Terraria News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

is a game you must learn as you play, making it difficult to determine what equipment works best for different classes. The Summoner archetype specializes in conjuring Minions to take damage for them, making them great at farming enemies and multitasking. Recent updates have changed some of their best tools, making it harder to determine their best gear as a primary or hybrid class.

AutoForge is the newest indie game on Steam to mash together two hyper-popular ideas, mixing Terraria's side-scrolling exploration with Factorio's intense management.

Though Terraria may not have an official release date for Patch 1.4.5 yet, the developers showcased some of the features that players can expect in the new update. Initially released in 2011, Terraria has seen numerous updates over the years, while its success and popularity cemented the indie title as one of the best-selling video games of all time. The main appeal of Terraria is its focus on exploration and combat, presented in a charming pixel art style, and fueled by a powerful procedural generation system.

has been a staple of the sandbox genre for over a decade. New players are constantly starting new worlds, seeking to explore and build something new. Often, they will spawn into a random world seed for an unknown challenge, but some prefer to start with something familiar. If you're looking for a particular sort of seed, there are some high-quality seeds to play with.

Stardew Valley's new 1.6 update has completely taken over the internet, with cozy gaming fans and farming enthusiasts alike barely able to handle the sheer excitement that can only be triggered by a content update that allows you to put hats on dogs.

A developer has said that 2024 might be the «best year for Terraria yet» before going over some of the game's biggest additions coming later this year. Terraria's anticipated 1.4.5 update does not have a release date yet, but it's confirmed to be coming sometime in 2024.

One of the creators of Terraria has taken to social media to respond to the latest update announcement for Stardew Valley. The announcement of the 1.6 update for Stardew Valley came on the life simulator’s milestone anniversary and has sparked further interest in the indie game.

Palworld director Takuro Mizobe did his homework on the open world survival crafting genre that spawned his Early Access hit.

One Terraria player is attempting the ultimate challenge: a hardcore, master mode run with a mod that makes 30 times more enemies spawn. If that sounds ridiculous and impossible, well… that's because it is.

Terraria's community has given its seal of approval for its solo developer to delay a forthcoming update.

The wizards at Don't Starve developer Klei Entertainment helped write a new playbook for colony sims with the release of Oxygen Not Included, and Ratopia has taken a few pages from it and gone off in an adorable direction of its own. It's a survival city builder that hit Early Access last month, and I'm mighty impressed with the demo so far, which is also giving off some unexpected Terraria energy. 

The developer of Terraria has revealed the worst part of creating one of the biggest indie games ever - and it's related to Stardew Valley. 

Playing Terraria usually means accepting the rules of its pixel world — killing bad guys makes you entitled to swollen bags of treasure, some fish live in honey, and, before you catch them, all fish are cryptically invisible. The 12-year-old action-adventure sandbox game has mostly held on tight to these basic rules, but this week things changed. This week, its developer Re-Logic announced one major change in a forum thread: Terraria will soon have visible fish as part of its 1.4.5 update, to be released in 2024. 

Core Keeper has been revealed in Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase, coming to the Nintendo Switch. Marvelously inspired by Terraria, there has clearly been much love poured into this game.

Terraria is more exciting now than ever with its upcoming 1.4.5 update. Many of us thought that Re-Logic was done adding content to the iconic sandbox experience, but time and time again the developer proves that it’s not finished quite yet. While the hype for the big patch continues to build, Terraria’s spooktacular Halloween event is returning. The contest is the perfect chance to win prizes and express your creativity in-game or in real life with builds, pumpkin carvings, and more.

I've had my eye on dwarven roguelike Below the Stone for several months, so I was eager to give its Steam Next Fest demo a play. Folks, I'm pleased to report that the Terraria and Deep Rock Galactic vibes I was picking up were dead-on. This is shaping up to be something really special, and handily one of the best Steam Next Fest demos to play this week. 

Terraria freaks me out sometimes. On the surface, it’s a colorful, serene, innocent-looking game with all the warmth and gentility of a peaceful Minecraft world. Green grass. Blue skies. Just you, the outdoors, and your imagination. But then you dig, and you find yourself fighting gigantic, hideous bosses with names like Wall of Flesh, Brain of Cthulhu, and the Lunatic Cultist. It’s a deceptive, dual-natured world where the pastoral rapidly gives way to the nightmarish. After dozens of hours in Terraria, perhaps it would be nice to play something calmer. Sharing a short insight into his game-making ambitions, Terraria’s creator Andrew ‘Redigit’ Spinks says he might one day like to work on precisely that – a chilled game in the style of Clicker Heroes, Cookie Clicker, and the other idle icons.

Stardew Valley occupies my heart, mind, and soul still, years following its initial release. ConcernedApe created one of the greatest games I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing, and it’s about farming. The solo developer obviously has a maxed-out power level enabling him to make tending to a virtual farm so addictive, and it looks like fellow game devs would agree. Whitney ‘Cenx’ Spinks, co-creator of Terraria, responded to ConcernedApe’s recent 1.6 update teaser in the most wholesome way ever.

Terraria 1.4.5 will let you befriend an adorable fairy pet with a deep-rooted hatred for trees, inspired by one of the game’s lead developers and its creator’s partner. The arrival of the Terraria State of the Game for September 2023 gives us some more spoilers for the next big update, and there’s a new weapon and building tool coming that’ll let you disrespect your opponents and make a real mess of the place.

Unity might be facing the ire that comes with a near-universal condemnation of a new policy change, but at least things are looking up for two open-source game engines.

Developers received a nasty surprise when Unity announced that those who use its game engine will be subject to a runtime fee, beginning next year. This runtime fee will be charged monthly on a per-installation basis.

The irony has been pointed out many times: When game engine Unity revealed its new per-install fee last week, game developers were possibly the most united they've ever been—in disgust. Even developers who don't use Unity expressed anger or criticized the unprecedented change of terms. 

Terraria makers Re-Logic have donated $100,000 to two open-source alternatives to game engine Unity, and vowed to donate to Godot and FNA every month from now on, after slamming Unity’s recent runtime fee plans.

Terraria developer Re-Logic makes a show of support for open source engines Godot and FNA in response to the recent Unity runtime fee announcement. The team behind Terraria, one of the biggest and best indie games on Steam, slams Unity for its “destruction of trust” with the announcement of new fees that would see the most successful games using its service charged per individual download past a certain milestone, and commits $100,000 donations to two rival development engines with ongoing sponsorships.

Terraria developer Re-Logic has responded to Unity's install-fee debacle by condemning the move and donating $100,000 to both Godot and FNA.

Re-Logic, the indie game developer and publisher behind the 2D sandbox title Terraria, has condemned the newly announced Unity Runtime Fee, and has announced that it is donating a substantial sum of money to two different open-source game engines, to help keep them “powerful and approachable for developers everywhere”. 

Terraria developer Re-Logic is donating $100k to two open source engines in the wake of Unity's recent policy changes.

Even though Terraria developer Re-Logic mostly doesn’t use Unity, it’s made a strong statement of condemnation in regards to the engine’s recently announced, controversial install fee policy – and it’s putting its money where its mouth is.

In protest of controversial changes to the fees associated with the Unity game engine, Terraria developer Re-Logic plans to donate $100,000 each to two open source alternatives, with further monthly donations to follow "going forward."

Terraria update 1.4.5 continues to add cool new features, as its creator shares a progress image for one of the game’s most commonly requested modes, delivers a tease on a particularly “heinous” secret seed, and reveals an awesome upgrade to one of the most recognizable weapons in the sandbox game. With so much already announced, the next Terraria patch is definitely looking to be something rather special.

Terraria is one of the best sandbox games ever to bless our screens. It can’t be stressed enough how much work Re-Logic pours into its creative experience as the developers continue to update Terraria years after its release. The team recently dropped its State of the Game, a monthly post containing all of the latest news and sneak peeks at the upcoming 1.4.5 update, showcasing some new features. While some of the news is relatively small, a couple of the announcements stand out, and it looks like Terraria’s 1.4.5 update will be love at first bite.

If you're looking for a new survival crafting game to jump into with a pile of your friends, we just got a peek at what could become your next destination. Codename: Islands (a working title as you might guess) is a 16-player survival crafting game inspired by Minecraft, Valheim, and Terraria, being described as «100%» cooperative by its developers: several veterans of Riot Games, now part of the team at Treehouse Games.

Terraria is the ultimate sandbox game, and much of why we love it so much has to do with its dedicated creators. Redigit and Cenx, the ultimate game-developing power couple, have been dropping hints about the Terraria 1.4.5 update’s new features on the game’s official forums. While we’ve had little previews of new paintings and gameplay changes, the latest roundup of spoilers is honestly one of the silliest. What’s the weather going to be like in-game, you ask? It’ll be raining boulders, hallelujah.