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id: biomancy:primal_bloom
type: block
custom:
  Category: Primordial Flora
---

# Primal Bloom
An exotic flesh plant that grows and holds a valuable edible orb inside, however, 
reaching for this orb is a dangerous task as the bloom bites upon trying to pick it up.

## Obtaining
Primal blooms naturally grow on the outer walls of [flesh mounds]($getting_started/mound) or 
generate when bloom projectiles collide with malignant flesh veins.

## Usage 
You can right-click on a fully-bloomed bloom "plant" to harvest the fruit within.
However, if the primal bloom is ripening for too long, it will fire the fruit as a projectile
which spreads malignant veins on impact and infects living entities with a
harmless [](@biomancy:primordial_infestation) ailment for 30 seconds.

You can pick them up and relocate them with shears, and they can be only planted on malignant or
primordial flesh blocks. Like with other plants, [](@biomancy:fertilizer) can be used on blooms to 
expedite their growth, which may prove to be useful.