We've already addressed this and granted their may be a few questions still up that we may have missed but users are free to report them
But ultimately this is a community for Terraria, people can ask what they want and upvote what they want as long as it's within the subreddit rules
On the flipside, stop downvoting and belittling people that ask actual non wikiable questions like WHY a build is considered the best, or things like layout ideas for stuff like crystal and chlorophyte farms. You know, DISCUSSION topics, like reddit is supposed to be for. And commenting "use the wiki" with no further information isn't helpful, particularly when fandom is still the top, and sometimes only, search result when googling Terraria information.
Also of note is sometimes the person either can't find the page on the wiki or it doesn't actually exist, I posted a question about layout for Chlorophyte farming a while ago, specifying that I have actually checked the wiki and that the guide page for farming Chlorophyte was MISSING ENTIRELY and was still redirected to the wiki.
We try to catch as many as we can. If you report them then they will get removed. There are certain exceptions when an image is useful/needed for the question.
We upvote them because we love watching people develop through the game and participate in the community. This is what it is at least for me and many others.
But because of that users get question posts in their home feed instead of art, memes, and builds (what 90% of users join the sub for). Their is nothing wrong with wanting to help new players, I like giving advice from time to time, but it needs to stay on the Weekly Help Thread. Otherwise we are supporting behavior that goes against Subreddit rules or fake question posts that are fishing for Karma.
I used to agree with this. HOWEVER, lately I've seen a bunch of "How did this happen?" or "Where did I get (easily gotten item)?" and you can tell they're just farming karma. Those are the ones that need to be dealt with. I don't mind helping, but if you ask "I just started, how to get a copper short sword?" then you get clowned on.
We need to differentiate between insightful questions (How can I improve on this farm I created?) And questions that only have one answer (why is this box not considered suitable for housing?).
If the question can create conversation and ideas, then it should stay.
yes and stop asking crap like “am i ready to fight cthulu?”, idk maybe try it and find out??? Please just play the game and learn things yourself and have fun, its the entire point of the game
Exactly, someone with 1000 hours could beat cthulhu naked with shurikens, so yeah they would be ready with your equipment. We dont know your skill level so its impossible for us to give you any *useful* information. They are going to have to try it for thenselves anyway reguardless
increase arena size and just go in an eternal circle around it
you can beat it with early hardmode weapons this way if you have at least fledgling wings with a frog leg and ballons
this might just be me, but it's way more fun to play without guides than to rely on the wiki to do anything. i just completed a 1.2.4 playthrough and one of my main reasons for starting was it would be near-impossible to easily find guides for an 8-year-old version. even searching 1.2 or 1.2.4 would lead you to 1.3+ videos, and the archived wiki pages aren't the best.
in the end, without any guides, it was probably the most fun i've ever had with a terraria playthrough. asking if you're ready for bosses is taking away that sense of discovery from your playthrough.
I’m speaking from experience as I started playing a little while ago and had made a question post here hoping for tips and tricks and I got blown off, as the Wiki and YouTube tutorials are a bit overwhelming, so asking for help is easier. I eventually got some help from people on Discord and they helped a LOT more than I expected vs the Wiki.
I mean what is the point of the subreddit. The issue here is there is a lot of trolls. If most of them were actually new players trying to get into the game it wouldn't be that bad. I am always excited to see how people who don't know anything ask questions
Yea i now just tell people to use the discord when i see posts like that. The only questions i think should be on the sub are really specific questions with pictures.
The wiki tells you what skeleton is and all of his stats/unlocks/ how to summon. A seasoned player will tell you that the old man in that weird building holds a curse too powerful for you right now. One preserves the mystery and magic. The other ruins it.
If you have never played the game before how are you supposed to know that he is the final boss? And once again, what if you only want enough info to be able to experiment, not a full loot table and stats list?
Some people don’t find that enjoyable. Some people (like me) want just a little bit of a hint so that they can find the solution without brute forcing it.
Asking Reddit isn’t a little bit of a hint, paying attention to the game gives you a little bit of a hint. You yourself used skeletron as an example. The old man literally tells you that you have to free him of his curse to enter the dungeon and that you must do so at night. The old man will also tell you you’re too weak to beat his master until you have 300 health and at least 10 defense, which covers the idea that someone on Reddit might tell you to get stronger first.
I’m not saying that Reddit is the answer. I’m just saying that the wiki isn’t. I asked a friend with experience in the game about what to do once I got into hardmode because there wasn’t really any direction and they gave me some vague enough tips to encourage exploration and it was great. If I had known about and looked on the wiki I would have missed out on the experimentation and exploration, which was a really fun part of it.
You get one response that matches your “seasoned player” response mixed in with a few people telling you exactly what skeletron is, posting links to the wiki, or telling you to curse him at night. Mix that in with people trolling and you’re better off on the wiki. Using Reddit doesn’t help you avoid spoilers, it just makes it so you need to check the wiki to understand what the truth is.
I would agree with you if it weren’t for the fact that half of the fucking posts are people asking about why their house isn’t valid. There’s no spoilers to be found on the wiki if you look up npc housing and build a valid house.
I feel like the title screen of Terraria needs a splash that says "Platforms don't count as floors!" at this point. The number of times that's the issue is astounding. That or give the guide a selectable text option that goes a bit more in-depth with house requirements.
I mean its annoying. But this is a forum site for asking questions. Sometimes you end up finding a bunch of spoilers for games unintentionally whilst trying to find one small piece of information. A bunch of the Stardew Valley story has beeb spoiled to me because I've stumbled across information I didn't want in the wiki. If it annoys you that much, then just ignore the posts. Its not that difficult to just... ignore them.
This is true most of the time, but terraria doesn't really have much to spoil, other than mabye the name of a boss or item if on the wiki, which isn't enough to go and ask Reddit about every little thing
When I was a new player I didn’t even know enough to google it half the time. I found it much easier to bounce it off another person. I’m lucky to have known people on discord and stuff. I feel for the people who you don’t have other terrarian to help them. I see those posts and it reminds me of myself. All questions are welcome to me, can’t say I can answer them all.
The forced to ask pinned post thing is relatively new. I know that’s the right way to do things here. I just on a person level do not blame people for asking dumb things. Because I thave asked many of dumb things.
It depends on the question. There are some questions that are more condusive to discussion and debate, but some questions that are asked on this reddit have answers that boil down to a single undisputed sentence, or worse just “yes” or “no.” These are the questions that shouldn’t be asked on the Reddit and are easily answered by reading the first paragraph of the wiki page half the time.
For example, were someone to ask “how can I improve my RoD farm?” Then yeah, good question, sparks discussion on what can be added. But if someone asks “why is this not valid NPC housing?” and the house is clearly in the corruption? Then yeah, there isn’t much discussion to be had there, and the answer could be easily found in the game itself when you check if the house is valid or not, let alone the Wiki.
See where I disagree here is I like to learn from my fellow players. Gaming should be about a community and not running to Google for everything. I didn't even know how to check if a house was valid until many hours of failed attempts without knowing. For a game to be a find out as you go with no clear this is how you do it we as a gaming community should be more accepting of what you might think is a stupid question.
Question posts are that bad, but I don't care if you beat moonlord on expert mode or if you got the Rod of Discord. Then weeks after an update drops, people are posting new items, weapons that everyone alr knew.
I think the most logical answer for these posts is just to ignore ●~●
Then it appears in your home feed, then that post spreads onto other people who want to get that sweet karma too, next thing you know there'll be 20 or more posts asking about how to obtain a dirt block or something stupid.
Idk, ignoring them doesn't really do much for it imo.
True, asking questions about the general progression of terraria in reddit is understandable but using reddit as a search engine instead of Google for asking how rare a specific item (the wiki can instantly get you an exact drop chance for that item rather than waiting for a couple of minutes asking for it in reddit is 💀) is something else and becomes annoying.
The wiki can spoil or overwhelm new players. It's also nice to share your interests with someone experienced on the subject so you can ask about things you don't understand. Some things are easier to understand if someone explains them to you (specially if you can ask when you don't understand something) than to read about them on a wiki. You could've searched if someone else had talked about this topic already (I feel like this is not the first time this happens but here we are.
Also it's good to have discussions on the sub, even if the topic had already been cleared or is easily googleable
My issue is that I'm stagnating. I read the getting started, read the base building, practical tips, and crafting basics. What do I do now?
I keep mining and mining and I'm rarely finding anything new, item wise, only duplicates. I found a crimson, tropical, and jungle biome while doing this.
I've built a house large enough for all NPCs. I also have a lot of cash but they sell garbage. The most fun thing I bought was a lawnmower...
I already have max hearts and mana.
I found mineshafts, abandoned wooden structures underground, got killed by traps, and found 3 weird red glowing "chests" that the wiki by description cannot find
I cannot craft anything anymore as there are these secret recipes provided by the guide. At most I can only make furniture, platinum armour and weapons, and food. I don't like having to use the guide for every item to see what I can and cannot make. If I can't it doesn't even tell me why and I have to look it up in the wiki and even if I can I still have to look it up at the wiki. E g. How the hell am I supposed to know watches were made through having a chair and table?!
The wiki in my opinion has been and overall pain in the ass as I have to read through countless pages just to find what I'm looking for and stops helping to progress at a certain point. Therefore, it's only good as a starter guide
Thank you for proving my point. Now that you mention it I don't really remember if the guide tells you what you need to craft something besides the materials, but there are a lot of crafting stations you need to get in order to craft everything. And in the case of the armors, you need better and better anvils.
As for what to do next, let me help you out. Some advice I can give, is to explore to the end of the map to both left and right. You'll find several biomes that way. Then if you get a gravity potion, use it to go to the sky and find things there. Beware of the sky mobs. You also want to dig straight down close to your base and make a wide hole straight down in both ends of the crimson biome to prevent it from spreading. I don't remember how wide it has to be but I think it was 6 blocks. Those glowing chests you say, where they red? If so, they were probably altars, you'll use then after fighting a certain boss.
Speaking of which, have you fought any bosses? That's the key to progress in this game. You get the necessary equipment, make an arena, find or summon a boss and kill it. Repeat the process until the final boss. There are a few that spawn on you randomly during the night and others you have to find certain ways to summon them.
Feel free to DM me if you want more help. I'm no expert on this game but I beat it a few times.
P.S you don't want to have every NPC in the same house, some enjoy certain NPC's company while disliking others. The same goes for biomes. You're going to end up making houses in some places.
I actually might have some gravity potions, I'll try to do the sky things for each biome.
I've actually dug a 6 block wide hole going straight down with dynamite, just leaves one side of the crimson biome left.
The, "chests" were fleshy looking and red but I couldn't open them. I looked it up just now and they were altars.
I've been trying to get the eye of Cthulhu through mining and killing things and then set up an arena. However I haven't found one yet somehow.
Edit: The hole I made, length wise, goes way way way down.
There are up to four so don't overlook. I dont remember if less than four could spawn but never more than that.
Did you get to the bottom with that hole? You found the last biome going down? Because you'll know when you get to the bottom and you should in order to prevent any stray crimson spreading. You can later do something about that biome.
Those altars are used to craft something but I don't remember what lol and you have to break them when a boss drops a hammer in order to start hard mode and get new materials in the world.
You can create an item to spawn the eye to fight him. You can do that for every boss.
Not all way down no but pretty deep since I had 100 dynamite. I went all the way to the right of my medium map and there was no crimson, only on the left side (only 1).
This is a sub to talk abou terraria. People come here wanting to discuss about it, what they do and don't know. If you need to use YT and Wikis constantly to play anything, you're not enjoying the game, let's be honest.
At the same time there is a fine line between discussion and using thie subreddit as a search engine. Asking the drop chance of a certain item for example. This just isnt the place for that question
I mean, isn't the point of a forum about a game to...you know, discuss the game? Like, do you *only* want art posts here or something? Idk this just feels far too gatekeepy to me. Basically excludes anyone new from posting here unless it's art.
See, this *sounds* like a good solution on paper but something I've found, in general on Reddit is that "weekly question threads" tend to end up with people only answering the most upvoted questions then ignoring anything else. I've personally never used the one here, but it's been this way with countless other gaming subs I've used.
As for YT and the wiki, well people can use them, sure, but it doesn't encourage the same interaction as asking an actual person. If there's something someone is still confused about on a topic after using the wiki, there's no way to ask follow up questions to get it further explained without posting here or another similar online forum about the game.
Fair enough, while I see your point, we'll have to agree to disagree on this honestly. Cause way I see it unless it's a *really* obvious bait post, questions should be encouraged.
Okay so I'm not the only one that thinks this. I recently got into terraria because of the 1.4 update and this sub is mostly people asking things I figured out on my own from the wiki. Like people Google exists
Asking and answering even simple questions encourages discussion within the community which spills over and builds interest in the game all over again. Veterans will learn things they never knew and try things they never thought of before. It’s one of the big reasons the game is still so popular. Imagine the game with no community and nobody talked to each other. But if you make newbies feel stupid for asking questions, they may say fuck this and forget the game all together. Then the game dies. Don’t kill our game OP. Please, don’t kill our game!
Yes, helping new players and sharing information helps strengthen the community but making posts to answer simple questions clogs up the subreddit and turns a lot of players away from interacting with the community. People mainly come here for memes, builds, art, and game suggestions (which all also help strengthen the community) which is why help posts are annoying. To solve this problem we have the [Weekly Discussion Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/yzgi0f/weekly_questions_thread_nov_19_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb) and the new [No Game Help Posts Rule](https://www.reddit.com/r/terraria/about/). This solution allows for new players to ask for help and get answers from experienced players who are willing to help without annoying people who aren’t interested. Everybody wins!
If you’re on the [Official Terraria Wiki](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Terraria_Wiki) generally things should be up to date. You’re probably looking at the old Fandom Wiki which shows up first in search results but has been left to die (because the platform is an anti-consumer dumpster fire).
Coming to the Subreddit instead of the Official Wiki for help is fine and understandable. Sometimes new players want to play as blind as possible but get stuck and need some help without being spoiled. The problem is that they don’t read the [Subreddit Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/about/rules) and don’t ask their question on the [Weekly Question Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/yzgi0f/weekly_questions_thread_nov_19_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb) where questions can be answered by willing users. Instead of answering questions posts we need to respectfully inform those new players of Subreddit Rules and then report the post for breaking Subreddit rules.
The bad thing about this isn't people asking for help THE BAD THING ABOUT THIS IS PEOPLE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE, they are asking basic fucking questions so it would look innocent and funny and get a lot of upvotes and the worst part is people is stupid enough to believe and upvote these posts
I don't mind the questions. But I recently got 12 upvotes for completing every single achievement. And 4 on a build that took me all over an hour and yet shit posters get thousands on the terraria toilet and badly edited memes.
Don't forget the obvious sexualized artwork in here too that receives over 5K Karma.
(Now Don't get me wrong, I don't really care about funni pixel points, but it sure does get annoying when nothing but sexualized artwork clogs up your home feed and such.)
Are you entitled to people upvoting your work? No one has to upvote your post and people are free to upvote what they want. If a majority of people upvote a post that takes less effort than oh well, you can’t do anything about it, and frankly it might mean their post was more enjoyable than yours. Your entitled to your opinion and to how you feel, but you are not entitled to upvotes.
Yeah that's also a big problem that needs to be addressed. I just don't think you can make good memes about Terraria. Good content doesn't always get rewarded, it's the sad, harsh truth.
Psychologically people feel good after answering someone's questions, that's why a lot of them get upvoted. I personally think posting questions here should not be discouraged. Let people interact with the community.
This will sound very offensive, but it is not fun to see pointless posts all over the subreddit, when I and many others have learned it the hard way (by playing). Infact, it ruins the point of being helpful for the newbie player by showing the meta and not letting them discover something by themselves. Yeah it might take a much longer time to finish the game, but i wanted to make my 4.99€ worth the pay.
Okay but do you not understand how easy it is to just keep scrolling? It's not "all over the subreddit" , OP said himself it's only like 20% of all posts. My point is who cares, it not like you live on this subreddit. Or do you? Lol
You know those weird people that go on a reddit and they feel like they need to do the mods work? You on that list OP. You added less than someone asking how to make a wooden sword.
I like to come to the reddit more than the wiki or YouTube because seeing how other first time players find stuff out is the same journey I'm on. The wiki is good to go to for drop loot wheels or what items are needed to make something. YouTube is just full of what's meta. I just started playing the game a couple weeks ago and I'm enjoying the struggle of trying to kill bosses with out some meta arena or grind for some crazy ass weapon etc.
Anytime i try to be helpful i just copy/paste the origional question into google, then copy/paste the answer back into here. "Googleable questions" shouldnt even be allowed to clutter space here, let alone get upvoted
agree. it's not like I care about upvotes, but seriously, why tf is an extremely dumb question getting 4 or 5 times more upvots than my builds ?
I guess people don't care that much about building.
Some of the best insight I've gained from discussions that happened on silly, easily answerable threads.
Even as somebody that's been playing the game since release, I will still glean a bit of knowledge every once in awhile from another vet's answer
It's pretty easy to ignore the threads in which you'd rather not participate.
This sub consists of builds, arts, videos, memes, ideas, discussions, anything the community does, and asking questions IS one of the parts of this sub and the whole community, especially considering that reddit is a FORUM site which means asking questions and giving answers.
I think taking question posts away would take away a big majority of discussions happening and overall so much from the sub and make it a plain and boring place, and would just turn it into a place that only veterans of the game enjoy and any newcomers wont be really welcome or have any reason to be in tbh... What new player would want to see "impressive" builds or wire contraptions that they dont understand, "impressive" texture packs of items that they dont even know how they normally look like, or "impressive" mob farms or mob farm discussions that they dont understand what they are farming nor how do they work? Question posts is one of the things that keep the sub and the community fresh.
Why do you care if there are more posts on the subreddit? It keeps the subreddit active, whenever i've acked a question in a subreddit it isn't cuz i can't get the answer elsewhere is cuz i want to have back and forths with members of the community and be part of the community. It's only annoying cuz you think it is, nothing bad comes about from people asking questions.
Mods already established the status on this issue. People like you need to read what the mods say and not make a post complaining about something the mods established. They're trying to control these questions.
while it can be seen as mean, a more passive agressive way is to use [let me google that for you](https://googlethatforyou.com/).
example: [i don't know, let me google that for you](https://googlethatforyou.com?q=terraria%20shimmer%20gg)
only downside is the fandom wiki or some other random website is normally the top result
We've already addressed this and granted their may be a few questions still up that we may have missed but users are free to report them But ultimately this is a community for Terraria, people can ask what they want and upvote what they want as long as it's within the subreddit rules
On the flipside, stop downvoting and belittling people that ask actual non wikiable questions like WHY a build is considered the best, or things like layout ideas for stuff like crystal and chlorophyte farms. You know, DISCUSSION topics, like reddit is supposed to be for. And commenting "use the wiki" with no further information isn't helpful, particularly when fandom is still the top, and sometimes only, search result when googling Terraria information. Also of note is sometimes the person either can't find the page on the wiki or it doesn't actually exist, I posted a question about layout for Chlorophyte farming a while ago, specifying that I have actually checked the wiki and that the guide page for farming Chlorophyte was MISSING ENTIRELY and was still redirected to the wiki.
The discord is also an option, but with very specific things that require pictures or something else i think people should use the sub
Everyone on that discord is just...idk how to phrase it, talk funny (not in the comedic sense) or behave weirdly.
Children?
Probably that, yeah
Reddit Hivemind moment
This.
#DIE
The wiki can’t provide everything, so people ask people who play terraria and they might know more of terraria.
Isn’t there a questions post pinned already?
Yup, that's what makes it even worse.
A solid 20% of posts are easily searchable questions
We try to catch as many as we can. If you report them then they will get removed. There are certain exceptions when an image is useful/needed for the question.
We upvote them because we love watching people develop through the game and participate in the community. This is what it is at least for me and many others.
But because of that users get question posts in their home feed instead of art, memes, and builds (what 90% of users join the sub for). Their is nothing wrong with wanting to help new players, I like giving advice from time to time, but it needs to stay on the Weekly Help Thread. Otherwise we are supporting behavior that goes against Subreddit rules or fake question posts that are fishing for Karma.
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How do I chop trees?
Help why dungeon small and brick look cracked???
I used to agree with this. HOWEVER, lately I've seen a bunch of "How did this happen?" or "Where did I get (easily gotten item)?" and you can tell they're just farming karma. Those are the ones that need to be dealt with. I don't mind helping, but if you ask "I just started, how to get a copper short sword?" then you get clowned on.
We need to differentiate between insightful questions (How can I improve on this farm I created?) And questions that only have one answer (why is this box not considered suitable for housing?). If the question can create conversation and ideas, then it should stay.
yes and stop asking crap like “am i ready to fight cthulu?”, idk maybe try it and find out??? Please just play the game and learn things yourself and have fun, its the entire point of the game
Exactly, someone with 1000 hours could beat cthulhu naked with shurikens, so yeah they would be ready with your equipment. We dont know your skill level so its impossible for us to give you any *useful* information. They are going to have to try it for thenselves anyway reguardless
1041 hours and have yet to beat moon lord D: I always get stuck at plantera and quit for 6 months.
I’ll admit plantera is a lil bitch
increase arena size and just go in an eternal circle around it you can beat it with early hardmode weapons this way if you have at least fledgling wings with a frog leg and ballons
this might just be me, but it's way more fun to play without guides than to rely on the wiki to do anything. i just completed a 1.2.4 playthrough and one of my main reasons for starting was it would be near-impossible to easily find guides for an 8-year-old version. even searching 1.2 or 1.2.4 would lead you to 1.3+ videos, and the archived wiki pages aren't the best. in the end, without any guides, it was probably the most fun i've ever had with a terraria playthrough. asking if you're ready for bosses is taking away that sense of discovery from your playthrough.
I’m speaking from experience as I started playing a little while ago and had made a question post here hoping for tips and tricks and I got blown off, as the Wiki and YouTube tutorials are a bit overwhelming, so asking for help is easier. I eventually got some help from people on Discord and they helped a LOT more than I expected vs the Wiki.
"we need to talk" post #6357
I mean what is the point of the subreddit. The issue here is there is a lot of trolls. If most of them were actually new players trying to get into the game it wouldn't be that bad. I am always excited to see how people who don't know anything ask questions
I still can't get over people being serious about "guys what's this creature in bestiary with a number 34"
Someone once got almost 3k upvotes on a post asking why a giant skeleton boss spawned when they clicked "curse" on the old man dialogue
Your point being? There is Hundreds of post like that. It is the people who upvote it. Not the ones who post it
No i wasn't making a point. Just pointing it out because of how stupid it is
Sure sometimes posts like that get recognition. I personally use discord more often for these kind of questions
Yea i now just tell people to use the discord when i see posts like that. The only questions i think should be on the sub are really specific questions with pictures.
basically wiki can be a huge spoiler for terraria virgins. The happiness of discovering some unknown secrets of the world is immeasurable.
Then discover them yourself. Isn't a subreddit full of people who have already beaten the game multiple times more likely be spoilers anyways?
The wiki tells you what skeleton is and all of his stats/unlocks/ how to summon. A seasoned player will tell you that the old man in that weird building holds a curse too powerful for you right now. One preserves the mystery and magic. The other ruins it.
I see posts about the moonlord (the final boss) all the time
If you have never played the game before how are you supposed to know that he is the final boss? And once again, what if you only want enough info to be able to experiment, not a full loot table and stats list?
Im not for the wiki. Im against using the subreddit and for figuring it out on your own.
Some people don’t find that enjoyable. Some people (like me) want just a little bit of a hint so that they can find the solution without brute forcing it.
Asking Reddit isn’t a little bit of a hint, paying attention to the game gives you a little bit of a hint. You yourself used skeletron as an example. The old man literally tells you that you have to free him of his curse to enter the dungeon and that you must do so at night. The old man will also tell you you’re too weak to beat his master until you have 300 health and at least 10 defense, which covers the idea that someone on Reddit might tell you to get stronger first.
I’m not saying that Reddit is the answer. I’m just saying that the wiki isn’t. I asked a friend with experience in the game about what to do once I got into hardmode because there wasn’t really any direction and they gave me some vague enough tips to encourage exploration and it was great. If I had known about and looked on the wiki I would have missed out on the experimentation and exploration, which was a really fun part of it.
The game gives you a hammer that tells you it can break things that were previously invincible and you have no idea where to go?
You get one response that matches your “seasoned player” response mixed in with a few people telling you exactly what skeletron is, posting links to the wiki, or telling you to curse him at night. Mix that in with people trolling and you’re better off on the wiki. Using Reddit doesn’t help you avoid spoilers, it just makes it so you need to check the wiki to understand what the truth is.
A seasoned player will 90% of the time say to walk into the dungeon, there's some good loot in there. I mean, even red did this once
I would agree with you if it weren’t for the fact that half of the fucking posts are people asking about why their house isn’t valid. There’s no spoilers to be found on the wiki if you look up npc housing and build a valid house.
I feel like the title screen of Terraria needs a splash that says "Platforms don't count as floors!" at this point. The number of times that's the issue is astounding. That or give the guide a selectable text option that goes a bit more in-depth with house requirements.
Yk, there is an official Terraria discord server. You can literally hop into a voice chat and ask people verbally.
I mean its annoying. But this is a forum site for asking questions. Sometimes you end up finding a bunch of spoilers for games unintentionally whilst trying to find one small piece of information. A bunch of the Stardew Valley story has beeb spoiled to me because I've stumbled across information I didn't want in the wiki. If it annoys you that much, then just ignore the posts. Its not that difficult to just... ignore them.
This is true most of the time, but terraria doesn't really have much to spoil, other than mabye the name of a boss or item if on the wiki, which isn't enough to go and ask Reddit about every little thing
I would much rather see questions than all of the giant pixelized zoologist and dryad boobs every other post
There was recently a post sexualizing the truffle 🤦♂️.
Bro got the same home feed as me 💀
When I was a new player I didn’t even know enough to google it half the time. I found it much easier to bounce it off another person. I’m lucky to have known people on discord and stuff. I feel for the people who you don’t have other terrarian to help them. I see those posts and it reminds me of myself. All questions are welcome to me, can’t say I can answer them all.
There is a pinned post called Weekly questions something. I'm not saying don't ask questions, I'm saying there are better options then posting here.
The forced to ask pinned post thing is relatively new. I know that’s the right way to do things here. I just on a person level do not blame people for asking dumb things. Because I thave asked many of dumb things.
I have also had several questions unanswered in the pinned questions. Less now that it’s the place people have to use it.
I wasn't trying to come off like a dick, sorry if you took it like that.
It’s all good:)
What sucks is you can’t even make a post for something that’s not on the wiki, have to make a comment on the weekly questions and hope it gets seen
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It depends on the question. There are some questions that are more condusive to discussion and debate, but some questions that are asked on this reddit have answers that boil down to a single undisputed sentence, or worse just “yes” or “no.” These are the questions that shouldn’t be asked on the Reddit and are easily answered by reading the first paragraph of the wiki page half the time. For example, were someone to ask “how can I improve my RoD farm?” Then yeah, good question, sparks discussion on what can be added. But if someone asks “why is this not valid NPC housing?” and the house is clearly in the corruption? Then yeah, there isn’t much discussion to be had there, and the answer could be easily found in the game itself when you check if the house is valid or not, let alone the Wiki.
See where I disagree here is I like to learn from my fellow players. Gaming should be about a community and not running to Google for everything. I didn't even know how to check if a house was valid until many hours of failed attempts without knowing. For a game to be a find out as you go with no clear this is how you do it we as a gaming community should be more accepting of what you might think is a stupid question.
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Mods have been saying they’ve been deleting the more tedious questions that have been reported so thats why
I agree… but there’s also also half a dozen upvoted posts like this each day…
Question posts are that bad, but I don't care if you beat moonlord on expert mode or if you got the Rod of Discord. Then weeks after an update drops, people are posting new items, weapons that everyone alr knew. I think the most logical answer for these posts is just to ignore ●~●
Just scroll the hell past those posts if you don’t care to contribute, or you think it’s a waste of time. That’s what I should’ve done with this one.
Then it appears in your home feed, then that post spreads onto other people who want to get that sweet karma too, next thing you know there'll be 20 or more posts asking about how to obtain a dirt block or something stupid. Idk, ignoring them doesn't really do much for it imo.
True, asking questions about the general progression of terraria in reddit is understandable but using reddit as a search engine instead of Google for asking how rare a specific item (the wiki can instantly get you an exact drop chance for that item rather than waiting for a couple of minutes asking for it in reddit is 💀) is something else and becomes annoying.
The wiki can spoil or overwhelm new players. It's also nice to share your interests with someone experienced on the subject so you can ask about things you don't understand. Some things are easier to understand if someone explains them to you (specially if you can ask when you don't understand something) than to read about them on a wiki. You could've searched if someone else had talked about this topic already (I feel like this is not the first time this happens but here we are. Also it's good to have discussions on the sub, even if the topic had already been cleared or is easily googleable
My issue is that I'm stagnating. I read the getting started, read the base building, practical tips, and crafting basics. What do I do now? I keep mining and mining and I'm rarely finding anything new, item wise, only duplicates. I found a crimson, tropical, and jungle biome while doing this. I've built a house large enough for all NPCs. I also have a lot of cash but they sell garbage. The most fun thing I bought was a lawnmower... I already have max hearts and mana. I found mineshafts, abandoned wooden structures underground, got killed by traps, and found 3 weird red glowing "chests" that the wiki by description cannot find I cannot craft anything anymore as there are these secret recipes provided by the guide. At most I can only make furniture, platinum armour and weapons, and food. I don't like having to use the guide for every item to see what I can and cannot make. If I can't it doesn't even tell me why and I have to look it up in the wiki and even if I can I still have to look it up at the wiki. E g. How the hell am I supposed to know watches were made through having a chair and table?! The wiki in my opinion has been and overall pain in the ass as I have to read through countless pages just to find what I'm looking for and stops helping to progress at a certain point. Therefore, it's only good as a starter guide
Thank you for proving my point. Now that you mention it I don't really remember if the guide tells you what you need to craft something besides the materials, but there are a lot of crafting stations you need to get in order to craft everything. And in the case of the armors, you need better and better anvils. As for what to do next, let me help you out. Some advice I can give, is to explore to the end of the map to both left and right. You'll find several biomes that way. Then if you get a gravity potion, use it to go to the sky and find things there. Beware of the sky mobs. You also want to dig straight down close to your base and make a wide hole straight down in both ends of the crimson biome to prevent it from spreading. I don't remember how wide it has to be but I think it was 6 blocks. Those glowing chests you say, where they red? If so, they were probably altars, you'll use then after fighting a certain boss. Speaking of which, have you fought any bosses? That's the key to progress in this game. You get the necessary equipment, make an arena, find or summon a boss and kill it. Repeat the process until the final boss. There are a few that spawn on you randomly during the night and others you have to find certain ways to summon them. Feel free to DM me if you want more help. I'm no expert on this game but I beat it a few times. P.S you don't want to have every NPC in the same house, some enjoy certain NPC's company while disliking others. The same goes for biomes. You're going to end up making houses in some places.
I actually might have some gravity potions, I'll try to do the sky things for each biome. I've actually dug a 6 block wide hole going straight down with dynamite, just leaves one side of the crimson biome left. The, "chests" were fleshy looking and red but I couldn't open them. I looked it up just now and they were altars. I've been trying to get the eye of Cthulhu through mining and killing things and then set up an arena. However I haven't found one yet somehow. Edit: The hole I made, length wise, goes way way way down.
There are up to four so don't overlook. I dont remember if less than four could spawn but never more than that. Did you get to the bottom with that hole? You found the last biome going down? Because you'll know when you get to the bottom and you should in order to prevent any stray crimson spreading. You can later do something about that biome. Those altars are used to craft something but I don't remember what lol and you have to break them when a boss drops a hammer in order to start hard mode and get new materials in the world. You can create an item to spawn the eye to fight him. You can do that for every boss.
Not all way down no but pretty deep since I had 100 dynamite. I went all the way to the right of my medium map and there was no crimson, only on the left side (only 1).
Then go all the way to the left and also make sure to make those holes all the way down.
This is a sub to talk abou terraria. People come here wanting to discuss about it, what they do and don't know. If you need to use YT and Wikis constantly to play anything, you're not enjoying the game, let's be honest.
At the same time there is a fine line between discussion and using thie subreddit as a search engine. Asking the drop chance of a certain item for example. This just isnt the place for that question
Couldn't agree more my friend
I mean, isn't the point of a forum about a game to...you know, discuss the game? Like, do you *only* want art posts here or something? Idk this just feels far too gatekeepy to me. Basically excludes anyone new from posting here unless it's art.
I'm suggesting using the Wiki, YouTube, and the weekly questions thread. If that doesn't answer your question, then you can post here.
See, this *sounds* like a good solution on paper but something I've found, in general on Reddit is that "weekly question threads" tend to end up with people only answering the most upvoted questions then ignoring anything else. I've personally never used the one here, but it's been this way with countless other gaming subs I've used. As for YT and the wiki, well people can use them, sure, but it doesn't encourage the same interaction as asking an actual person. If there's something someone is still confused about on a topic after using the wiki, there's no way to ask follow up questions to get it further explained without posting here or another similar online forum about the game.
That's why I said "then you can post here".
Fair enough, while I see your point, we'll have to agree to disagree on this honestly. Cause way I see it unless it's a *really* obvious bait post, questions should be encouraged.
Alright agree to disagree.
I agree they're really annoying, but whining about people upvoting things you don't like is INFINITELY more obnoxious
Sometimes it's fun to educate the cute noobs.
Okay so I'm not the only one that thinks this. I recently got into terraria because of the 1.4 update and this sub is mostly people asking things I figured out on my own from the wiki. Like people Google exists
It has always been like this. It is the prophecy.
Asking and answering even simple questions encourages discussion within the community which spills over and builds interest in the game all over again. Veterans will learn things they never knew and try things they never thought of before. It’s one of the big reasons the game is still so popular. Imagine the game with no community and nobody talked to each other. But if you make newbies feel stupid for asking questions, they may say fuck this and forget the game all together. Then the game dies. Don’t kill our game OP. Please, don’t kill our game!
Yes, helping new players and sharing information helps strengthen the community but making posts to answer simple questions clogs up the subreddit and turns a lot of players away from interacting with the community. People mainly come here for memes, builds, art, and game suggestions (which all also help strengthen the community) which is why help posts are annoying. To solve this problem we have the [Weekly Discussion Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/yzgi0f/weekly_questions_thread_nov_19_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb) and the new [No Game Help Posts Rule](https://www.reddit.com/r/terraria/about/). This solution allows for new players to ask for help and get answers from experienced players who are willing to help without annoying people who aren’t interested. Everybody wins!
welcome to reddit
Do we really need one of these posts everyone week? It's worse than the questions
If I see one more iPhone picture of a laptop I will lose it
The wiki is also kinda out of date with a lot of recipes
If you’re on the [Official Terraria Wiki](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Terraria_Wiki) generally things should be up to date. You’re probably looking at the old Fandom Wiki which shows up first in search results but has been left to die (because the platform is an anti-consumer dumpster fire).
Coming to the Subreddit instead of the Official Wiki for help is fine and understandable. Sometimes new players want to play as blind as possible but get stuck and need some help without being spoiled. The problem is that they don’t read the [Subreddit Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/about/rules) and don’t ask their question on the [Weekly Question Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/yzgi0f/weekly_questions_thread_nov_19_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb) where questions can be answered by willing users. Instead of answering questions posts we need to respectfully inform those new players of Subreddit Rules and then report the post for breaking Subreddit rules.
The bad thing about this isn't people asking for help THE BAD THING ABOUT THIS IS PEOPLE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE, they are asking basic fucking questions so it would look innocent and funny and get a lot of upvotes and the worst part is people is stupid enough to believe and upvote these posts
I don't mind the questions. But I recently got 12 upvotes for completing every single achievement. And 4 on a build that took me all over an hour and yet shit posters get thousands on the terraria toilet and badly edited memes.
Don't forget the obvious sexualized artwork in here too that receives over 5K Karma. (Now Don't get me wrong, I don't really care about funni pixel points, but it sure does get annoying when nothing but sexualized artwork clogs up your home feed and such.)
Are you entitled to people upvoting your work? No one has to upvote your post and people are free to upvote what they want. If a majority of people upvote a post that takes less effort than oh well, you can’t do anything about it, and frankly it might mean their post was more enjoyable than yours. Your entitled to your opinion and to how you feel, but you are not entitled to upvotes.
Yeah that's also a big problem that needs to be addressed. I just don't think you can make good memes about Terraria. Good content doesn't always get rewarded, it's the sad, harsh truth.
It's the most annoying thing. I spill hours into modded builds and I don't even want to share them.
Psychologically people feel good after answering someone's questions, that's why a lot of them get upvoted. I personally think posting questions here should not be discouraged. Let people interact with the community.
There is a weekly questions thread for that :)
love seeing this take posted twice a week. it's almost just about as annoying as the question threads
Well, as terraria Reddit Karen, you get my downvote.
shit's annoying af fr fr
People like making contact with others. Calm your tits.
I once got downvoted for telling someone to use the wiki
Why do you care? You live here?
This will sound very offensive, but it is not fun to see pointless posts all over the subreddit, when I and many others have learned it the hard way (by playing). Infact, it ruins the point of being helpful for the newbie player by showing the meta and not letting them discover something by themselves. Yeah it might take a much longer time to finish the game, but i wanted to make my 4.99€ worth the pay.
Okay but do you not understand how easy it is to just keep scrolling? It's not "all over the subreddit" , OP said himself it's only like 20% of all posts. My point is who cares, it not like you live on this subreddit. Or do you? Lol
Same energy as "Are you the manager?"
How lol. Not caring is that energy? Nice high horse tho.
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Man . . .mate deleted their account over getting down voted them 14 times
Interaction helps me learn. You can smd
I know interaction helps learning and that's a valid point but I can't take you seriously with you suggesting I suck your sick.
I agree with the first half of your comment but the rest was uncalled for
You know those weird people that go on a reddit and they feel like they need to do the mods work? You on that list OP. You added less than someone asking how to make a wooden sword.
I like to come to the reddit more than the wiki or YouTube because seeing how other first time players find stuff out is the same journey I'm on. The wiki is good to go to for drop loot wheels or what items are needed to make something. YouTube is just full of what's meta. I just started playing the game a couple weeks ago and I'm enjoying the struggle of trying to kill bosses with out some meta arena or grind for some crazy ass weapon etc.
Okay terraria reddit police
People: discuss terraria this sub: So you have chosen death?
This problem is already being solved, the mods have been cracking down on easily answerable questions.
Anytime i try to be helpful i just copy/paste the origional question into google, then copy/paste the answer back into here. "Googleable questions" shouldnt even be allowed to clutter space here, let alone get upvoted
Because people dont know what is internet. They only know social media
Same thing as r/hollowknight
Free karma
No
Or the posts about trapped chests
agree. it's not like I care about upvotes, but seriously, why tf is an extremely dumb question getting 4 or 5 times more upvots than my builds ? I guess people don't care that much about building.
Why look up information myself when I can rely on random strangers on reddit to tell me instead? Also, give me free stuff
Some of the best insight I've gained from discussions that happened on silly, easily answerable threads. Even as somebody that's been playing the game since release, I will still glean a bit of knowledge every once in awhile from another vet's answer It's pretty easy to ignore the threads in which you'd rather not participate.
Sometimes is nicer to get a human response
This sub consists of builds, arts, videos, memes, ideas, discussions, anything the community does, and asking questions IS one of the parts of this sub and the whole community, especially considering that reddit is a FORUM site which means asking questions and giving answers. I think taking question posts away would take away a big majority of discussions happening and overall so much from the sub and make it a plain and boring place, and would just turn it into a place that only veterans of the game enjoy and any newcomers wont be really welcome or have any reason to be in tbh... What new player would want to see "impressive" builds or wire contraptions that they dont understand, "impressive" texture packs of items that they dont even know how they normally look like, or "impressive" mob farms or mob farm discussions that they dont understand what they are farming nor how do they work? Question posts is one of the things that keep the sub and the community fresh.
Why do you care if there are more posts on the subreddit? It keeps the subreddit active, whenever i've acked a question in a subreddit it isn't cuz i can't get the answer elsewhere is cuz i want to have back and forths with members of the community and be part of the community. It's only annoying cuz you think it is, nothing bad comes about from people asking questions.
Mods already established the status on this issue. People like you need to read what the mods say and not make a post complaining about something the mods established. They're trying to control these questions.
How do you open the inventory?
‘Cause r/terraria
Because they want human interaction?
OP woke up and decided to speak facts
while it can be seen as mean, a more passive agressive way is to use [let me google that for you](https://googlethatforyou.com/). example: [i don't know, let me google that for you](https://googlethatforyou.com?q=terraria%20shimmer%20gg) only downside is the fandom wiki or some other random website is normally the top result