Working as Designed Can't replace planter box

[Damokles]

Steam or GOG

Steam

Single Player/Multiplayer

Single

Operating System

Windows 10

Terraria Version

1.4.0.4

Controls Used

Keyboard/Mouse

It seems to be impossible to replace planter boxes without mining them first, it does not matter if anything is planted on them or not.
I would expect that the new replacement functionality that even works for chest would also extend to planter boxes.

 

[Bethany]

I think chests are a special case, due to the drudgery of emptying, replacing, and filling them. Other than chests, only blocks of material (stone, dirt, ore, et cetera) work with the replacement feature.

 

[Damokles]

Still, it would be nice to be able toreplace the planter boxes while keeping the plants intact, since you get more and more box types the further you progress.

 

[Bethany]

I can find no objection to it, if the devs were to do so.

One fact about the planter boxes isn't obvious — though they're named for the various herbs, you can plant any herb in any box and it will grow fine. Go figure.

 

[Damokles]

I know, that is what I'm doing at the moment, having everything in the blinkroot planters. However, I would like to upgrade them to the appropriate planters later on when I can buy them from the dryad.

 

[Leinfors]

This is not a bug, only certain tiles can be Block Swapped. It takes a substantial amount of time to add new tiles to the system, and while the idea of adding new tiles is feasible for future consideration, this is currently working as intended.