Bit Kid

I've tried throwing every item I can think of at it, but nothing ever happens?

[spoiler = "How Alters Work Spoiler"]The item you throw has to hit the alter[/spoiler]

I'm almost certain I've done that, though. Does any type of item work, or does it have to be a powerful item?

Anything works! Just make sure it lands nearly in front of it. Each type and value of item has different effect.

Don't you mean a Sacrificial Altar?

Anyways, here's a quick help guide:

[spoiler = "spoiler"]http://i.imgur.com/QrxsD6s.png

This is the so called altar. To throw an item into it, be sure to keep a right distance, so that the player drops the item in front of the altar.

http://i.imgur.com/0KBR3rD.png
After standing at an acceptable distance(the player from the altar), enter your inventory and highlight the item you wish to drop. Pressing [D] after highlighting the mentioned item will make the player drop it after exiting the pause menu. In this occasion, I will be dropping one Emerald.

http://i.imgur.com/SNojnj2.png
After exiting the pause menu, the player will throw/drop the selected item, as mentioned before. After the item touches the ground, hang in there for a second, and you will get a rather pleasing surprise.

On the other hand, while I was playing version 102 (maybe this bug was fixed in version 103), I ran accross something very funny:


http://i.imgur.com/ar8d429.png
So, after killing a bat in the air, it dropped a coin just where it received it's final blow. What happened is that, instead of falling, the coin kept (slowly) moving towards the top of the screen.

http://i.imgur.com/d26q242.png
After a few seconds, the coin could not go any further, and just stopped to take a rather surprising rest.

http://i.imgur.com/l4CNQQQ.png
Aww, man. C'mon! Really?![/spoiler]

Edit: Spoilers aren't working. Why?

poe Edit: Fixed, see my post

You have to use them like this:
But still, you can only have one. So that's kinda broken...

I figured it out, I guess I wasn't dropping the item directly in front of the altar before. Thanks everyone for your help.