: Astral HighlandsThe smaller places of the Astral Highlands: ancient crypt, ancient stone circle, ancient waymarker and more.