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Terraria! Soon with: Criticals! Inventory Management! FAQ: Its a DEMON ALTAR dammit!

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    WeedkillerWeedkiller Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Magic Missile isn't a traditional spell?

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    AllchuffedupAllchuffedup Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Did anyone hear anything about how often they plan to update the game? I'm sure some are ready for new content already..

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    MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    So I found a
    meteor site
    .

    I died, but I am going back tonight. I will begin making amazing items from its ore.

    Also, my guide spawned in an outpost building, far from where i desire, can I just kill him with a sword or a bucket of lava? He'll respawn in a new place in a bit, right?

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Henroid wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Machismo wrote: »
    Where the hell are spells? All I can do I make great armor and weapons. I didn't know about spells until the other day. Yet to find one.

    There aren't any. Some weapons use mana to attack is all.

    ... smartass. :P


    Buh? What'd I do? There aren't any spells, are there?

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Machismo wrote: »
    So I found a
    meteor site
    .

    I died, but I am going back tonight. I will begin making amazing items from its ore.

    Also, my guide spawned in an outpost building, far from where i desire, can I just kill him with a sword or a bucket of lava? He'll respawn in a new place in a bit, right?

    Take down the out post building. My guys tend to just move on their own every so often if there's other empty rooms. I've also heard they'll move if there's a room made of better materials.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    Machismo wrote: »
    So I found a
    meteor site
    .

    I died, but I am going back tonight. I will begin making amazing items from its ore.

    Also, my guide spawned in an outpost building, far from where i desire, can I just kill him with a sword or a bucket of lava? He'll respawn in a new place in a bit, right?

    he will if you deconstruct the outpost and build another house for him

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    MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    Machismo wrote: »
    So I found a
    meteor site
    .

    I died, but I am going back tonight. I will begin making amazing items from its ore.

    Also, my guide spawned in an outpost building, far from where i desire, can I just kill him with a sword or a bucket of lava? He'll respawn in a new place in a bit, right?

    he will if you deconstruct the outpost and build another house for him

    Ah. I made a castle, so he went there when he respawned because it was made of the nicer materials.

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    MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Machismo wrote: »
    Where the hell are spells? All I can do I make great armor and weapons. I didn't know about spells until the other day. Yet to find one.

    There aren't any. Some weapons use mana to attack is all.

    ... smartass. :P


    Buh? What'd I do? There aren't any spells, are there?

    false, there are 2 spellbooks and 3 magic wands. those cast spells.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    I think magic pink means that they don't count as spells if you use them from your inventory

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Mighty wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Machismo wrote: »
    Where the hell are spells? All I can do I make great armor and weapons. I didn't know about spells until the other day. Yet to find one.

    There aren't any. Some weapons use mana to attack is all.

    ... smartass. :P


    Buh? What'd I do? There aren't any spells, are there?

    false, there are 2 spellbooks and 3 magic wands. those cast spells.

    Holy crap, are those new? I searched for spells on the wiki when I found out there was mana and didn't manage to find anything. I didn't know what mana was for for the longest time either.

    So I wasn't being a smartass I was just being dumb. :^:

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    WaltWalt Waller Arcane Enchanted Frozen ElectrifiedRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    They are still items that use mana. Flower of Fire and Demon Scythe are both "spells" but they take up space in your inventory and so forth.

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    AllchuffedupAllchuffedup Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    There's nothing that casts a spell that isn't something like a weapon, wand. book etc. I guess magic in terraria has to be focused through an object of some kind.

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    MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Mighty wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Machismo wrote: »
    Where the hell are spells? All I can do I make great armor and weapons. I didn't know about spells until the other day. Yet to find one.

    There aren't any. Some weapons use mana to attack is all.

    ... smartass. :P


    Buh? What'd I do? There aren't any spells, are there?

    false, there are 2 spellbooks and 3 magic wands. those cast spells.

    Holy crap, are those new? I searched for spells on the wiki when I found out there was mana and didn't manage to find anything. I didn't know what mana was for for the longest time either.

    So I wasn't being a smartass I was just being dumb. :^:
    its cool. one of the spell books is new, but the 3 wands were always there.

    though water bolt is a good spell to have. it passes through your targets.

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    Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    So I have this game now thanks to Thibis.

    Is there a good place to get started?

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    kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    So I have this game now thanks to Thibis.

    Is there a good place to get started?

    Just start digging!

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    MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    SO I just beat a boss on my first try without dying. Is this normal?
    For those that want to know, it was
    Eye of Cthulhu. The hardest part was getting enough damage before the sun rose. I assumed he went away then

    Also, almost reached the hell areas. How do I not die a bunch there?

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    LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    So I have this game now thanks to Thibis.

    Is there a good place to get started?

    Just Minecraft it, so to speak. If you have no experience from that end then cut down some trees to get some wood (you have an axe!), build a crafting bench on your inventory screen and get to making a small dwelling.

    Or dig into the earth and hide like most of us did our first time.

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    21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Machismo wrote: »
    SO I just beat a boss on my first try without dying. Is this normal?
    For those that want to know, it was
    Eye of Cthulhu. The hardest part was getting enough damage before the sun rose. I assumed he went away then

    Also, almost reached the hell areas. How do I not die a bunch there?

    Go on back up, beat the Eater of Worlds, go through the Jungle and maybe explore the dungeon.

    Hell is the endgame.

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    spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I thought the dungeon was the endgame, with skullface as the boss.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    no, the dungeon comes before hell

    maybe even before the jungle

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    MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    no, the dungeon comes before hell

    maybe even before the jungle

    Really? THat seems odd, really.

    I mean for me, I gotta cross the world to reach the dungeon, which is beyond the meteor I found. That meteor was the worst fight yet due to those damn meteor heads. So many and from all directions. Can't switch between pick and gold sword fast enough.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    have you been to hell yet?


    I'm pretty sure hell is as far from the surface vertically as the dungeon is far from the spawn horizontally

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    PierceNeckPierceNeck Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Machismo wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    no, the dungeon comes before hell

    maybe even before the jungle

    Really? THat seems odd, really.

    I mean for me, I gotta cross the world to reach the dungeon, which is beyond the meteor I found. That meteor was the worst fight yet due to those damn meteor heads. So many and from all directions. Can't switch between pick and gold sword fast enough.
    Only a certain amount of those meteor heads can be on screen at once. So get them all on one side of you, and then keep mining. The pick should keep knocking them back.

    Also, I died far more in the jungle than in the dungeon with the same gear.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    yeah, the bees and man eaters are pretty brutal

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    spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    no, the dungeon comes before hell

    maybe even before the jungle

    The way I played it, I went to hell to get all the best weapons and armor, and then I fought the skull guy. I never even went to the jungle.

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    MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    The jungle doesn't seem to offer much. Mud is an interesting building material, make like adobe buildings.

    I get those jugle roses for crafting, but overall, pretty lame. Am I missing something?

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    MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    have you been to hell yet?


    I'm pretty sure hell is as far from the surface vertically as the dungeon is far from the spawn horizontally

    See, I can fall to the bottom of my shaft or I walk to the dungeon.

    Falling is faster and safer since I take no fall damage and the magic mirror gets me back on top in a second.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    the jungle provides jungle armor, which is the best armor for using spells; the blade of grass, which is an okay sword and a component of the night's edge; various jungle shrine items that either boost your movement speed, attack speed, or can be used as a weapon and to make grass grow

    it's also where you get the components to make the ivy whip, which is an upgrade of the chain hook and very useful

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    AllchuffedupAllchuffedup Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    The ivy whip is reason enough to hit the jungle... took me forever to farm the whole jungle set I kept getting boots non stop but the other pieces wouldn't drop.




    edit meant to say jungle not dungeon

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    leafleaf Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Is there any real use for a demon altar? Found one of those already, though I've yet to come across anything half decent yet. I'd say the "best" thing I've found so far has been the horseshoe and a few potions...

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    you need to be standing near one to craft certain items

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    LoathingLoathing Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Corrupted areas can eat my ass.

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    kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    The Dungeon is just an annoying place with lots of loot.
    Machismo wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    no, the dungeon comes before hell

    maybe even before the jungle

    Really? THat seems odd, really.

    I mean for me, I gotta cross the world to reach the dungeon, which is beyond the meteor I found. That meteor was the worst fight yet due to those damn meteor heads. So many and from all directions. Can't switch between pick and gold sword fast enough.

    Crossing the world doesn't really take that long. It takes a lot longer to get to hell. I've started to just build a skybridge to get to certain points and it makes travel faster plus it looks cool.

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    grouch993grouch993 Both a man and a numberRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Skybridges can reduce meteor ore if it happens to hit them. Ask me how I learned this.

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    HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I loved this game for the first 10 hours, but now I'm kinda tired of hitting inert material with a pick axe.

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    kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hoz wrote: »
    I loved this game for the first 10 hours, but now I'm kinda tired of hitting inert material with a pick axe.

    Sounds like you got your moneys worth at least. :) I would just wait for the next patch. Each one seems to be adding more and more content. It'll be interesting to see where Terraria is in a year.

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    templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I'd say that hell is harder than the dungeon, but much less so after 1.0.5. The way spawns used to work, you could get unlucky and get all bone dragons. Plus, fire imps are way less of a hassle after the recent nerf to their fire rate. The only thing to worry about now are the lava slimes.

    The worst part of the dungeon is those cursed skulls, but they're more irritating than lethal.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    bone dragons and fire imps whose spells gave hearts were way easier to deal with than the combination of hell slimes, hellbats, bone serpents, and fire imps

    demons aren't all that bad



    although, I think the main thing that has made hell harder is the change to way ash works

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    LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    The new potion cooldown change does not amuse me. Some of us play this game singleplayer. I don't want to try soloing a dungeon or mining hellstone when you can only use one potion a minute. I imagine it goes rather insanely poorly until you have the best gear in the game, including the shit you're trying to get during this exercise.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    when did they change the cooldown on potions

    you could try using more health rings

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