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As of 5/16/20 the thread has a discord server! Come talk Terraria with other nerds! Have you accidentally hidden the minimap? Press the tab button to get it back! If you are new to the game, do not make an expert mode world! Expert mode assumes you know how to play the game already, and adjusts the difficulty accordingly. Early game monsters will kill you in one hit. It is not fun and you will hate this game if you try it. So what is Terraria? Terraria is a 2D building-adventure game by Andrew “Redigit” Spinks where you fight monsters, craft armor, tools weaponry, and other goodies, and build yourself a giant, phallic home to call your own amidst NPCs who are there to help the player. It was released on May 16th, 2011 and is currently on Steam. Go get it, it’s loving awesome. For a long time, it was thought that development on Terraria had completely ceased. After the 1.1 patch, Redigit even said he was stopping development on the game. Then there was a "minor" to-do in the community, when he sold the rights for console Terraria to another company entirely. However, all of that seems to have been forgiven once the 1.2 patch was announced. That was two years ago. Since then, a spinoff has been announced (Terraria Otherworld, a game where you have to purify a corrupted world. It uses Terraria's engine, but not very much else seems to be known about it yet.) There's also a new patch, patch 1.3. Like the two previous major updates, it adds a metric fuckton of new content to experience! As of today, Terraria is availble to play pretty much anywhere you like. Want to nerd out in front of the PC? You can do that. Want to play in front of your TV? PS3, PS4, Vita, 360, and Xbox One are your available flavors! Want to play on the go? iOS and Android versions are available! There's even been rumors about Wii U and 3DS versions in development! So what sets this game apart? Terraria is a game that is very focused on exploration. Your character starts with just five hearts and very little mana to work with, but with careful exploration and lots of perseverance, you can soon be rolling around with much more than that. Basically, Terraria could be best explained as the lovechild of Minecraft and the newer Castlevania games, but with less bugs and terrible voice acting and more meat and potatoes such as the ability to decorate your home with various niceties like armor racks and thrones, as well as having quite a few possible playstyles to work with. Want to be a heavily armored caster who can jump several stories? You can do that. Want to just sit back and build? Well, if you can deal with the zombies and the occasional blood moon, then that’s cool too. But does it have multiplayer!? Sure does! New in the 1.3 patch is steamworks integration! So your friends can join your world with just a few clicks of the mouse. Long gone are the days of port forwarding and keeping whatismyip.com bookmarked. In case you want to set up a dedicated server, there are also two popular options: TShock, and TServer (which can be found in your Terraria installation directory.) This page on the wiki should also be of help to you. So it has some new stuff? Great. What was the newest stuff added in? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXam7gSObek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nXdtDgpPeE The 1.3 update added even more cool stuff:
And much, much more! During worldgen, there is a chance that certain ores will be replaced with new versions! Thankfully the new ores use the same recipes that the older variants use.
When in hard mode, there is a 1-in-2500 chance, while killing enemies in some biomes, that you will get a special key to drop. This key unlocks a chest in the dungeon with some super powerful equipment inside! Currently, there are five keys: one from the Hallow, one from the Corruption, one from the Crimson, one from the Jungle, and one from the Ice Biome. The equipment inside these chests are incredibly powerful and are only outclassed by the absolute best items in hard mode. During worldgen, there is also a chance that the game will possibly generate a pyramid and a gigantic tree. These unique structures have special treasures inside if you're lucky enough to have them, and are brave enough to enter. During worldgen, the game will randomly assign your world one of two special biomes, corruption or crimson. Corruption is a nasty biome, where the terrain looks blighted. The Crimson, on the other hand, is your world being infested by blood. No, seriously. The terrain in a crimson infestation is tainted red, and the enemies all have a blood-and-gore theme. Both biomes will slowly spread during the course of the game. Whoa, that’s a lot of stuff. How am I even going to get started? The game has a pretty in-depth wiki available to use. Be sure to take a look if you get stuck. Also do not be afraid to ask here in the thread. For the most part, Terraria is a pretty freeform game. For your first day, you should concentrate on cutting trees down and building a shelter for the nighttime. Be sure to talk to the guide! He can help you with crafting, by showing you what the recipes are for any item you show to him. Also be sure to use the left shift key liberally! The shift key is context sensitive, so if you hold the shift key while mousing over the ground, your pickaxe will be automatically selected, over trees and you'll use your axe, and so on. If you hold the shift button while over thin air, you'll hold a torch out to light your way! Once you build a grappling hook, you don't need to keep it on your hotbar. Just use the "E" key while pointing at a surface to use it! Awesome Houses: These are some pretty awesome structures that people in the thread have posted. by Internet Kraken by XxIcarusxX on the Terraria Forums. by SirSamVimes by LightningSquid by oddium I Said No posted:
by Saturnine Aberrance by King Doom by Tanith by Freakazoid_ by The Moon Monster by YF-23 by Katsuma by Internet Kraken Miijhal posted:Reminiscing about my old buildings in terraria from what back when. by MrGreenShirt by Koramei and Azurius by Poison Mushroom by Bible Challenger by Ssthalar by The White Dragon and friends The White Dragon posted:So this is our village, but it was like 150,000px wide so I kinda had to shrink it. In the meantime, here are some miscellaneous tidbits you may find useful: NPC Spawn Requirements
To activate Hardmode, acquire a guide voodoo doll from the underworld, then when you're ready, throw it into the lava in the underworld to summon the Wall of Flesh. Be prepared for a somewhat tough fight! Onean posted:15 of one type of gem will make a grappling hook of that color! It actually looks really cool. Tired of constantly left clicking to swing your sword? Try using AutoHotKey! Shukaro has helpfully shared his AHK script below: (This requires a mouse with more than 4 buttons, as the trigger button is on the side of the mouse.) Shukaro posted:XButton1:: Want to automate fishing? Well the glow can help you with another AHK script! the glow posted:Alright mates, me and a friend have been playing HC Expert and it's so difficult that you end up fishing a lot to gear up safely. Fishing is boring and not challenging so I wrote a short AHK script to automatically fish as rapidly as possible: Tired of status debuffs? You can farm up an item that makes you completely immune to them! Though beware, because it takes a really long time to make... Ever wanted to know abso-loving-lutely everything about the area immediately around your character? You can make a cell phone! It'll show you the time, the weather conditions, nearby ore, how many enemies you've killed, any nearby rare monsters, and even teleport you back to your home base! Finally, some extra links you may find helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BhRLs1uZQA Goon Steam Group Installing Terraria on Linux Installing Terraria on Mac A tutorial by Captain_duck (Outdated, but it should still serve for getting the basics down) Utilities Updated for V 1.3: TerraSavr web-based Character and Inventory Editor TerraMap Map Viewer Completely mod the game how you like TerraFirma Map Viewer Not Updated: Character viewer and editor by TJChap2840 MoreTerra Map Viewer TEdit Map Editor Create customized worlds with this mod! Terraria v1.2 Thread Terraria v1.1 Thread (Requires Archives) Terraria Launch Thread (Requires Archives) DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 23:45 on May 19, 2020 |
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Just fired up 1.3 fifteen minutes ago and all I can say is
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 19:38 |
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Holy poo poo, Granite Elementals sure as poo poo don't gently caress around.
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I made a world to sate my OCD, dug out trenches around the corruption, etc... when I got to Hell (gorgeous new background!) my pets instantly killed a Voodoo demon now I'm in Hard mode and my trenches aren't lined with wood
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Oh god drat the final boss looks cool. This game started as two dudes dicking around in an oversized, empty wooden house, fighting off zombies. It ends as a laser war against UFOs, cultists, and that thing. My Terraria world is apparently Texas because it won't stop raining! Also the overworld is actually dangerous now! I tried my usual 'walk to the ocean' trip after spawning in and the desert kicked my rear end. Those dragonfly things are no joke! Neither are Granite Elementals, who can apparently phase through solid objects. Get outta here, this isn't hard mode, I don't wanna deal with that yet.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 19:45 |
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Uggggh, being stuck at work is the worst thing, this update is better than most AAA releases in the past year
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 19:49 |
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Yay my thread title Headed home now, so hype
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 19:52 |
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Jumping right into 1.3 after having a fully "done" character is so confusing. Almost makes me want to start a new character.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 19:54 |
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Tried the cultist stuff but didn't realize it was a serious boss and got destroyed. On my way back with my big boy gear, I ran into a UFO. This triggered the martian invasion. Spoilers for the martian invasion: There didn't seem much to it. There are martians on ground that shoot lasers. Some have energy shields. They build tesla coils if you let them. There are tripods which shoot lasers but they get stuck in pits easy and weren't a serious threat to me. There are kamikaze space ships. The big threat is the UFO. It has missiles, lasers, and a gently caress off energy beam out the bottom. When it's low on health it speeds toward you and spams it's energy beam. Loot was: Bricks for building martian themed poo poo. Space suit mask. UFO mount. A pickaxe type melee weapon that shoots a distance out like a paladin hammer but stays out so you can hold it and run into stuff I guess. A gun that shoots a shot that splits into three shots. A magic gun that shoots lasers and shoots them faster the longer you hold down the attack button. A magic gun that charges up and shoots a giant energy beam.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 19:55 |
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I can't believe that all these patches have been free updates. In most other games, stuff like these would have been DLC or something. Looking forward to jumping back into this after I get home from work.
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I'm stuck at work, but I always play co-op with a buddy so I can't play until the weekend anyway.ChibiSoma posted:Oh god drat the final boss looks cool.
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Prop Wash posted:Jumping right into 1.3 after having a fully "done" character is so confusing. Almost makes me want to start a new character. Be cool like me and delete all your current characters and worlds so you can't cheat.
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Senor Candle posted:Be cool like me and delete all your current characters and worlds so you can't cheat. Eh, unless they changed world gen getting some items (cough cough the balloon cluster cough) are really annoying to make so that item is fine to cheat over if you ask me.
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President Ark posted:Eh, unless they changed world gen getting some items (cough cough the balloon cluster cough) are really annoying to make so that item is fine to cheat over if you ask me. I just like starting fresh every time there is a new update.
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noodled around on a new world, with accelerated pre-hardmode progression by importing a pre-hardmode but developed character. I like a lot of the tweaks I've been able to discover so far. Weren't kidding when they said NPCs defend themselves, even the Nurse kills stuff that bothers her now. E: Demizes solo guides and ymir's speedruns for my own reference Hemingway To Go! fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Nov 7, 2016 |
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Played a bit, going to wait for the wiki to update update on all this stuff so I don't have to run around totally blind. Also want to have access to T-edit or whatever to get me basic building materials and potions, because I really don't like having to deforest whole worlds to get the wood I want for my Livingwood house. Also, for some reason a couple rooms in my new building weren't working, despite meeting requirements, and the system would not tell me why.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:16 |
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How do you summon the martian invasion?
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:24 |
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For the new thread, hosting a goon server, but you're more than welcome to bring friends. 198.27.98.49:7777 100 slots
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:40 |
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Oh wow, another huge update? I will never be free of this game.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:43 |
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Ashsaber posted:Played a bit, going to wait for the wiki to update update on all this stuff so I don't have to run around totally blind. Also want to have access to T-edit or whatever to get me basic building materials and potions, because I really don't like having to deforest whole worlds to get the wood I want for my Livingwood house. Buy the sickle from the merchant, run around and swing it for a while. You'll have stacks of Hay and NPCs don't mind living in hay houses. Truly the greatest building material.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:43 |
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I want to play some relaxed Terraria with goons. Message me on steam if you want some "fun". stardate: im gay
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:50 |
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Started a new world and characters in Expert with some friends. Seen some new enemies, some new items so far. Then it started raining goddamn slimes. And King Slime awoke. The best armor anyone had yet was lead. It was a massacre.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:54 |
me when reading the patch notes:
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 20:59 |
welcome starbound refugees you are safe now its okay its... its ok
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:02 |
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DoubleNegative posted:Do not play singleplayer Terraria on a Large world! gently caress you, i wont do what you tell me
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37th Chamber posted:For the new thread, hosting a goon server, but you're more than welcome to bring friends. Gonna jump on this in a bit, is there a mumble server or anything?
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:08 |
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ethanol posted:Gonna jump on this in a bit, is there a mumble server or anything? If not I'd suggest CTS.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:09 |
CTS is good and owns
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:10 |
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There is a terraria channel in CTS. Hop in and play this cool game with me.
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Babe Magnet posted:gently caress you, i wont do what you tell me I made a large world for single player.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:14 |
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From the looks of it, there is a nice premade minecart track going nearly the length of the medium world I made. I think this makes up for the gently caress you starting location right between snow and desert.
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DoubleNegative posted:I made a large world for single player. thats like the one rule in the OP you FUCKER
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:19 |
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Speaking of the desert, I'm guessing that worlds now spawn with the desert and jungle on one side, and the snow biome and dungeon on the other? That would make sense.
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:19 |
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Update on UFO mount: You can fly and shoot. Goodbye rocket boots, wings, and balloons!
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kazil posted:Update on UFO mount: Whhh... What? Mount? Does it impede you in any way whatsoever?
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:26 |
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Haven't played this since the 1.2 update first dropped but I might try to find some time to fix that this weekend. I don't even remember what 1.2 changed so it's like double updates for me!
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President Ark posted:I'm stuck at work, but I always play co-op with a buddy so I can't play until the weekend anyway. If you terraform down enough, can you see his Moon Dick?
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 21:48 |
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I won't be booting up for another hour or so to see it myself but is it way easier to join other players now like advertised?
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# ? Jun 30, 2015 22:02 |
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before I line my trenches with its beautiful color....does Granite get corrupted/hallowed?
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Alright, I havent touched this game since 1999. Did anyone ever add any custom worldgen options? Say I want to make a world that's all corruption or whatever, can I make that happen? edit: huh okay, i guess it's right there in the op Soup du Journey fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Jun 30, 2015 |
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