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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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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 09:35 |
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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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Pierson posted:On the list of features where it says expert mode in bold and then 800 new items, does that mean the 800 new items are only in expert mode? Some of them are expert mode only, but there are still a bunch regardless of difficulty mode.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2015 08:19 |
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Doctor Schnabel posted:is that autohotkey script from the OP supposed to still work? The script requires you to have a 4-5 button mouse. The activation key is one of the side buttons. I didn't realize this myself until yesterday.
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# ¿ Jul 2, 2015 20:16 |
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I was looking at the gamepedia wiki and I saw something really, realy dumb. Who would have thought that a cell phone was a reference to a Kirby game?
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 06:36 |
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Excelzior posted:oh man that's going to lead to some...interesting... business later on Ebonstone brick doesn't spread corruption, and doesn't cause corruption mobs to spawn.
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 23:42 |
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This thing is an absolutely chaotic mess and I love it. And despite not having stairways between the individual floors, my NPCs still find ways to visit with each other.
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# ¿ Jul 7, 2015 05:00 |
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Nuebot posted:I didn't even notice if it did anything new. All it does on expert is respawn its adds periodically. Also under 500 HP it gets super fast.
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# ¿ Jul 7, 2015 14:51 |
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Bob Locke posted:For some reason, there is a Drop key, and it is bound to T. I don't understand the point of either of these things. Maybe you hit it? The game seems to toggle a hotkey if it's in the last letter in a sentence or command you type. It happens most often with me and the letter "R". For whatever reason I'll be typing and it automatically uses the mount. I suspect it has something to do with auto-pause being off due to multiplayer.
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 00:35 |
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RareAcumen posted:Oh! And, DoubleNegative, you should add the Tax Collector recruitment to the list in the OP. I went through the OP and added a bunch of stuff, including all the new NPCs, what they do, and how to get them. Also added a lot of the awesome houses that have been posted.
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# ¿ Jul 11, 2015 03:36 |
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Invisible Ted posted:Sooooo following advice from the thread I just killed the destroyer in less than a minute with the Daedalus bow using holy arrows. What should I make first with the hallowed bars? This is the furthest I've gotten in hardmode. Usually the first thing I make with Hallowed bars is armor, but you're gonna need to kill more than one mechanical boss to get enough for it.
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# ¿ Jul 12, 2015 02:19 |
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I know it's just a red slime mask, but it looks like your character is wearing a red hood and looking down at the remains of Dias.
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# ¿ Jul 12, 2015 07:24 |
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I spent the morning working on a high capacity greenhouse. 99 of each type of herb is planted!
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# ¿ Jul 13, 2015 01:17 |
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This is what I've been working on. The easy part's (mostly) over. Now to do the hard mode stuff.
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# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 04:32 |
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Bluemillion posted:I'm really not feeling this Dragon nerf. If anything it seems like this SOB does MORE damage. Yeah, this. I triggered a martian invasion on expert and idled at spawn. My dragon, cells, and three sentinel pets took care of everything with no problem whatsoever.
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# ¿ Jul 21, 2015 00:23 |
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Katsuma posted:Are we still posting base pictures? I wanted to share something I've been working on. It's a bit of a work in progress. This needs more love, because god drat.
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# ¿ Jul 21, 2015 16:38 |
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oddium posted:who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykf7haK7z_g
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2015 02:36 |
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The OP is fairly cluttered, but it sounds like there's some desire for a "New to the game? Here's some quick hints!" section. So that's what I'm going to add in next, probably near the very top. So I'm looking for more poo poo to add to that section, to help new players. "The sword you start with is garbage, replace it quickly" "Ask the guide about crafting, give him an item, and he'll show you what you can make with that item." "Houses should be at least 6 blocks high and a decent length" "Only walls you put up yourself count for housing" "Rope is amazing, always carry some in the early game" and so on.
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2015 23:49 |
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Holyshoot posted:Does it work like the mod in minecraft? Left click one portal color right click another? If so put a portal in your base and then go mining or whatever and then portal out. Unload your crap and then jump back to where you came from. The portals only work within ~1500 blocks of each other. Any further than that, and the game despawns them. But yes, it otherwise works the same as the portal gun should.
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2015 23:52 |
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Internet Kraken posted:Between the rainbow rod and the shadowbeam staff I feel like a one man light show of pain. This is one situation where the NPC dialogue is perfectly readable. "It's as bright as day in here." Uncomfortable silence. "I"m gonna go talk to the witch doctor. Don't follow me."
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# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 05:52 |
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Apparition posted:I know the OP recommends against in, but I think I wanna use a large world for my main. Am I going to hate myself? (Playing solo btw) Go for it. Large worlds have shitloads of materials to use and lots of space in which to build. That warning is mostly a holdover from the 1.1 thread, where I'm sure it had a good reason for existing. I'm just too lazy to edit it out.
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 10:34 |
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Zereth posted:This is why we are recommending you not play expert blind. To that end, I updated the top of the OP. I removed the "don't play on large worlds" bit and replaced it with... 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.
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 19:09 |
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President Ark posted:If it's underground, it won't be able to spread in the jungle. Corruption/crimson grass can't grow underground. I've actually found a corrupt spot deep in my underground jungle post Moon Lord. It's the weirdest thing. The spot had converted the existing jungle grass to corrupt grass. It wasn't very big at all. Of course, I had to clentaminate it and now there's a tiny patch of green grass growing amidst the jungle.
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2015 00:21 |
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Qylvaran posted:You sure it wasn't red moss? It looks crimson related, but has nothing to do with it. It was definitely corruption. Just a small splotch of purple grass in the deep jungle.
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2015 00:47 |
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Dareon posted:
Hahah. Heheheh. Hehehheheheheheh.
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# ¿ Aug 30, 2015 16:31 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqtJFw_aiLg This was posted in the Terraria subreddit earlier today. A new adventure map sounds pretty intriguing.
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# ¿ Oct 23, 2015 03:50 |
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DoubleNegative posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqtJFw_aiLg It's a week later, and it looks like the map has been posted! https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/3qoxra/adventure_map_echoes_of_the_lost_world_up_to_4/
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# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 19:36 |
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This jumping puzzle is pretty hard. Gotta wall jump between the walls, all the while flipping the switches so you can actually land. It's a lot harder than it sounds. EDIT: And I just found double jump so DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Oct 30, 2015 |
# ¿ Oct 30, 2015 08:12 |
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I finished the map today, it wasn't too long. By the end, I was ready for it to be over and done with. There's a little too much emphasis on precision platforming, and I can't decide which area was worse, the one with meteor heads or or the area with black walls and black background. This is what the latter area looks like. The areas highlighted in green? Those are the only safe places to grab on while jumping across the room.
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# ¿ Nov 2, 2015 06:53 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:Yeah, hardmode, sorry. The mechanical bosses are gonna spawn on their own until you beat them anyway, so don't worry about which to go after first. Before you take them on however, you should think about upgrading to Adamantite/Titanuim armor. The extra defense is super worthwhile, and you need Titanuim/Adamantite tools to upgrade to Hallowed versions.
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# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 03:02 |
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The purple locked chests need the shadow key you found, yeah. Now that you've uncovered Hell, you should start concentrating your efforts there if you're solely interested in progression. However, if you want to explore around a bit, go the opposite direction from the dungeon and keep heading that way. You should eventually find a jungle. There might be some cool stuff to find in its underground. And you should look into getting a bunch of obsidian. You can make an "obsidian skull" trinket that will render you immune to the burning effect of both meteor and hellstone. Obsidian is also one of the two ingredients used to make Hellstone bricks. Something you might also consider doing is digging what we like to call a "hellevator" which is just a gigantic open shaft from the surface right down to Hell. Being able to return there quickly without a massive spelunking expedition is super helpful.
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2016 00:50 |
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The Megashark will probably wind up dealing more damage. If I remember right, it's rapid fire and has a pretty good chance to not consume ammo with each shot, moreso if you pair it up with some pre-hardmode ranged armor.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2016 03:39 |
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If you're lucky enough to find the skeleton merchant underground during a full moon, you can buy a "Magic Lamp" light source pet. It not only provides illumination, but also highlights nearby treasure. Otherwise light sources only start becoming more "common" during hard mode. By which I mean three of the six in the game are only available in hard mode. The two best ones are basically endgame drops, with the best light source being an expert mode only drop from the final boss. Basically just start setting up a herb farm now because you're gonna go through a lot of shine potions. The Dryad sells "planter boxes" which allow you to grow the various plants provided you have their seeds. This is the one that I eventually set up. It, uh, gives me a lot of herbs for potion making. You probably won't need 100 of each type of plant, however. ETA: The staff in the bottom right corner of the picture lets you get more herbs when you harvest them. It's an uncommon find from shrine chests in the underground jungle. DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Apr 8, 2016 |
# ¿ Apr 8, 2016 19:51 |
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That was mercifully changed in the last major patch. It now blooms every day at sunset! Waterleaf was similarly changed, and now no longer requires being submerged in water to bloom. Now it only does so during rain.
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# ¿ Apr 8, 2016 20:44 |
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Six days from now, on May 22, it appears that Patch 1.3.1 will drop. http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/1-3-1-release-date.43505/ To quote Cenx, this patch is "an update for PC that focuses on wiring mechanics and controller support."
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# ¿ May 17, 2016 00:37 |
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Mountaineer posted:If anything pre-hardmode is less gated than before, since you no longer need keys to open the floating island chests. New content patches tend to release somewhere between 18 months and 2 years after the previous one. So I wouldn't expect to see another until December at the earliest. Of course that's assuming that they release another major patch altogether. There's also that "unfuck the world" thing that's due out... sometime.
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# ¿ May 17, 2016 16:02 |
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CJacobs posted:I went with small because I remember it still being pretty big. Having seen it, I'm glad I did because I cannot imagine how big a large-sized one has to be. This is an ancient image from GameFAQs, but... Large is almost twice as big as a Small, horizontally and vertically.
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# ¿ May 18, 2016 01:35 |
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Mischalaniouse posted:Wow, I've never seen the dungeon cut that far into the Underworld before. Did they patch that out? I assume it's an artifact of worldgen hiccuping for whatever reason. RareAcumen posted:Well at least you didn't make the mistake of starting on Expert mode. That line I put in the OP seems to be paying off!
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# ¿ May 18, 2016 01:54 |
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AnimalChin posted:Combat is my only complaint, really so far. It feels so clunky and frustrating, even with the broadsword attack arc. Flaming arrows are pretty sweet though. In terms of buildings, everyone's gotta start off somewhere! Also if you're not enjoying melee, you should think about switching to another playstyle entirely. Ranged attacks or even a magic-heavy playstyle are both super fun ways to play. EDIT: Speaking of a ranged playstyle, I have a gun that can do this. DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 12:30 on May 18, 2016 |
# ¿ May 18, 2016 12:24 |
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CJacobs posted:Came back better prepared and kicked its rear end. You have three options right now. One is to delve into the dungeon and see what you can turn up down there. The second is to go to the opposite side of the world from the dungeon until you hit a jungle biome, then find a cave and start spelunking. The third option is to start tunneling until you find lava. Then keep going down past that. I recommend you do this after you find a purple key in the dungeon. There's also a really good chance that in the next couple of nights a meteor is going to strike your world somewhere. You should also spend some time digging it up and turning it into cool poo poo.
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# ¿ May 18, 2016 12:38 |