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

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  • L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I just found out slimes can only jump up. So, if you have a wooden platform, you can effectively make your place slime proof by making the slimes always jump up and over your shit.

    Or floating island. That keeps most everything at bay.

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  • RikushixRikushix VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    FUCK I got Skeletron down to something like 500 health before dawn arrived and he killed me.

    edit: and the Old Man was right there that morning so the "not spawning" thing is definitely a bug.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I just found out slimes can only jump up. So, if you have a wooden platform, you can effectively make your place slime proof by making the slimes always jump up and over your shit.

    Or floating island. That keeps most everything at bay.

    Zombies will drop down through a wooden platform if they fall on it from some distance. So, if you have a wooden platform one block below an edge, and then fill in below it with lava...

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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Wooo, finally fought my first boss and it was a success. Eye of Cuthulu spawned while I was digging, and I ended up beating him and crafted myself a demon bow, just because it sounds and looks so cool. It's a nice upgrade to my gold bow too.

    While I was digging I also found some lakes next to lava and made some obsidian. I crafted an obsidian skull too, but I'm not sure if I understand what it does. Can I walk in lava now?

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    anoffday wrote: »
    Can I walk in lava now?

    Yes.

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  • amnesiasoftamnesiasoft Thick Creamy Furry Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    You can always walk in lava.


    It's just never a good idea.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Ive put a few hours into this game now. I have no idea what I am doing or what I am supposed to do.

    What I do know is that I am afraid of the dark. And I make caves where ever I am when night starts to fall. I hide.

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  • RikushixRikushix VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Shut up amnesia! Yes anoffday. Not only can you walk in lava, you can swim in it. It's like the flippers, only better.

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  • NailbunnyPDNailbunnyPD Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So I stumbled upon the dungeon. Shortly after, a meteor struck the back wall, and to mine all of it, I would expose the dungeon. I don't want to mess up my chance to fight Skeletron, so I left a single line of meteorite at was once the inner most wall of the dungeon. What can I get away with at this point?

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  • NotyetdoneNotyetdone Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Rikushix wrote: »
    Shut up amnesia! Yes anoffday. Not only can you walk in lava, you can swim in it. It's like the flippers, only better.

    Ive tested this. its true. And if you have the flippers equipped you can swim faster and farther!

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    Sometimes, when no one is watching..
    I dig straight down...


    Im going to laugh when i see on the news that a criminal prone kid strangled his brother to death with a shoelace when he erased his minecraft save.
  • rattletraprattletrap Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    If I remove the requirements from a room will an NPC find another place to live? Like if I steal his chair will he move to another room that has everything he needs?

    Because the arms dealer colonized my main workshop and I'm tired of him getting in the way.

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  • NotyetdoneNotyetdone Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Also. i was just on terraria.. well i still am and i thought "oh hey i wonder if diannao has a server on here..."... he does.... but it requires a password. can someone please PM me with it?

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    Sometimes, when no one is watching..
    I dig straight down...


    Im going to laugh when i see on the news that a criminal prone kid strangled his brother to death with a shoelace when he erased his minecraft save.
  • ColorlessGreenColorlessGreen Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Welp.

    Beat the game.

    That was fun. Now to either build something ridiculous or go play something else. Hmmmm.

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  • Dox the PIDox the PI Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Nothing breaks up a friendship faster then flooding friends tunnels :x

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Dox the PI wrote: »
    Nothing breaks up a friendship faster then flooding friends tunnels :x

    Pfft.
    You blocked me in with some dirt while I was afk that took me 2 seconds to break out of. It was only fair that I dug up to the sea and dropped an ocean on your head.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Henroid wrote: »
    I dropped into Hell safely for once, ran around a little bit and found a building with a chest and hellforge. On my way into the building I smashed a block that let a single block of lava loose to drop down. I waited a bit. So I get the forge, I go for the chest and right when I land in front of it I fucking splat dead because apparently there was a teeny-tiny bit of lava present. Fuck that shit.

    Well, I mean, to be fair, If you actually stood in a really shallow puddle of lava it would still be pretty unpleasant.

    UPDATE: I made it back to this exact spot without really trying to, so I made my way to the chest in a much safer manner. What was inside? My third Cloud in a Bottle and other junk. FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

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  • RikushixRikushix VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I propose that every accessory stacks. Every. Single. One.

    That means if you get five Clouds in a Bottle, why, you can jump five times!

    It's brilliant

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Five Lucky Horseshoes?

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  • GalagaGalaxianGalagaGalaxian Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Garthor wrote: »
    Five Lucky Horseshoes?

    Obviously hitting the ground would heal you... that or damage the ground? I dunno. :P

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  • TheDugglerTheDuggler Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I think I've beat the game..

    Full Molten Armor/Tools, Murasama, every accessory, all bosses beaten, dungeon cleared out.


    I think I have basically done everything I could want to do but max out my mana

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  • atat23atat23 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Henroid wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    I dropped into Hell safely for once, ran around a little bit and found a building with a chest and hellforge. On my way into the building I smashed a block that let a single block of lava loose to drop down. I waited a bit. So I get the forge, I go for the chest and right when I land in front of it I fucking splat dead because apparently there was a teeny-tiny bit of lava present. Fuck that shit.

    Well, I mean, to be fair, If you actually stood in a really shallow puddle of lava it would still be pretty unpleasant.

    UPDATE: I made it back to this exact spot without really trying to, so I made my way to the chest in a much safer manner. What was inside? My third Cloud in a Bottle and other junk. FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

    yeah so annoying, I wish the underworld had some unique loot.

    The jungle pretty much did the same to me, I was so excited to find a chest surrounded by gold brick, in it's own little temple, I fight through about 10 hornets at once to get to it and I find it's another fecking magic mirror. I also got about 8 more magic mirrors/hermes boots in the dungeon.

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  • Drake ChambersDrake Chambers Lay out my formal shorts. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So I've had two worlds now where I talked to the old man at night and got killed by Skeletron. After that the old man never respawns, effectively barring me from ever exploring the dungeon.

    Is that by design? You only get one shot at fighting Skeletron?

    I've heard that if you go into the dungeon and pull one of the skeletron heads outside and kill it at night it'll unlock safe access to the dungeon. If the old man won't respawn. Supposedly.

    Interesting. Judging by what I've seen on previous trips inside it might be pretty hard to just pull one skull outside. I'll give it a shot though, thanks.

    I take it then that the old man generally respawns for people, and what's happening to me is a bug? The wiki says the old man won't respawn if you kill him (with lava, for example) but that's not what I'm doing.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Crossposting from the Steam thread:

    Terraria sells 200k in 9 days

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  • Gennenalyse RuebenGennenalyse Rueben The Prettiest Boy is Ridiculously Pretty Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Wow. I knew it was doing well, but 200K in nine days is astounding. That's well over a million dollars in sales, I believe.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Picked this game up yesterday... I... Really shouldn't have. It's fun, but I really suck at building stuff. Took me forever to figure out why I couldn't get my house built.... turns out I wasn't using the wood, I was using the wood blocks!

    Friggen zombies at me right up mighty quick. Oh well... Should I be building multiple houses? Right now I just have the one for me at night.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I just only today learned there are bosses and armor and and mana. I didnt learn it by getting these things, but by reading this thread. What kind of beast is this game?

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Talk to the guide often. He has hints about everything you didn't know about.

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  • grouch993grouch993 Both a man and a numberRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I built a multistory house at the spawn point (single player). When I would zone in from death or starting up again, my floor and wall blocks were being destroyed. Dug the house down one block and fixed that problem.

    Made my place multistory with a central platform and then rooms to each side. My merchant moved in last. I had a nurse, then demolitionist, and finally the merchant.

    The nurse was stuck in a little pit and would not move. I ended up digging out a path so she could make it to the house. Once I had her in sight of the place the blood moon came and she proceeded to die on me.

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    urahonky wrote: »
    Picked this game up yesterday... I... Really shouldn't have. It's fun, but I really suck at building stuff. Took me forever to figure out why I couldn't get my house built.... turns out I wasn't using the wood, I was using the wood blocks!

    Friggen zombies at me right up mighty quick. Oh well... Should I be building multiple houses? Right now I just have the one for me at night.

    This is the kind of stuff that I couldn't do either man; I sucked at MineCraft, and I suck at this. However, I'm more inclined to stick with this game just because of the "RPG" elements involved with loot and so on.

    Dumb question, though: if I start a character, all my equipment sticks with me if I play online, right? Like, all my inventory? My WORLD, on the other hand, doesn't. So I'd just be building up all over again?

    What incentive is there for playing with other people? Is there better loot?

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I've heard that there are parts in the game that are nearly impossible to do solo. You can also use YOUR world in multiplayer.

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  • atat23atat23 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    grouch993 wrote: »
    The nurse was stuck in a little pit and would not move. I ended up digging out a path so she could make it to the house. Once I had her in sight of the place the blood moon came and she proceeded to die on me.

    don't worry she'll respawn. Though the respawn seems to be a little buggy. My NPCs wouldn't respawn in the rooms they originally lived in so I had to turn my apartment building into a castle with lot's of spare rooms to get them back.

    Instead of a bug it maybe the new nurse just didn't want to live in a room where another nurse had died, WoooOOOoooOOOO!

    urahonky wrote: »
    I've heard that there are parts in the game that are nearly impossible to do solo. You can also use YOUR world in multiplayer.

    not from what I've seen, I'm pretty sure I've got everything ans was able to do it solo.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    urahonky wrote: »
    I've heard that there are parts in the game that are nearly impossible to do solo. You can also use YOUR world in multiplayer.

    There's nothing you can't handle on your own at all. You just need to be Batman and prepare properly with the right gear and a stack of potions.

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    So is there a multiplayer server up anywhere with all you bros?

    I like this game but I want to play with multiple people

    Also how have people been screenshotting their game? Just print screen? Does the game save screenshots in a separate folder?

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  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    why do people hate the guide so much

    he's chill

    He loves to stand right over my piggy bank whenever im in the house with him.

    Its a huge house. he just waits till im heading to it and runs up and stands in front of it so i cant click it.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Arch wrote: »
    So is there a multiplayer server up anywhere with all you bros?

    I like this game but I want to play with multiple people

    Also how have people been screenshotting their game? Just print screen? Does the game save screenshots in a separate folder?

    I use Steam's built-in screenshot function. Hit F12. F11 takes away the interface for cleaner shots.

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    harvest wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    So is there a multiplayer server up anywhere with all you bros?

    I like this game but I want to play with multiple people

    Also how have people been screenshotting their game? Just print screen? Does the game save screenshots in a separate folder?

    I use Steam's built-in screenshot function. Hit F12. F11 takes away the interface for cleaner shots.

    There are a few people who run servers on the PA vent channels. Some of us all the time, others only when requested.

    Often we have scads of gear to give new players, just be wary that getting a new pick from one of us will basically ruin the progression for you

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  • ColorlessGreenColorlessGreen Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Regarding the old man/skeletron: From personal experience, if you kill skeletron, he does not (yet) respawn. If you die to skeletron, the old man respawns after a little bit (for me, I died to skeletron on one day, played for another hour or two, went to bed, went to work, came home from work, old man was back. Not sure if he was supposed to respawn instantly and I just had a short term respawn fail glitch, or if he's supposed to respawn after X amount of play time or X amount of RL time or what.) Haven't personally tried melting the old man in lava.

    Regarding needing to MP: I haven't played MP yet and have completed basically everything. There is nothing in the game that *requires* outside assistance.

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Regarding the old man/skeletron: From personal experience, if you kill skeletron, he does not (yet) respawn. If you die to skeletron, the old man respawns after a little bit (for me, I died to skeletron on one day, played for another hour or two, went to bed, went to work, came home from work, old man was back. Not sure if he was supposed to respawn instantly and I just had a short term respawn fail glitch, or if he's supposed to respawn after X amount of play time or X amount of RL time or what.) Haven't personally tried melting the old man in lava.

    Regarding needing to MP: I haven't played MP yet and have completed basically everything. There is nothing in the game that *requires* outside assistance.

    day returns the old man to the world of the living.

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  • ColorlessGreenColorlessGreen Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Mighty wrote: »
    Regarding the old man/skeletron: From personal experience, if you kill skeletron, he does not (yet) respawn. If you die to skeletron, the old man respawns after a little bit (for me, I died to skeletron on one day, played for another hour or two, went to bed, went to work, came home from work, old man was back. Not sure if he was supposed to respawn instantly and I just had a short term respawn fail glitch, or if he's supposed to respawn after X amount of play time or X amount of RL time or what.) Haven't personally tried melting the old man in lava.

    Regarding needing to MP: I haven't played MP yet and have completed basically everything. There is nothing in the game that *requires* outside assistance.

    day returns the old man to the world of the living.

    I am nearly positive that day occurred in-game after I'd died to skeletron (actually that multiple days occurred in-game) and I ran around the dungeon entrance and made a few suicide runs into the dungeon with no old man but one big pissed off over-9000-damage skeleton head in the dungeon.

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  • Drake ChambersDrake Chambers Lay out my formal shorts. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Mighty wrote: »
    Regarding the old man/skeletron: From personal experience, if you kill skeletron, he does not (yet) respawn. If you die to skeletron, the old man respawns after a little bit (for me, I died to skeletron on one day, played for another hour or two, went to bed, went to work, came home from work, old man was back. Not sure if he was supposed to respawn instantly and I just had a short term respawn fail glitch, or if he's supposed to respawn after X amount of play time or X amount of RL time or what.) Haven't personally tried melting the old man in lava.

    Regarding needing to MP: I haven't played MP yet and have completed basically everything. There is nothing in the game that *requires* outside assistance.

    day returns the old man to the world of the living.

    Yeah, there's a problem with this then because I've passed more than a week in-game on two different worlds and the old man never returns. The brief moments I've willingly exposed myself to the screaming idiocy of the official forums have reinforced that it's happened to other people, though it's possibly infrequent.

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