A comprehensive guide and walkthrough for Terraria by Etner, covering character and world creation, boss fights, biomes, events, and advanced mechanics. Updated March 2, 2021.
Hello, I'm writing this guide because I feel there's a lot of information on Terraria that just doesn't exist on Gamefaqs. The guides that exist haven't been updated in forever or were written a little while after the launch of the game, which means there's so much information that people don't know about. So I thought this guide would be a great addition. Hopefully it helps you all out.
Additionally, I want to state that Terraria is a progression focused game that involves crafting and exploration. Due to this, there are many, many paths you can take. There are specific bosses you must beat to progress through the game, but there are many different ways to go about it.
That aside, the game doesn't need to be about progressing via combat. Some people really like building and choose to gather materials and build lots of things. Some people like exploring the world, finding biomes and different enemy types and opening chests and that kind of thing. Do as much or as little of those things as you want. You get to choose how the game is played. This guide is just meant to serve as a guideline, a roadmap of sorts, if you will.
That being said, progression is still important. You can spend however long you want inbetween bosses. But for you builders out there, which are not small in number, you need a decent supply of money in order to buy lots of building materials. Also, lots of NPCs are locked behind certain bosses which will get you more building materials. So if you want to expand your building capabilities, you'll need to kill some bosses at some point. Do so at your own pace, though.
Version History
1.0 - Got the basics done with the walkthrough and NPC sections. Currently working on adding the information to many of the advanced sections.
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