Many Overlooked Terraria Strategies

Terraria seems pretty simple you know, fight enemies, kill bosses, get loot, But there's actually a whole lot more. Your understanding of the game can change a lot in the way you play the game so I'm going to be revealing my secret Strategies

[jackormel]

Some clarification on the tombstones: NPCs only drop tombstones when you are doing hardcore. Otherwise they do not. This may be obvious to some people, but it wasn't to me so I figured I'd add a comment for it.

[purplehaze]

I'm pretty sure, back when I came up with my own cheese method for Mechdusa, 90% of my arena's damage output was from boulder statues.

[cydonix]

Abigails flower doesnt only grow in graveyards, it just grows next to any grave

[xMaugrex]

Yeah lemme just cook all this food in my LEAD POT

[nezzaUwU]

As someone trying to beat hardcore, the pressure plate stays in the hotbar. Always.

Also, using a hotkey to select your recall potions means you can escape any situation in just 2 button presses.

[Randomness]

A huge use case for the graveyard biome is buying the opposite evil seeds. When the Dryad is in the graveyard biome in hardmode (may also need a blood moon, haven't tested yet) she will sell the seeds for the *opposite* evil. Perfect for getting the other evil's fish or biome mimics

[purplehaze]

The chance for hoplites to drop their armor is a lot higher than 5%; it's a 1/7. For comparison, enemies have a rarer chance to drop souls in an underground corruption/crimson/hallow.

[wubberson]

4:26 I also don’t know if this is an actual mechanic in the game, but yes, spider biomes seem to spawn more frequently in the ice biome. They will also NEVER spawn in the jungle biome (this one I’m almost certain is true as I have never seen one in the jungle in my 2.5k hours of playing).

[zeldaplayergl]

I'm sorry... Copper armour exists??

[DonYagamoth]

Quite a few new tricks to add to my arsenal, thank you :)

Regarding the Graveyard biome, I'd like to add 2 things:
- You need Ectomist to craft one of the best early game tools ever: The Gravedigger Shovel. Especially if you're playing a For The Worthy or Legendary seed, it's amazing, since they dig up 'soft' blocks in one scoop in a 3x3 area
- In order for Abigails flower to spawn, you just need a the gravestones (no biome needed), and grass blocks within 10 (5? I forget the exact number) blocks of it. So you can place gravestones and make like a 10x10 grass stripes around it to increase your chances of it growing

Another unrelated overlooked strategy:
- Worm-type enemies (including regular worms, sandworms, and Wyverns) can not spawn if you are standing in front of player-placed backgrounds. So if you get harassed by wyverns when fishing in the sky, just place background walls in a area behind you, and you're good to go
Edit: This is also the reason, that when you go down into a Desert Pyramid, you're never harassed by worms while inside, since pyramid walls naturally count as player-placed background walls. (You can just make houses in there, but the NPC spawn rate on pyramid background is drastically reduced)

[magnusm]

I hate how so many people hate the old one's army. The loot is good, the weapons are gimmicky and some seriously needs a rework to be good.
But the accessories are great for a summoner. The scarf is a MUST for the visual part alone, goes perfectly with the moon necklace as a werewolf.
And the armors are actually good as you showed. You get additional sentries and with the set bonus for sentries, it makes them actually rather good.
The mage makes the flameburst's range 50% longer and 40% faster projectiles.
The lightning armor bonus is good for the lightning but even just the lightning alone is good. Place a few high platforms and place them there and they cover the entire area around them.
Dealing constant damage to any flying boss you encounter.
And the second set of armors has the dark mage set which has one of the coolest hats in the game, a tilted top hat!. Even has a little blue spirit flame. What's not to love?

[newtybot]

1:11 dye trader plus dye vat (5g) +6 strings +3 extra dyes on the first night is a ludicrous proposition. Not impossible, but ludicrous.

[eedoan]

A useful thing that I always craft in the graveyard biome is the Gravedigger's Shovel, very useful early game for digging sand, dirt, mud, silt, slush, etc. You can dig through the jungle and mushroom biomes very fast. Also not bad in damage, I find totally worth it!

[icaruuu]

holy, there's a lot in this video that i REALLY wish people knew, but i still miss you pointing out that you can get water candles before skeletron, which can be great for farming in the early-game

[nschmidt]

The quality of these newer videos are great. Plus it's got original and helpful ideas. I think the future is bright for this channel

[floppaquest]

Another tip for eater of worlds is to get spike balls from the goblin tinkerer or goblin invasion. Toss them around the arena and you can shred the eater of worlds in less than a minute.

[gnomewarlord]

Gotta say this was great. Love to see people talking about hardcore in tips and tricks videos but just a quick side note: npcs only drop graves when there is a hardcore player in the world and the old ones army accessories don’t stack so damage increase is maxed out at 1 of them

[Jacksin]

I can confidently say these are the most unique and still helpful tips I’ve never heard before.

Super big props to make a full video of tips that haven’t been done a million times.

[vili]

WHAT? Theyre not called "SILVERTHORN"??? Ive been playing since 2014. Ive been living a lie. My whole world is shattered

[purplehaze]

"And now you will notice that the grilled squirrel actually sells for 22 silver, _four times_ the amount for the same exact item"
This truly is a Das Kapital moment.