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How do I make my friends keep their stuff when they die in Terraria?
This is actually your friends fault. If you don't want to lose items on death you need to set your character to softcore while creating them. Your friends must have accidentally set theirs to ...
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How was I murdered by Nyan Cat?
One of the enemies which you would have been fighting near the solar pillar would have been a Selenian.
They have a special ability which allows them to reflect, among other things,
Sword ...
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Where can I find the Wall of Flesh loot?
The Wall of Flesh doesn't drop its drops in the standard way. Instead, when it dies, a box of demonite/crimsonite bricks forms in the air with the drops inside it. Make sure you're checking in the air ...
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What is this red statue?
That's an Orange Bloodroot, a material used to craft Orange Dye. If your inventory wasn't full, you would be able to pick it up.
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Is there a tutorial in Terraria? If so, How do I start it?
The PC version of Terraria does not have a distinct tutorial
As more-or-less a sandbox game, Terraria does not have a formalized tutorial. The keyboard controls can be viewed and customized in the ...
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How do I make my friends keep their stuff when they die in Terraria?
Why?
When you create a character, you can select difficulty, which impact your losses upon death:
Softcore: Softcore characters drop half (3/4 on Expert mode) of their coins when killed by an enemy.
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Terraria purple particles on monster
Those particles appear if you have a summoned minion (such as the Imp or the Hornet) and you have right-clicked on the monster while holding the summoning tool. Three small purple particles will ...
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I beat the wall of flesh but the jungle didn't grow restless
Killing the Wall of Flesh for the first time in any given world triggers hardmode, which is when the Corruption/Crimson and Hallow 'V' is generated. It is also the first step to the path to the Moon ...
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What are the red lines for?
Those red lines are wire, which is used to connect triggers and mechanisms. Wire is invisible unless you're holding something that can interact with it, like the Active Stone Block, which becomes non-...
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Can Water Walking Boots in Terraria give fall damage?
You will not take any fall damage when landing on water/honey with the Water Walking Boots equipped.
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I came across 'this' thing
Those are Crimson Hearts. They're roughly equivalent to the Shadow Orbs that you find underground near the Corruption. Every third one smashed will spawn the Brain of Cthulhu boss.
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What "Curse" Is the Nazar Talking About?
A Nazar prevents a debuff called Cursed, which you get when specific enemies hit you.
The Cursed debuff prevents you from using your inventory (weapons, potions, anything), so it's highly annoying ...
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Who are the main bosses, in Terraria?
One of the great things about Terraria is that the order of bosses that you defeat is pretty flexible. Some bosses are even completely optional as far as progression goes. That being said, most ...
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Where can I find the Wall of Flesh loot?
The items are placed inside a square container made of Demonite (or Crimtane) blocks to make sure nothing falls into the lava. It will be located in the exact same spot the Wall of Flesh died.
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How do I progress beyond obtaining Wood Armor?
Downwards. You're looking for metals like lead/tin and copper/iron to start off with. (only one set will spawn in your world.) Sky fortresses are a bit hard to find, save it for later. Right now, your ...
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Can you make rainbow dye in Terraria?
Rainbow dye is made in the Dye Vat. You need to combine Yellow gradient, Cyan gradient and Violet gradient dye.
Here are the dyes you need to make the different gradients:
Yellow: yellow dye, ...
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What does it mean to say that the Turtle Armor "increases chances of being targeted by enemies"?
The effect makes you more likely to be targeted by enemies instead of other players in multiplayer.
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Will I be banned if I use mods in terraria?
The Terraria modding community is well-established. You won't lose your account for using (non-cheating) mods in Terraria.
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When I activate hard mode, will my world be destroyed?
Upon defeating the Wall of Flesh a Corruption/Crimson and Hallow biome will generate in a large V, with each "edge" being either the evil or Hallow. The Terraria wiki states that
The ...
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What is the best way to kill Skeletron Prime in Terraria?
Before Skeletron Prime
Skeletron Prime isn't the easiest of all the three mechanical versions of bosses. Saying if he is the hardest or if The Twins is the hardest is subjective, but it's common ...
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How do I use a crimson/demon altar in Terraria?
The crimson/demon altar is a crafting station. You can use it to create early-game boss summoning items and the Night's Edge.
You use it like any other crafting station - simply stand next to it, ...
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What happened to this ocean?
I believe the ocean biome requirements are met here as there are more than two tiles tall of water over sand and is located at the edge of the map. In other words, it was bad RNG that provided you ...
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How do I remove this white mist from my Terraria world?
That looks like the mist that appears in a Graveyard. You can get rid of it by using your pickaxe to remove any tombstones or grave markers in the area.
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Any way to craft crimson altars when they have all been destroyed?
If you destroy all of them, you can't craft things that requires Crimson Altars anymore.
But you can always load into another world to craft things. The characters carry over from world to world.
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How do I build a house for my NPCs?
In addition to the other answers, it might be worth noting that your house can sometimes be too small even in its smallest allowed size.
This happened to me when I built 6 block by 6 block houses and ...
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Should I ever not use a Life Crystal?
As of update 1.2.1.2, Life Crystals can now be crafted into Heart Lanterns with 4 Chains. In addition to being a light source, a Heart Lantern will provide a health regeneration buff to any characters ...
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How do I defend against wyverns?
There's no way to defend your house from the Wyvern, it can travel through blocks and no traps, even lava or spear traps, can kill it fast enough to prevent it entering the house.
However you can ...
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What are these weird 1 wide vertical tunnels?
These are enchanted sword shrines.
A Shrine is marked by a long, narrow vertical shaft that may reach the surface, and features a small hill with Flower Walls and pools of water on either side. The ...
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Where can I find the Undertaker gun?
Yes it should have dropped the Undertaker if it was the first Crimson Heart that you broke.
No you are not doomed. Firstly it's not that important of a weapon. It's stats are similar to the ...
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