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Terraria! FAQ: It's a Demon Altar. Now with Sticky bombs!!

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  • Slayer of DreamsSlayer of Dreams Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Vic's server now has a lake of water down in Hell, making obsidian farming easy as pie. With fire imps. And giant skeletal worms. Took about 5 minutes for the water to drain all the way down there, when it finished, it was about 25 blocks at it's deepest point. I think I saw some other people adding to it at some point, too, since water kept flowing down in at random intervals while I was mining.

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  • Edith UpwardsEdith Upwards Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Whoever the fuck keeps "fixing" the doors needs to die.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Doors were broken?

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    mrflippy wrote: »
    And now zombies are spawning in here too. Do I have to literally wall myself in to only the visible area so things won't spawn?

    Just build a house faster. All it takes is chopping down a few trees to be able to throw up some walls and make a sword.

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  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is my new favorite game. I don't understand anything, but I'm having SO MUCH FUN.

    edit: Is this going to successfully accommodate the Guide and one more NPC?

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2011
    Zek wrote: »
    mrflippy wrote: »
    And now zombies are spawning in here too. Do I have to literally wall myself in to only the visible area so things won't spawn?

    Just build a house faster. All it takes is chopping down a few trees to be able to throw up some walls and make a sword.

    Don't even make a wooden sword, just use the pickaxe. It does nearly the same damage, swings faster, and you can just hold the button down.

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So what's the best mid-level weapon to use against the Eye of Cthulu? Boomerang, shurikens, or gold bow?

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    jothki wrote: »
    So what's the best mid-level weapon to use against the Eye of Cthulu? Boomerang, shurikens, or gold bow?

    Boomerang pierces, right? What you want is a ranged weapon that will stop his little eyepets from screwing you up. So the boomerang or shurikens, or ideally a bow with unholy or jester arrows (Both of which pierce). At phase 2 you can just go balls out with whatever does the most damage.

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    jothki wrote: »
    So what's the best mid-level weapon to use against the Eye of Cthulu? Boomerang, shurikens, or gold bow?

    Boomerang pierces, right? What you want is a ranged weapon that will stop his little eyepets from screwing you up. So the boomerang or shurikens, or ideally a bow with unholy or jester arrows (Both of which pierce). At phase 2 you can just go balls out with whatever does the most damage.

    Unfortunately, the boomerang only pierces on the return, it stops and heads back when it hits something.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    This is my new favorite game. I don't understand anything, but I'm having SO MUCH FUN.

    edit: Is this going to successfully accommodate the Guide and one more NPC?

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    I would relace that bit of dirt with something else by the door on the right. Just in case. Otherwise, you're good.

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  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    jothki wrote: »
    So what's the best mid-level weapon to use against the Eye of Cthulu? Boomerang, shurikens, or gold bow?

    i've always had the most luck with a stack of 130 shurikens or so, of course now my character is a beast so i will just jump at him with my diamond lightsaber :D

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    mrflippy wrote: »
    Is there any way to build a ladder?

    Not a ladder, but you can use single shelf pieces to make one. Just space them out a 4 or 5 tiles vertically. Keep jumping to climb up. Hold 'S' to drop down.

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Ugh, dying at night turns into a huge death loop, especially since I'm spawning right where I die every time.

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  • RikushixRikushix VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So who's got a server up and running right now? Most of the ones I've seen in this thread are passworded.

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Man nothing beats an epic journey of ore gathering where you get like every goddamned ore ever, and ending it with a mirror.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    What am I staring at here?
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  • Mr.SunshineMr.Sunshine Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    jothki wrote: »
    So what's the best mid-level weapon to use against the Eye of Cthulu? Boomerang, shurikens, or gold bow?

    I used shurikens. A shitload of shurikens. And health potions.

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Demon Altar. Used for crafting things.

    Interestingly, it looks like Demonite stuff can now be crafted at a normal forge, instead of requiring an altar. Sword get!

    Some more things I've noticed:

    Ebonstone is a valid material for constructing houses. My new Dryad's extension is all corruptedy.

    Demonite ore, despite as far as I know not existing anywhere in the world, is placeable. Get to working on that fortress!

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I guess I should have been crafting potions with these mushrooms instead of eating them.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    What is it used to craft?

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Assuming that all the equipment recipes got moved over, just items to summon bosses.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I found a pair of flippers. Finally, water isn't a death sentence.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    D:

    Oh God

    I went into the temple 8 clicks away from town in Dianno's server. Cheesed past the old man by entering during the day with the door open. No problem I'm going down stealing books and loot and nothing's there. All of a sudden GIANT SKELETON HEAD. So I panic and keeping running down away from it and his friends show up. By the time I died there were 8-9 6000 hp skeleton heads chasing me :(

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Aegis wrote: »
    D:

    Oh God

    I went into the temple 8 clicks away from town in Dianno's server. Cheesed past the old man by entering during the day with the door open. No problem I'm going down stealing books and loot and nothing's there. All of a sudden GIANT SKELETON HEAD. So I panic and keeping running down away from it and his friends show up. By the time I died there were 8-9 6000 hp skeleton heads chasing me :(

    Yeah, those kill you in one hit during the day.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    So apparently this is the 6th most played game on Steam right now. It's beating TF2 and Portal 2.

    So I'm pretty confident we'll be getting a lot of content from these guys.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Standing on the bottom of the world:

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  • Darth NathanDarth Nathan Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So, just got this game.

    One thing I can't seem to figure out; is there anyway to replace the dirt background when you're underground with something else?

    Otherwise, having fun so far :P.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Dirt background must be removed from an edge so you'll need to run a line from the surface.

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  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I've had dynamite blast the background out while breaking Shadow Orbs before getting a nightmare pick.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Okay then. I was only repeating what I'd heard.

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  • VampireCactusVampireCactus Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    My only issue with Terraria right now is the wtf ridiculous monster spawn rate on multiplayer servers. Like, whoa. My friend was on my server earlier when a goblin army attacked. I now can't get out of the spawn area (also beds don't work in multiplayer, so have to try to walk to my house every time I die) because there is a never-ending stream of goblins coming to wreck me, and I don't have the equipment to deal with them easily. Before the goblins, the slimes were pretty much just as annoying. There are so many that it stops being challenging and becomes just tedious and frustrating.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    The goblin spawn rate is supposed to be high, as it's an event. Otherwise it'd be pretty trivial.

    Blood Moon is a similar deal. It doubles the night spawn rate.

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  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Spent the weekend with this game. So addictive. But I have questions!

    -My goggle hobo recently plundered his first meteor site. What the hell do I do with the meteorite ore? I'm wearing full shadowscale armor. Is meteorite armor better or what?

    -Has anyone solo'd the skeleton boss yet? I want to raid a dungeon but I play solo atm...wondering if I should save for a minishark, buy a gazillion rounds of ammunition and go try my luck on the old man.

    - I saw underground jungles with cool shit in some of the youtube videos: where are those? how deep are they? I've gone down 2000+ feet (and got gangbanged by imps) and not seen anything like that.

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  • RialeRiale I'm a little slow Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    What method does everyone use for mining obsidian? I've got a ton of the hell ore now but I can't seem to really get obsidian. I've tried carting water down in buckets, but it doesn't seem like enough and it just dissipates on the top of the lava. The only way I've ever gotten any is by digging through pools hundreds of blocks up and slowly channeling them down. PLEASE tell me there's an easier way to do this, because I want me some high quality items.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Riale wrote: »
    What method does everyone use for mining obsidian? I've got a ton of the hell ore now but I can't seem to really get obsidian. I've tried carting water down in buckets, but it doesn't seem like enough and it just dissipates on the top of the lava. The only way I've ever gotten any is by digging through pools hundreds of blocks up and slowly channeling them down. PLEASE tell me there's an easier way to do this, because I want me some high quality items.

    Dig horizontally along the lava line looking for a lake closer to the lava.

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  • AtheraalAtheraal Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Man, I really want an item that works for CTF, shows when its being carried by someone and returns to base if someone on the right team picks it up. Anyone here ever play Soldat? Yeah. Soldat with deformable terrain.

    Also yes the skeleton boss is definitely soloable.

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  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Meteorite makes armor of the same defense as Shadowscale, only Meteor armor regens your mana, and if you wear all 3 pieces you use 25% less mana, also you leave a darkness lighting fire trail whenever you move.

    Skeletron is easy once you've farmed Molten (hellstone) gear. A molten bow firing unholy arrows in a full suit of molten armor means you do more damage to him than he does to you, hit for hit. Set up an area to fight him in that favors you and he'll go down with 150 or so arrows.

    The jungles are placed randomly underground on start up, easiest way to find it is start a small world and run along the surface looking for a large expanse of Mud blocks. The jungle is built entirely upon mud and if its near enough to the surface can replace all the usual dirt/sand/stone that would normally be there. If you don't see any big mud fields just start a new world.

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  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    BYToady wrote: »
    Meteorite makes armor of the same defense as Shadowscale, only Meteor armor regens your mana, and if you wear all 3 pieces you use 25% less mana, also you leave a darkness lighting fire trail whenever you move.

    Skeletron is easy once you've farmed Molten (hellstone) gear. A molten bow firing unholy arrows in a full suit of molten armor means you do more damage to him than he does to you, hit for hit. Set up an area to fight him in that favors you and he'll go down with 150 or so arrows.

    The jungles are placed randomly underground on start up, easiest way to find it is start a small world and run along the surface looking for a large expanse of Mud blocks. The jungle is built entirely upon mud and if its near enough to the surface can replace all the usual dirt/sand/stone that would normally be there. If you don't see any big mud fields just start a new world.

    Thanks. I'm trying to avoid the wiki. Any hints on hellstone gear? Is it in the third underground layer? cause that place is brutal.

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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    So apparently this is the 6th most played game on Steam right now. It's beating TF2 and Portal 2.

    So I'm pretty confident we'll be getting a lot of content from these guys.

    This is the best. This game is awesome and everyone should be playing it.

    I just got to my first giant cave system, picked up a couple of hearts and a thing that lets me double jump, along with a mirror and tons of ore. It was epic.

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