In Terraria, what differences are there between stone and wood when used to build a house?

Is there any difference between stone and wood when used to build a house?

Apart from the fact that they look different.

Specifically does stone provide more protection?

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There is no difference apart from aesthetics. You can build a house out of anything! Monsters will not spawn unless there is no wall.

Certain materials offer more durability against explosions, which really won't be a problem unless you decide to PVP.

But realistically, your house likely has 1-tile wide walls anyway, so the resistance is almost unnoticeable, and if you ARE building a structure for protection, like a wall to keep monsters out, in most cases a wood wall will do just fine, and be much easier to replace should it get damaged.

You might also get some benefit from a new item: Iron/Lead doors. Give it a try during a Bloodmoon.

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I noticed that after events of blood moon and goblin invasion sometimes some blocks of my house disappeared. My house is made from wooden walls. Maybe material of house make sense, but 100% answer you can get only by reverse ingeneering of game executable.

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