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Ive been playing terraria on the PC for 10 hours total now and I still have not found a magic mirror! Any idea how i can increase my chance of finding one?

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  • Don't fret too much about not having a magic mirror (though I agree that it can be annoying when you don't have one). With the advent of recall potions in 1.2.4, getting back home isn't as difficult as it used to be without the mirror.
    – Jonah Bishop
    Commented Mar 5, 2015 at 18:13

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Magic Mirror usually appears in Gold Chests in the underground. Gold chests also have a higher spawn rate inside underground houses. If you have yet to find a magic mirror, you may simply be having bad luck, since the chests' contents are random.

The quickest way to get a magic mirror may be to roam the undergound and loot all chests you may find and hope for a magic mirror to be there.

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    Also, if you've already explored a large part of your world's underground biome, you can always generate a new one and explore that with the same character, and carry the items found in the new world through your inventory or a piggy bank
    – Private Pansy
    Commented Mar 7, 2015 at 10:50
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I typically use a map viewer program such as MoreTerra to find particular items.
This program can help you find ores, specific items in chests, or particular map features. Depending on how much you know, this may contain spoilers about upcoming features of the map that you may want to discover for yourself.

Depending on how you feel about third-party programs and map viewers, this may be considered a form of "cheating". Personally, after 10 hours without a magic mirror, I would use a map viewer, but that's my patience level.

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Gamer15's response is outdated. This can sometimes happen pre-1.2, but not any longer. Chests in the Ocean only spawn with specific items; the Magic Mirror is not included in the loot table.

I would suggest what others have said, just generate a new world. It'll be easier to find one that way.

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  • You should probably have indicated that in a comment on his post. I have added one though.
    – John Cleaver
    Commented Mar 26, 2015 at 13:59
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I've usually found a magic mirror in water chests deep in the ocean.

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  • terraria.gamepedia.com/Magic_mirror indicates "The Magic Mirror is found in Chests in the Underground, Cavern, and Underground Jungle." There is no mention of water chests in the ocean.
    – John Cleaver
    Commented Mar 26, 2015 at 13:59
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I think you should just run around for 10-15 minutes on a new world looking for any surface caves. You can find a normal Woden chest with some money in it and usually a magic mirror. Keep on repeating this process until you find one. Good luck!!

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If you can get 1 character for different worlds like iOS, go to another new world and find it in the chests.

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Someone I know had this problem, they pestered me until I finally gave in and handed one over, so maybe ask a friend who also plays terraria, and if that fails try to use a combo of spelunker and teleportation potions to explore unexplored areas. Also, when searching try to prioritize going to ice caves, because in regular underground a magic mirror has a chance to spawn in a gold chest as the "rare" item, but in ice chests you can find an ice mirror AND one of the "rare" items, so it not only is faster but contains more yield.

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