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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Prpl_Mage on July 26, 2013, 06:33:48 PM

Title: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 26, 2013, 06:33:48 PM
Terraria. is the topic,

I insisted on going to the blasted underground jungle and got enough vines and spores to get the upgraded grappling hook, It's kinda cool but also a bit annoying 'cuz ou get stuck and I preferred to fly like the wind. Also, I realized that there was a sword to craft using stingers and spores. That blade of grass is awesome. Got one with + size and it hits everywhere. Useful.

The eye of chuthulu is beaten, as cerb suggested, Bows and arrows are not to be underestimated. My huge sword also helped a lot. And the fact that i just paved an area outside my spawn that I could use to fight it on. Lots of demonite. But then I needed shadow scales to get cooler gear with it.

So I ventured down into hell again, realized that hellbricks hurt you when you touch them and that demons are a pain in the ***. Then a dryad moved in and offered purifying powder to fight of " corruption", didn't know what that was.

Anyway, the guide suggested looking for shadow orbs 'cuz they spawn meteors. I made the conclusion that those are probably those balls stuck in the purplish unbreakable crap. So I set out once more, down into the depth and found those blocks and realized that I could blow them away with bombs. My failure last time was using grenades, they don't break tiles...

Broke the first orb and got a gun, then I defended my "town" against the gobling invasion it triggered, that was a mess. they like broke my ****. Not cool.
Got one of them gunslingers to the town after that though. Minishark, awesome weapon idea.

After stocking up on new bombs I tried to find new shadow orbs, dug my way around and found a bound goblin by sheer luck, I'm guessing he spawns after the goblin invasion since he said that he got tied up when he pointed out that they were going the wrong way. (Oh also, found a magic mirror. That thing is the ****, always wondered what all that mana was for.) Anyway, bought a pair of rocketboots and the game just rose in awesomeness by another 200%. Also, since Cerb mentioned that "trick" with things labeled "material" I checked it out and paired it with my hermes boots at a very expensive tinker station.

Found another shadow orb surrounded by those petrified sandworm heads and tried to blow up said sandworm heads. Didn't work, can't mine underneath them either. And when I hammer them I get damaged. Anyway, think I got a flail from that orb and expected a new goblin invasion but it was cool.

Finally got to a third orb and I expected my meteor to arrive, but instead I got a humongous devourer attacking me. And I'm not completely sure what happened in this fight but loot dropped left and right, including hearts that kept me floating, and then It kinda duplicated or split up or something. Not sure. The grass blade did wonders though and it eventually died.

Got a message about meteor fall and remembered that I got a load of demonite and shadow scales so I created my new mining pick", apparently it could mine those annoying purplish blocks that I recently concluded are "corrupted", since demolition guy said something like "why purify when you can blow it up?" makes sense.

I searched for my meteor but found a dungeon instead, went inside and got totalled. Continued over it the second time and ended up in the sea with sharks and stuff. Found some flippers, those are neat.

Went the other way and found lots of "corruption" and a hill with a floating harpy-infested island over it only containing a locked chest. Eventually found my meteor and started mining while fending off meteor heads. Went back to the guide and realized that I could make lightsabers with my meteorites. but the damage is lower than my grass blade.

Also found lots of new statues and my castle is getting kinda crowded. Decided to lock in the guide by placing statues on both sides of the door 'cuz he kept jumping off the ledge and getting killed during the nights. And since crafting the armour and tools in gold I'm not sure what to do with all my bars. Or gems for that matter. Ended up making lots of unnecessary decorations like a throne and trashcans.

I think I'm supposed to go to hell now, this new miningpick should be able to get me those fiery hellstones if it could get meteorites, maybe those things in hell were meteorites btw... Anyway.  Also need to try it on the lava (as in "frozen" that appeared when I accidentally poured water on the molten lava. Just wish I could get some of that molten lava to surround my town for any future goblin invasion or bloodmoon.

So yeah. This game is awesome.
Title: Re: Because I'm tired of hijacking the minecraft thread
Post by: Archem on July 26, 2013, 07:04:55 PM
The Blade of Grass is one of the top tier (before hard mode) weapons, and can be crafted into an even better sword (one of the best in the game) if you take the time to get the other top-tier swords.

Also, underground jungles are a bitch, but the gear you can make from spores make it worth the trip. I used to rock a sweet full jungle armor set before hard mode came around and handed me my ***.
Title: Re: Because I'm tired of hijacking the minecraft thread
Post by: fruckert on July 26, 2013, 07:21:19 PM
Also found lots of new statues and my castle is getting kinda crowded. Decided to lock in the guide by placing statues on both sides of the door 'cuz he kept jumping off the ledge and getting killed during the nights. And since crafting the armour and tools in gold I'm not sure what to do with all my bars. Or gems for that matter. Ended up making lots of unnecessary decorations like a throne and trashcans.
Fun Fact: Pulling this stuff on the console version would get your doors destroyed.
because glitches
Title: Re: Because I'm tired of hijacking the minecraft thread
Post by: SaiKar on July 26, 2013, 11:21:03 PM
It's interesting seeing someone play who's not using a wiki. You definitely did things in a different order than I do.

I could give you a bunch of hints and stuff, but you seem to be doing okay on your own. Though I will say that the dungeon contains some hella good loot.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Meiscool on July 27, 2013, 12:45:32 AM
For a sec I thought the second one came out and this was about it.

Sounds like you had a good day with all the meteor huntin' though.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 27, 2013, 01:11:51 AM
Just a quick update, kinda scouted the entire hell region and pulled out loads of obsidian and hellstone bricks, also obsidian walls. Kinda cool, although the hellfire still hurts. Can't make houses out of that. Been thinking about using it to create a wall around my "town" though to keep out baddies. Might just work.

Anyway, I got hellstones but according to the guide guy I need obsidium as well to actually get a hellstone bar. Now, I went from my entrance of demonville all the way to the left(west) while mining and avoiding demons. Didn't find a single obsidium mine. Just the usual, hellstones, ash and those "appartment buildings" made of either obsidium bricks or hellstone bricks.
Also, got a demon scythe-spell, kinda cool but pretty slow. And loads of those voodoo dolls, they sell for 2s a piece though.

Still need more demonite and shadow scales for the shadow helm btw, I got it from that devourer of worlds (although I had some demonite from before). I think I saw something about rotten meat earlier that could summon it just like the suspicious looking eye (I've found like 4 in chests so far) could summon the eye.
But I still haven't found one of those demon forge, I remember the guide telling me to bring lenses to a demon forge to summon the eye. But the only thing I find in hell are those hellforges. Maybe in the dungeon then.

There was this guy outside the dungeon who told me to come back during night, I didn't, and went in. It went bad, maybe if I just heed his advice things will go better if the dungeon holds good stuff.

Also, hamaxe is awesome. An axe and a hammer in one, one more inventory slot free for loot.
Also, got attacked by an undead magician called crazy tim or something. He was kinda easy compared to the demons and dropped a neat hat.

And then just a quick question. Potions, and buffs and stuff. How useful are they? I've kinda stacked a bunch of materials in a barrel because I can't seem to have the right furniture to make potions and such. The guide shows me ton of recipes but even with all those items on me it never shows up. So it's probably something like the Tinkerer's station I assume, something to brew potions.
Anyway, the question was. Will it be worth making them and stuff?
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Momeka on July 27, 2013, 06:48:13 AM
Are you playing on a mediumcore character? That's way fun, specially with a friend. It really changes the way you play; you just don't dig straight down. Instead you always make sure there is a quick way up and down in your cave system in case you would die. And hell- hell is ****ing scary; you **** up you can lose all your items.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 27, 2013, 07:17:53 AM
Potions can be crafted at a table or workbench that has a bottle sitting on it. You need a bottle filled with water and the correct ingredients.

Potions are definitely worth it, especially if you have access to a magical mushroom farm. Adding cooldowns on potions sucked, but they're still a good thing to have.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 27, 2013, 09:23:53 AM
Are you playing on a mediumcore character? That's way fun, specially with a friend. It really changes the way you play; you just don't dig straight down. Instead you always make sure there is a quick way up and down in your cave system in case you would die. And hell- hell is ****ing scary; you **** up you can lose all your items.

Might try that when I feel finished with this character. Kinda feels like there can't be much left to this game. Unless there are more hidden stuff out there. But then again, if I can summon all the bosses in the game then there is supposed to be some more bosses like that mechanical eye "the twins" and mecha skull "skeletron prime" . We'll see.

Potions can be crafted at a table or workbench that has a bottle sitting on it. You need a bottle filled with water and the correct ingredients.

Potions are definitely worth it, especially if you have access to a magical mushroom farm. Adding cooldowns on potions sucked, but they're still a good thing to have.

Oh so that's what I needed. Kinda like I could only create the depth meter and the clocks at a table with a chair next to it. Didn't work with a lone table or a workbench with a chair. Some odd conditions in this game.

Just curious, how do one get access to/ make a magical mushroom farm?
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 27, 2013, 10:08:38 AM
Two things:
1. Obsidium isn't found like other minerals.
2. Demon Altar, not Forge.
Hint for both: You already saw it.

Devourer of Worlds can also be spawned again by destroying more Orbs. I suggest farming Demonite from him since he's easier to kill than Eye of Cthulhu, at least in my opinion. Or perhaps "less annoying" could be more accurate.

Potions and buffs are especially useful against bots. But other than that, you don't really need them. Except perhaps Gravity Potions to reach those flying islands. I know they can also be reached by building a pillar under you, but they're easier to find with the Gravity Potion.

As for a farm, I think you pretty much need to recreate the environment in which they naturally grow. For this, you'll need seeds usually found by cutting grass in specific areas. Be careful if you plan on recreating Corruption area, as it can actually spread.

Also, by the way, if I recall, Lightsabers have a higher speed, so they're still pretty good. However, I still suggest using the Blade of Grass, or the one you can build with it and the other three.
And yes, you really should  go to the dungeon. Some good stuff down there.

I hate Goblin attacks. They may happen again. I hate them.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: SaiKar on July 27, 2013, 01:49:35 PM
Might try that when I feel finished with this character. Kinda feels like there can't be much left to this game.
My friend, you have not even REALLY begun the interesting parts. The true battle between good and evil is waiting to be unleashed.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 27, 2013, 04:43:09 PM
You can find mushroom farms underground, and sometimes they can drop seeds. You need to plant seeds on mud blocks at a certain depth or lower. I don't remember what the exact depth it, so you may be better off just making a safe passage down to the one you found and expand it over time. They make your lesser potions into standard potions, and pixie dust (hard mode) makes your standard potions into greater potions. By the time you hit hard mode, you'll find potions are far more valuable, as the game really ramps up the difficulty.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Apex on July 28, 2013, 01:13:39 AM
Whoa, Terraria!

Hey, let's all play together when the 1.2 patch comes out.

[/hijacking]
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 28, 2013, 06:12:32 PM
So, right. Progress.

Got my hellstone bricks but accidentally killed myself with the lava that spawns when you mine it all the time. Also tons of ash, and luckily I kinda closed off all the lava pools down there. Seeing how everything kept knocking me into those blasted pools of lava. More on that later.
Realized that cooled lava equals obsidium ore. Great hint there. Kept mining it and it just created more and more. Kept digging down until I reached hell. But apparently water can't stay on ash. It just.... dissappeared actually. But I got like 8 stacks of 250 obsidium so I think i got it covered.

I went to the dungeon and found some neat stuff such as shadow keys for those chests in hell, and gold keys for that one chest on that floating island. Also lots of skeletons that dropped bones (finally) as well as books, pink bricks and waterbolts.
The skeletron boss felt easier than the eye of C, eater of worlds also got his slimy *** handed to him one more time to complete the shadow set, and also go create a lights' bane for that future crafting. Might've been because I had already made myself a fiery greatsword that dealt even more damage than the grass blade ever did. Also burn instead of poison.

Anyway, the dungeon was kinda small so I ended up digging my way to the bottom and out in hell. Was I supposed to look around in all those brick walls for more rooms? I kinda assumed that everything would be connected in that place.
And then disaster kinda struck. I was kinda working my way back to where I had previously been in hell and killed one of those blasted demons, one labeled "voodo" and it droppped the loot in the lava as per usual. Then a message appear and a wall of flesh starts working it's way towards me while shooting lasers and clawy-jaws and spawning giant worms and stuff like that.
I'm glad that I got some stuff with me such as magic and my bow 'cuz my fiery greatsword might as well been a toothpick. Also, realized that the eyes were the weakpoint... Yay.
Killed me one time so I stocked up on ironskin and manapotions and restorationpotions and went back. Got about halfway before he dragged me in and I finally came to the places where I had covered the lava. managed to defeat it but the only cool loot was the pwnhammer and laser gun thingy. Better than water bolt me thinks.

And after that the difficulty seems to have risen. Some of the ebonite turned into pearlstone and also pearlsand. And that's when I finally realized what the demon altars were. I could finally hammer the things i assumed to be petrified sandworm heads. So I have released cobolt and mythril and adamantine at least 2 times each. Only found cobolt so far though. Lots of it. None of the others.
Could anyone just tell me the colours of them? I know that cobolt is bluish so that was cool. Also, lots of new enemies. With tons of health, phantom armours, wraiths and a friggin unicorm just dropped on me from above and stabbed me.
Anyway, spawned a third eater of world. But it kinda went right through me and dissappeared. Could it have something to do with the fact that there was barely any ebonstone around the shadoworb? 'cuz kinda all of that has turned into pearlstone by now.

So I suppose this is the whole "conflict of light and dark" going on now. Maybe... Also found a wizard.

Btw, I need a murasame for my new sword. Is that something I make with mythril or adamantine? 'cuz cobolt only had one that looked like it but wasn't it.

Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 28, 2013, 06:58:24 PM
I see you finally found the Voodoo Doll's second use. I personally recommend trying to kill the Wall of Flesh a couple more time later on, as it drops pretty good Accessories.

Cobalt is blue, Mithril is green and Adamantite is red. I suggest keeping at least one Demon Altar, by the way. Preferably close to your home, but it's not a necessity; just convenience.

I'm pretty sure you have more Obsidium than required for the Molten set, although there are other stuff you can craft with it. I suppose you can keep the excess for walls or something. At this point you don't really need the Molten set as much, though, since you've got Cobalt and stuff available. By the way, you'll find that these sets work differently than previous ones, which I think is pretty neat. Just remember that a full set offers a bonus.

Fiery Sword is good, but it's a tad bit slower, which is why some people prefer Sword of Grass.
I suppose at this point you won't mind the "spoiler" since you're on your way to Hard Mode stuff, so... the Muramasa is actually found in the dungeon's locked chests. Just keep farming keys and hope for the best. The blade you'll craft with it is still actually pretty good, even for Hard Mode, especially if you get lucky with enchant.
There's also the Cobalt Shield in there that can be really useful, and I recommend trying to get your hands on it.

As for Devourer of Worlds, yes, you do need to be in the corruption to summon him, or at least have a decent amount of Ebonstone around. No Orb required, though. But There's no real point killing him now, assuming you've got the Armour set and the Light's Bane.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: zuhane on July 28, 2013, 09:18:32 PM
Starbound looks like a very similar idea but done to a much more ambitious scale with a hella more to do! I love Terraria, but people must be
excited about Starbound, right!?
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 28, 2013, 09:23:48 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: SaiKar on July 29, 2013, 12:27:54 AM
Ahhh, are you wiking now? Because you're figuring things out with alarming accuracy.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 29, 2013, 01:09:39 AM
I see you finally found the Voodoo Doll's second use. I personally recommend trying to kill the Wall of Flesh a couple more time later on, as it drops pretty good Accessories.
Can't remember even getting one

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Cobalt is blue, Mithril is green and Adamantite is red. I suggest keeping at least one Demon Altar, by the way. Preferably close to your home, but it's not a necessity; just convenience.
Thank you, this was really useful. Although I kinda mistake mythril for cobalt a lot of times.
Yeah I kept the one second to closest to me, I kinda smashed the one that was closest because I didn't know it at first. Just wanted to try to hammer it with my new hammer. Then I read the description and went "hmmm". Been trying every hammer and hamaxe I've made on it.

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I'm pretty sure you have more Obsidium than required for the Molten set, although there are other stuff you can craft with it.
Yeah, I don't have enough hellstones for that, and I kinda prefered the attack speed from the shadow set. Also, I made an obsidian skull, and then saw that I could merge it with a horseshoe and a shield. Stumbled across the shield in the dingeon and made a no hellstone damae- no knockback accessory. So worth it.

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Fiery Sword is good, but it's a tad bit slower, which is why some people prefer Sword of Grass.
Didn't seem to notice that, might've been because I got one of those claw accessories that increases attack speed as well as the shadow set.

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the Muramasa is actually found in the dungeon's locked chests. Just keep farming keys and hope for the best. The blade you'll craft with it is still actually pretty good, even for Hard Mode, especially if you get lucky with enchant.

There's also the Cobalt Shield in there that can be really useful, and I recommend trying to get your hands on it.
So the sword always spawn in the dungeon? 'cuz it felt like I had explored the entire place when I decided to move on. Only found some magic missiles and stuff like that, also the shield accessory and two shadow keys.
I am just gonna assume that he cobalt shield is the accessory I found, unless there is another one.

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As for Devourer of Worlds, yes, you do need to be in the corruption to summon him, or at least have a decent amount of Ebonstone around. No Orb required, though. But There's no real point killing him now, assuming you've got the Armour set and the Light's Bane.
Feels kinda odd that the ebonstones around the shadow orbs become pearlstones then. And it wasn't as much of me needing the loot. I was just hunting demon altars and saw some unsmashed orbs so I smashed them. The eater of world appeared, it charged me, went straight ahead and didn't come back. Felt pretty bugged.


Also, Got tons of cobalt and made the drill, pretty cool but the sound is annoying. Found several other demon altars closer to the surface when jumping down those holes in corrupted places. Made the cobalt set and kept going into the jungle where I found lots of new ores. But I also get lost in there all the time with those vines haning down and blocking my sight and growing and stuff.
Anyway, got enough to make a mythril anvil and barely made my mythril drill. Then I started hunting for adamantine and kept mistaking copper for it. Eventually found enough to make that neat microwave oven.  And then I made the mythril armor set and a cobalt sword.
Thing is, I have like a stack of 99 cobalt in my box already and it didn't feel like I could use it for much else than gear. Adamantine is still scarce and I prioritized the mythril armor set rather than getting a better sword. Apparently need both for that combined sword anyway so I better make it.

Other than that... I find lots of the new enemies really annoying, like the chaos elementals and stuff. Also, I have no idea what to do now. the guide just tells me about souls in extreme light and dark and other than the new enemies and ores - there's not much change in the world... That I can see at least. And the wizard didn't really add much, Kinda hoped he would.

Oh right, meteors. I've gotten lots of meteors lately and I simply don't need any more meteor ore. Made the set and a beamsword and the hamaxe and the miningpick back then.


And no Sai, still no wiki just reading the few things the game gives me and drawing conclusions. Also wasting a lot of time testing stuff on stuff. I mean, I kept going back to this patch of demonite ore in attempts to mine it until I got the golden pickaxe.
Same with the ebonite, kept going back there and tried it. But ironically you can't mine those untill you've broken the shadow orbs. 'cuz you need the scales for the pickaxe.  Wish the game had been clearer on things though, such as the worlds dangerous change after the wall of flesh, what a demon altar actually look like. I kept thinking it was an enemy. Also a minimap or something would've been nice.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 29, 2013, 03:08:34 AM
Can't remember even getting one
I think the first time you kill it, you receive the Pwnhammer no matter what. After all, would kinda suck not to receive it, as you would never be able to get any new ore. Some pretty neat accessories that increase damage for either range, melee or magic. They may actually be the only worthy accessories, though. I kinda forgot what else drops from him.

Thank you, this was really useful. Although I kinda mistake mythril for cobalt a lot of times.
Yeah, can be confusing at first. You should be fine differentiating them after some time.

Yeah, I don't have enough hellstones for that, and I kinda prefered the attack speed from the shadow set. Also, I made an obsidian skull, and then saw that I could merge it with a horseshoe and a shield. Stumbled across the shield in the dingeon and made a no hellstone damae- no knockback accessory. So worth it.
Yeah, no real point getting it now. It increases your melee attack, though, as well as more defense, so it would have been good if you didn't get the Mithril set. I personally try to get all Armour sets just to decorate, though. And yeah, the Shield is great. The Horseshoe would've been great before you obtained all these other neat accessories.

Didn't seem to notice that, might've been because I got one of those claw accessories that increases attack speed as well as the shadow set.
Probably. It's true that I did switch to both Molten armour and Fiery Sword at the same time, so the speed difference is quite noticeable.

So the sword always spawn in the dungeon? 'cuz it felt like I had explored the entire place when I decided to move on. Only found some magic missiles and stuff like that, also the shield accessory and two shadow keys.
I am just gonna assume that he cobalt shield is the accessory I found, unless there is another one.
Yeah, only in the Dungeon. I'd suggest maybe creating another map if you got real unlucky. However, at this point you may as well just skip it. Mithril blade is pretty good, and you'll soon get the Adamantite one.

Feels kinda odd that the ebonstones around the shadow orbs become pearlstones then. And it wasn't as much of me needing the loot. I was just hunting demon altars and saw some unsmashed orbs so I smashed them. The eater of world appeared, it charged me, went straight ahead and didn't come back. Felt pretty bugged.
Oh, I see. Yeah, Hollow appears randomly. Seems it covered a large part of your Corruption. Must've seemed pretty strange to see him come and go like that indeed.

Anyway, got enough to make a mythril anvil and barely made my mythril drill. Then I started hunting for adamantine and kept mistaking copper for it. Eventually found enough to make that neat microwave oven.  And then I made the mythril armor set and a cobalt sword.
Thing is, I have like a stack of 99 cobalt in my box already and it didn't feel like I could use it for much else than gear. Adamantine is still scarce and I prioritized the mythril armor set rather than getting a better sword. Apparently need both for that combined sword anyway so I better make it.
I'd recommend crafting one of each thing. Can then be crafted into some neat stuff.

Other than that... I find lots of the new enemies really annoying, like the chaos elementals and stuff. Also, I have no idea what to do now. the guide just tells me about souls in extreme light and dark and other than the new enemies and ores - there's not much change in the world... That I can see at least. And the wizard didn't really add much, Kinda hoped he would.
Yeah, they're real annoying, especially if when you're just started in there. The main real changes are Hollows and new enemies. Also worth noting that Corruption now spread at a much faster rate than before. I think Hollow does as well, but I could be wrong. What you need to do now is attempt to obtain the best gear available and defeat the Hard Mode bosses. They need to be summoned with an item, though. And if I recall, you'll need some Souls to craft these items. I'll be honest and say that I forgot which enemies drop which souls, but I know that they're quite uncommon. I'm not too fond of the Mage either. Goblin's the best, if you have a large amount of gold. With luck and a large amount of funds, you'll be able to get the best enchant on each weapons. And tools if you feel like it.

Oh right, meteors. I've gotten lots of meteors lately and I simply don't need any more meteor ore. Made the set and a beamsword and the hamaxe and the miningpick back then.
Aside from tools and the Hard Mode beamswords, Meteor isn't really useful.

You'll see that Hard Mode bosses are pretty difficult. I recommend crafting yourself some buffs and health potions before you attempt any of them. And remember how I said that some statues actually do something? Well, I'll just say that Heart Statues can be extremely useful for these bosses. Alas, they're quite rare, and your World may not even have any in it. You can do fine without any statues, though, but trust me, you'll appreciate anything that can give you some slight help when you attempt to kill them.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 29, 2013, 06:58:27 AM
Yeah I am a hoarder, I got mannequins standing around with all my armour sets that I've previously had or created. Also, tons of chests with at least a stack of each item just in case. Even stuff like stingers that have no purpose whatsoever anymore.

And I wasn't aware that the corruption spread. Although now that you mentions it, the desert area next to it looked kinda pale when I went through it last time. Haven't seen a "topworld" hallow area though, just gonna make the addumption that pearlstones and the pixies are part of that since you mentioned it regarding the eater of worlds. 

Got some souls of light just casually killing the enemies in the jungle and stuff like that. Some of them drop 'em some of them don't. Seems pretty random or is dependent on how far down I go. The ones closer to the lava didn't for example. Also, the small eater of worlds drop some corrupted flame used for stuff.

I got statues alright, but I'm still not sure what they do.
Let's list them:
Anvil x2
pickaxe
sword
spear
bow
shield x2
chest
boots
bomb x2
heart
starx2
mushroom
sunflower
angel
something that kinda looks like a pegasus/dragon, can't remember the name.
imp
slime
hornet
eyeball
crab
corruption

speaking of statues, they and the mannequins are kinda occupying my entire castle. Any smart way to create more space? Don't feel like adding another level of towers to it.




Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 29, 2013, 07:35:27 AM
Try going down. Basements are cool.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 29, 2013, 08:19:48 AM
Indeed.

About statues. Chest, Bomb, Heart, Star, Slime and Crab. They all do something. Not sure about the others.
I'll give you a hint: Mechanic. You can try and figure out the rest.
You'll find some use for some of them. You won't for some other.

And yeah, Hollow is the Happy-Looking area that has isn't all that happy.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 29, 2013, 05:05:07 PM
Problem is that it's kinda hollow below my castle, but covered in vines, part of why it looks awesome. But I suppose I could fill it out and make a basement out of it.

Created a new world to generate a new dungeon. Got like 5 cobalt shields, 2 murasame, and some magic missiles. Skeletron wasn't much of a problem with mythril armor. Then there was a bloodmoon and my lasergun kinda killed everything in one hit. Then the eye of chtulu appeared and he got his eye handed to him. Poor thing.
Anyway, noticed that you can't break demon altars at the start of the game. It just damaged me like it did when I tried it with my wooden hammer in my early game.

And add axe, goldfish, bunny and tree statue to that list.

I'm guessing I can tie a lever or switch or pressure plate to those statues then. Just tell me one thing, since I have my fears. Will the statues remain afterwards or do I blow them up?

Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 29, 2013, 06:32:23 PM
Oh, fear not. I wouldn't call it useful if it was a one-time use. Also, timers.
Add Goldfish and Bunny to the list of statues that do something.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 31, 2013, 06:10:34 AM
So I made a secret cellar that can only be reached by clicking a switch that makes some active stone blocks dissappear. Looks cool.

Also, the dryad person tells me hpw far corruption and hallow has progressed. Is this something I should care about or is it like a shoutout? In relation to that, if I should attempt to "stop the corruption", do I need to purchase purifying powder and just pour it everywhere I go?

Other than that, realized that my pink (dungeon) bricks are the most sturdy material I own. Denies bombs and stuff.  Got enough souls of light to summon the first two bosses, need souls of night for the other two. And even going down into hell didn't net me any. I just kinda assumed that lights would be gathered on the upper layers and night on the lower levels but that didn't work.

Also, gonna make myself a slime crown and see what that slime king got to offer.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 31, 2013, 06:18:25 AM
...the other two? I'm pretty sure there's only 3 Hard Mode bosses.

About the Corruption. Personally... I never cared about it. I just focused on killing bosses and making the best gear. Every time I'd acquire top-tier weapon I,d go to the Goblin and attempt to get the best enchant possible. Some weapons took 2 tries, some costed me way too much...
I suppose it's pretty much up to you to decide if stopping the Corruption is worth the (probably) large amount of time it would require to get rid of, or if you should focus your time on gearing up and stuff.
But yeah, I'm pretty sure you need the Purifying Powder.

I had forgotten about the Slime King. I remember killing it, but I forgot what his loot was.

Oh and yeah, mechanisms are pretty neat when done properly.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: fruckert on July 31, 2013, 06:20:26 AM
[spoiler=Regarding the Slime King]
He drops ninjas.
[/spoiler]

I can't play this game anymore.
I just want 1.2 to come out :/
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 31, 2013, 06:22:26 AM
I really hope 1.2 brings a lots of neat stuff. Like new bosses, gear, etc.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 31, 2013, 08:26:54 AM
...the other two? I'm pretty sure there's only 3 Hard Mode bosses.

Oh, mechanical skull needed both, so I counted it as two.

So basically I can summon the thing with the mechanical eye now, but no souls of night to summon the other two.

Also, ran across some patches of adamantite further down, but it's kinda funny that you need less bars for the armour sets of thee 3 materials. Like 42 for a full adamantite set while you needed like 75 for the silver set and stuff.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: SaiKar on July 31, 2013, 10:22:36 AM
You get souls of light by defeating enemies in hallow / underground hallow, and souls of night by defeating enemies in the corruption / underground corruption.

You may need less adamantite bars, but it takes more ore to make a bar, and it's also far more of a bitch to get the adamantite. Since all ore gets more plentiful the deeper you get, my personal recommendation is to skirt the upper layers of the underworld where everything is nicely illuminated - you should see pockets of deep red on the deepest part of the normal underground right before everything changes to the ash of hell.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 31, 2013, 04:18:21 PM
Your point is a valid one,

Reforging items is really expensive. On the upside, the worse the item is - the cheaper it is to reforge. So a sword with loads of red stats is cheaper to reforge than one with several green.

Also I'm simply going to assume that when people mention hard mode, they mean whatever happens after you beat the wall of flesh. 'cuz it got me a bit confused at first when you guys mentioned it and I couldn't remember choosing hard.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 31, 2013, 06:00:44 PM
That's hard mode. That's the official name for the post-Wall of Flesh game world.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 31, 2013, 06:30:16 PM
So apparently you can fuse the M,C,A armors into an even ebtter armor, but I need even more types of souls for that.

Also, I can fuse all my drills with all types of chainsaws together with souls to make a hamdrax. Hammer drill and axe in one. Cool.

And lastly, used my slime crown to summon the king slime, a message appeared that he had arrived, and the boss music started. But nothing happened. Eventually the music went away just like that. Is it like the eater of worlds that I should only summon the guy when surrounded by a certain type of block? I was standing in snow, right outside my settlement, same place were I fought the Eye.
Or is it just bugged in "hard mode"?
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on July 31, 2013, 07:13:48 PM
I think, although I could be wrong, that you need to be on grass, and possibly during either day or night only. Very vague, I know.

Also, although Hamdrax looks neat, it can be ab it bothersome when it destroys the wrong block since it'll be able to destroy anything. However, it does save a spot and still is pretty useful. Still annoyingly noisy, though.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: fruckert on July 31, 2013, 07:24:18 PM
I'd start with the hardmode worm first.
He's a little easier.

Also, adamantine is boss.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 31, 2013, 08:04:51 PM
And lastly, used my slime crown to summon the king slime, a message appeared that he had arrived, and the boss music started. But nothing happened. Eventually the music went away just like that. Is it like the eater of worlds that I should only summon the guy when surrounded by a certain type of block? I was standing in snow, right outside my settlement, same place were I fought the Eye.
Or is it just bugged in "hard mode"?
I think you need to be near water? I know that the King Slime has a chance of spawning naturally in place of a standard slime, but I can't honestly remember which (if any) conditions need to be met to spawn one with an item.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: fruckert on July 31, 2013, 08:08:10 PM
I think you need to be near water? I know that the King Slime has a chance of spawning naturally in place of a standard slime, but I can't honestly remember which (if any) conditions need to be met to spawn one with an item.
Edges of the map!
You can't fight the slime king in the middle, as I recall.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 31, 2013, 08:53:33 PM
Edges of the map!
You can't fight the slime king in the middle, as I recall.

In that case I failed, 'cuz the first spawn point is always in the very centre of the map right?

Might hold on it for a while though. Would be cool with ninja stuff but because of the materials needed for it I guess it's a "normal mode" boss.

Also, my wizard got killed during a blood moon 'cuz it kept spawning wraiths that just phase through the area and hit the NPCs for like 60-70. Also downed the tinkerer and clothier. Both of them respawned though, the wizard has not. Is that guy non-respawnable? His house is still intact and stuff.

Finally managed to kill enough of those pesky wyverns to make my wings. Started noticing these air-worms while traveling over hills. Swooping down just like any worm. Only huge and dealing more damage. hated when I killed them in the air 'cuz the souls items don't fall. Had to kinda build something to stand on. Anyway. Wings are kinda cool. Unsure how useful they are though.

Also, can't seem to get my hands on any soul of night. Been killing mummies in a "dark desert" according to the game, since they dropped tons of dark shards. Also, spent some time in the area that used to be the huge corruption place. I find those large devourers, but they drop souls of light. Probably because I also fight pixies and those laser balloons. And well, the obvious fact that nearly all of that ebonite turned into pearlstone. Also found 3 more demon altars to break. Yay!

Got so much cobalt that it's ridiculous. Made the armor set twice, the drill and the chainsaw, two swords and I still have 2 full stacks of cobalt bars and some more.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on July 31, 2013, 10:18:41 PM
Nah, he'll be back. Sometimes an NPC will take longer than usual to respawn.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: fruckert on July 31, 2013, 10:23:24 PM
I don't know the specifics, but it appeared that NPCs only respawn during the day, at specific times.
Don't quote me on this.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: SaiKar on July 31, 2013, 11:51:32 PM
Got so much cobalt that it's ridiculous. Made the armor set twice, the drill and the chainsaw, two swords and I still have 2 full stacks of cobalt bars and some more.

I eventually started making cobalt blocks and then converted entire parts of my fortress into cobalt.

http://i.imgur.com/uhaF0c8.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/uhaF0c8.jpg)
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on August 01, 2013, 02:59:04 AM
Wings are kinda cool. Unsure how useful they are though.

I found them extremely useful against Hard Mode bosses.

Other than that, they're still pretty neat for travelling, plus the "no fall damage" is pretty good. Oh, and they show up, which is pretty cool.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: fruckert on August 01, 2013, 03:06:41 AM
I never saw you edit the post because I only pay attention to the RSS feed aaah!

Wings are one of the most useful accessories in the game!
They take away fall damage and give a crazy height boost that stacks with other jumping buffs.
So, combine them with a cloud in a balloon and spectre boots, and you're about as mobile as you can get.
If you equip all of the above, as well, you won't get the animations for the cloud or the boots. It's just one long smooth wing flapping thing.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 01, 2013, 05:54:35 PM
Okay so the wings are really useful. Also finally managed to find an underground that the game counted as "corrupted" where sometimes, enemies drop souls of night.

Also, clingers. They were the reason I made the assumption that it actually counted. They were new and everything.

Got tons of corrupted flames now, yay me.

But now I gotta kill more of those wyverns to get souls of flight to make those wings as well.

Almost enough souls of night to summon the destroyer though.

Oh yeah, the twins fucked me up. Hard. 24k hp each and ragemodeing....
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on August 01, 2013, 06:21:17 PM
The hard mode bosses all **** me up. I can't solo any of them.

I guess I just suck.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on August 01, 2013, 07:11:20 PM
Potions, buffs and Heart Statue.
Also, I recommend building a... skybridge, I think they call it. Basically, a long horizontal line in the air of whatever material you want, except the ones affected by gravity of course.
On it, you put the Heart Statue with either a mechanism or timer. Unfortunately, it can only be activated every few seconds. But trust me, it helps. I was lucky enough to have two of them

By having a straight line to fight on, you won't have to constantly jump or stuff due to uneven terrain when you're trying to remain on ground. However, I recommend trying to stay in the air as much as possible while staying above your skybridge for when your wings effect cease. Ranged weapons are recommended. Megashark is awesome for this, although you may run out of ammo before they're dead, but they'll have much fewer health left when you're forced to melee them.

If possible, try to get as much defense as possible, too. If not through armour set, from accessories enchant. However, it's really expensive... so hope for the best if you attempt that.

Also, you could try Gravity Potion instead of skybridge+Wings. But make sure you have a lot, because it's still a long fight.

If I can, you can! If not... you can always bring a friend or two.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 02, 2013, 10:58:00 AM
Okay, so my defense is 57 with the melee helmet, a bit less with the caster mask thingy.

Got the angel wings with defense, regeneration band with defense, obsidian shield with defense, feral claws with additional melee speed (I swap that one for my newly collected sorc emblem) and spectre boots with melee speed.
Usually swap the spectre boots with the philosophers stone (with a 4% damage bonus) for bosses, can't keep my health up otherwise.

So I don't have a skybridge although it is a bit temping to build one, just afraid it might attract those pesky wyverns. I got two star statues and a heart statue that I had connected to pressure plates. I step on them, they heal me up. Then someone mentioned timers and I couldn't find them at the mechanic, then I finally noticed them when guiding the wire.
I came to the conclusion that a 5sec timer works better than a 3sec timer. Got more stars out of it when testing. So they are kinda useful, especially the stars so I can keep shooting my laser rifle. Hearts, not so much. They heal 20 each when the boss hits me so much more. Been thinking about moving the nurse to a shelter nearby my battleground for quick healing. But I'm afraid she would die.
Speaking of dead NPCs, my wizard still haven't returned. Been sacrificing my guide 3 times and he returns but not the wizzard.

So right, Cerebus mentioned accessories from the wall of flesh. So I killed it again, went much better this time when I had covered all the lava in hell and dropped the doll in the far right "corner. Got a sorcerer emblem that gives a bonus to magical damage, that was awesome.
Then I got the laser rifle again and the third time I got the breaker blade. Hilarious to use but kinda worthless. The knockback is serious and keeps pretty much anything at bay, but the damage and speed is kinda bad.

Fought the twins again, managed to survive this time with ironskin potions and restoration potions and some heavier potions that heals more. Also the alchemist stone. But then morning arrived and they left... Didn't deal nearly enough damage.

So I've been collecting dungeon bricks and dart traps. Got a plan to set up a barrage in the sky to hit those bastards and then buy a bunch of dynamites that I can throw onto a cup(platform) of dungeon bricks when they pass it by. Hopefully the dynamite hurts them as much as the hurt me.
Been thinking about using lava and some active stone blocks as well but I fear that a rain of lava won't hurt them, also, it might hit me.... So yeah.

Quick question, can you connect one "switch" to several devices? Or is it just some objects or do I simply suck at this?
Skip that question, just realized what I did wrong. Forgot to right click on the timer.

Also, my friends are still kinda in the pre hardmode-mode. And when we play they don't want me using my cool character. And they seem hell bent on digging a straight hole down to hell on a large map every 30 minutes or something so progress is kinda bad.
Also, they are busy playing every other game they bought on the steam sale like torchlight 2. So to derail my own topic: anyone knows how to make the LAN work with hamachi? can't find each others.

EDIT:

****.

So another blood moon arrived, yay, tiem to be harassed by phantom armors and large eyes! Also to see wraiths kill off my npcs.
But no, what's this? A yellow ball with a smiley face? Wait, why is there a hole in my wall and lava seeping through it killing all the npcs and objects in the progress? Why is stuff blowing up???!

Hrrhm... So apparently there's this clown enemy, and it sucks. Who designed that ****? In the aftermath of the blood moon I had to take a tour to the dungeon to harvest it of pink bricks. I remember not being able to blow those up with neither bombs nor dynamites. So they should work. So now my entire "town" is made out of pink bricks...
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: greenraven on August 02, 2013, 07:58:33 PM
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Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: fruckert on August 02, 2013, 08:37:32 PM
Congratulations, you died.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Apex on August 04, 2013, 05:52:34 PM
July came and went with no update. :(
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 05, 2013, 11:00:09 AM
As Fruckert suggested, I began fighting the Destroyer. And yes, it is a lot easier. Although I went there all geared up for magic combat. It was pretty huge and kept ramming me. I died.

Kept killing the wall of flesh (because it's pretty much free) and got a warrior emblem. That thing is the boss. Also realized that the phaseblade I've been carrying around for all this time actually deals more damage than my mythril sword... Go figure.

Can't find any structure.... Let's try that again.


I got the warrior emblem and also swapped my mythril sword for my phasesabre(that actually dealt more damage) then I started to pile up wooden bridges above my battlefield, I placed my 9 dart traps so that they would all be on the height above me while standing there. Also moved my 2 star statues and my 1 heart statue up there. Wooden platforms are useful 'cuz you can also shoot stuff under it unlike blocks.

So I swapped my cobalt shield for the warriors emblem 'cuz I figured that I don't need to be immune to knockback. It wasn't entirely true. But I can get immobile by using the grappling hook(see ivy hook), which is kinda useful.
Then went into hell sometimes after failing with the destroyer and remembered (the hard way) that without the cobalt shield I take damage from hellstone once again. Then I realized that with my 57 defense. The hellstone only damage me for like 1.

This gave me an idea. So I swapped the blocks my two timers were standing at (on my "skybridge") and put some meteorite there instead. while standing there I took a pretty constant damage of 1 every second or so. But there's this slight invulnerably time that makes it pretty nifty. And with the heart statue nearby that gives me like 20hp every 10 seconds - it's not that bad.
But why did I do this? Well, basically, I might get lucky and take that damage of 1 instead of the boss's damage of 40. Problem is, once again. That I'm rendered imobile, standing next to a heart statue and two star statues. Mix this with my philosophers stone. And I can pretty much save myself from utter defeat.

And it worked. Thanks to the Destroyer's pretty simple pattern it kinda tangled itself up all over me and I could slap it around in many places at the same time. Those probes were probably the worst part of the battle. Flying away from me or being just outside my slashing range while shooting lasers. I drank some soup and popped my ironskin potion and kept potting up every time my health dropped below 200 or so. Which happened a lot more often than I'd like to admit.
Oh yeah, the destroyer kinda killed most of my townpeople.... Yeah. not really a good place to fight him I realized.
But I won! And got some free greater healing pots and 24 souls of might. Enough to either make the hallowed armor, the megashark or Excalibur. So I made Excalibur and it's awesome. I kinda got annoyed with the fact that I'm kinda moonwalking once I start attacking but found it immensely usefull when fighting the wall of flesh.

Speaking of the wall of flesh. So far I've gotten the laser rifle, the clockwork rifle, the breaker blade, the warrior emblem and the sorcerer emblem. Is there anything else I can get out of that thing? 'cuz I kinda farm him just to get stuff that I can sell. Also whenever I need room to move about my NPCs by killing the guide.
Speaking of NPCs. After remaking his old house completely, the wizard returned. Not sure what made it better but it worked. Then after the destroyer pretty much everyone died and the gunsmith person wouldn't return. That guy just took some nights to re spawn though, nothing wrong with the house.

So what magic do you guys suggest? I'm still using that laser rifle but it kinda feels like there might be something better out there.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on August 05, 2013, 03:44:52 PM
First, I know there's a ranged weapon equivalent Emblem from the Wall of Flesh. Second... I never used magic myself, so I don't know. Yeah, not really useful info, actually...

I think there is an item that increases the "invulnerable timer" somewhere. Unless I'm mistaken with another game... which is actually highly possible. Uhm...

Excalibur is currently the best sword, by the way. If you can get the "Legendary" enchant on it, you'll have the best melee weapon. I think. Some people prefer Gungnir, too. Or however you spell that. But yeah, Legendary.
It's also useful because of the light that emanates from it when you swing it, assuming you still go to unlit areas. I also like it because I don't tire my finger from constant clicking with this one.

When you can, craft the Megashark. That's what I used for the other two bosses. That and Excalibur when I ran out of ammo. This part becomes a tad bit risky, though, due to their high damage. But if you can farm the Destroyer, you'll also be able to craft the Hallowed armour for more defense. By the way, if I recall, the damage reduction is half of your defense. So 80 Defense means 40 less damage. 81 means 41. 82 also means 82. But 80 isn't possible at the moment.
Also, I recommend crafting each type of helm; that is, melee, spell and ranged. Or at least the two you use the most. The set bonus depends on your helm, and you'll find the, say, ranged bonus much better while using Megashark than the melee one. Then you switch to the other helm when going melee. Unless of course you prioritize defense, in which case the melee one offers the most, and the magic one offers the least.

Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: greenraven on August 05, 2013, 06:24:37 PM
Congratulations, you died.

Yes but what a view. XD
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on August 05, 2013, 06:43:32 PM
Get a Crystal Storm. Get a Mana Flower. Get a mountain of Greater Mana Potions (or restoration Potions if you wish). Build a relatively enclosed place to fight in.

All shall perish before your might.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 05, 2013, 07:57:04 PM
First, I know there's a ranged weapon equivalent Emblem from the Wall of Flesh.
Then I better keep on killing that fleshy wall.

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I think there is an item that increases the "invulnerable timer" somewhere. Unless I'm mistaken with another game... which is actually highly possible. Uhm...
That would be useful if this tactics work for all the other bosses as well. But I'm gonna need a good ranged weapon to deal with the twins me thinks. 'cuz standing around in meteorite don't really let you slash a lot of things.
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Excalibur is currently the best sword, by the way. If you can get the "Legendary" enchant on it
That explains why it rocks. Expected that there would be some sort of hidden recipe for a sword that needed like 20 of all types of souls or something that would be even better. But maybe that's too much to ask.

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When you can, craft the Megashark. That's what I used for the other two bosses. That and Excalibur when I ran out of ammo. This part becomes a tad bit risky, though, due to their high damage.
Yeah that's the plan. Megashark seemed like the most solid option. Also, should I go with crystal ammo or corrupted flame ammo?

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But if you can farm the Destroyer, you'll also be able to craft the Hallowed armour for more defense.
Just the chest piece though, and it only rewards me with 1 more armor so it's kinda useless without the other two parts. I made it though, killed the destroyer once more and earned another 20 souls of might.

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Also, I recommend crafting each type of helm; that is, melee, spell and ranged. Or at least the two you use the most.
Yeah I got a melee and magic helm so far. Although the defense of the magic helm is a pure joke. Gonna make it into a hallowed mask later though when I can farm the twins efficiently.

Get a Crystal Storm. Get a Mana Flower. Get a mountain of Greater Mana Potions (or restoration Potions if you wish). Build a relatively enclosed place to fight in.

All shall perish before your might.
I think I have a crystal storm. Could finally make one when my wizard return, also corrupted flame. Seemed cool.
But having restoration potions is not a good idea btw, because they go on and trigger the cooldown of the health potions also. How do that mana flower decide what potion to pop btw? I assumed it would go from highest to lowest or something but it used up my greater mana and then my restoration potions and that became a dissaster.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on August 05, 2013, 10:58:47 PM
All I know is that you can choose to use Restoration Potions, but I use Greater Mana Potions. Get a good enchantment on your Crystal Storm, and it's on. The ricochet makes it lethal in close quarters (and even more lethal to the multi-part Destroyer), it's as fast as a Mini/Megashark, it's base damage is stronger than a Megashark, and if you have the mana (and magic) to back it up, it's hard to beat.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Cerebus on August 06, 2013, 12:32:10 AM
Yeah that's the plan. Megashark seemed like the most solid option. Also, should I go with crystal ammo or corrupted flame ammo?
That's... a good question. I honestly don't remember which one I used. I might have used the Crystal one, since I don't recall having fire bullets.

Just the chest piece though, and it only rewards me with 1 more armor so it's kinda useless without the other two parts. I made it though, killed the destroyer once more and earned another 20 souls of might.
Ah, yeah, I forgot every piece of the set requires a different Soul type. And yeah, having only one piece is completely useless.

Yeah I got a melee and magic helm so far. Although the defense of the magic helm is a pure joke. Gonna make it into a hallowed mask later though when I can farm the twins efficiently.
I personally used the ranged helm. It has more defense, and I just prefer ranged over spells. But I suppose Archem's suggestion is a good one.
It's up to you to decide who's suggestion you'll take. Just remember that only one of us managed to solo the hard-mode bosses. *winks*
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 06, 2013, 06:15:49 AM
Just remember that only one of us managed to solo the hard-mode bosses. *winks*

Oh burn!

But yeah, I kinda had a bow and it was okay, then I got the laser rifle from the wall of flesh and it was so much better and didn't need any ammo so it was cost efficient. Also, it fires lasers. I don't spend a lot of time shooting anyway, usually just slash everything that bothers me. Although it really helped to lower the annoyance in the jungle and hell. Also bosses like the wall of flesh.

The corrupted flame ammo deals more damage but the crystal ammo is supposed to shatter on hit. Shattering seems like a nice idea when the bosses are pretty big.

Also, what prefix are you aiming for when it comes to guns and spells?

Managed to get my excalibur to "Godly" but that cost me like 80gold or something so I'm poor again. Especially since I bought the illegal gun parts in preparation for my megashark.

Also, got the magic dagger and cross necklace from the mimics (the cross necklace is the invulnerability frame thingy). I set out to farm those since they usually just drop philosophers stone that I can sell for 2gold minimum, or star cloaks or something else. So yeah me! Still not range emblem from the wall of flesh though.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 06, 2013, 02:34:09 PM
Double post.

So I got a ranged emblem, reforged it to 4% damage, killed the destroyer again for a megashark, crafted 1500 crystal bullets and made myself a fancy range hat.
To simplify, the megashark is total win.  Poor twins didn't stand a chance.

I improved upon my battlefield and now have 28(14 on each side) dart traps swatting everything above my head. Also stopped using thorns potions and started using regeneration potions. Also created a wall of activated stoneblocks to surround me when necessary, it is not useful against bosses though. They just pass through it.
So yeah, the megashark is awesome, chance to not use bullets which is praised since it shoots so friggin fast. Damage is good as well, and I donno but I think the crystal ammo is useful, it shoots so quick that I can't tell if they are damage by new bullets or shrapnel.

Anwyay, the whole "latch yourself to a meteorite block" worked really well against those. But it didn't work against skeletron prime at all. That guy just planted a chainsaw on my face that hurts. Like, a lot.
Killed the twins enough to be able to make all the helms when I finally manage to make the hallowed boots. Is the magical harp and the golden bell worth crafting by the way? That's the like the only other useful area that soul of sight have.

Also had to start growing dayblooms, mainly because everything around me is either snow, desert, corruption or hallow; But also because I didn't realize they were in any other type of potion than regeneration potion and maxed them out. All these boss runs are kinda depleting my storage of goldfish, mushrooms and iron ore. But I'm gonna need something more to beat skeletron.

Also, is there like a hard mode version of the wall of flesh as the final final boss or something? Throw 99 goldfish and 250 crystal shards into the lava?

Edit:

Okay so I spent like 1 platinum and 80 gold until I got Unreal on my megashark and that seemed like the best thing out there. Also scraped up until I could get legendary on excalibur. Turned off my dart trap walls and stocked up on greater healing pots and the other kinds. And then I spent the entire battle against skeletron prime flying in circles around him. Realized that he hurts a lot while spinning and that his laser and cannon didn't really do anything. Also, problem with ranged weapons is that that they do not pierce stuff unlike magic. Anyway, got rid of the laser first, it barely had any health, then the saw because it's annoying as sin and then the cannon and claw. Let's just say that skeletron prime without arms is just as pathetic as normal skeletron without arms. Poor thing just moves away and then comes in spinning hoping that I'll die of dizzyness or something.

So I have my full hallowed set now and all 3 types of helms for it. Might kill the twins some more to craft those items and the rainbow rod and some other stuff.
Anyway, where is the end game? Seeing how the game didn't tell me when I entered "hard mode" I doubt they're gonna pinpoint me in any direction.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Archem on August 06, 2013, 05:26:27 PM
Endgame is whenever you feel like it. There isn't really a final boss, and once you're done with all the hard mode bosses (and done crafting whatever gear you want), you're done.

Also, does Skeletron Prime not regenerate his arms now? That was the biggest part of why I couldn't beat him.
Title: Re: TERRARIA
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 06, 2013, 09:50:22 PM
Oh, well that was a bit unexpected. But I guess it would be hard to cram more stuff into it right now, so I'll have to wait for that one update like everyone else.

And no, I don't think he regenerate the arms anymore. Sure I kinda killed all of them off pretty close to each other but the head had plenty of time to hover around and away from me.

Maybe I should like, farm money to buy all the vendor exclusive stuff like the clothier's vanity items. And make the link set, and the archeologist, and tuxedo.

So far I've made copper, iron, gold, shadow, meteorite, necro, hellstone, cobalt, mythril, adamantine and hallowed sets. Never made the silver or jungle ones. Pretty sure I might be missing some other ones as well.
When it comes to vanity items I got the jungle's rose, the top hat, the red hat, the archeologist hat, then crafted the fish bowl, crown (bucket if it counts).

Okay, so i might inquire about some items then. Or maybe it's time to just wiki the stuff.
Like the horseshoe, I had a recipe with obsidian and a horseshoe but never found one. Also flippers with diving helmet, never found a diving helmet. And my clouds in bottles was supposed to be mixed with red balloon or something and I never got those either. Also, buy those accessories from the vendors like the ruler and toolbelt and the music box.
Guess I should make that mermaid accessory as well and the demon wings.